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In this video I want to show you how to take a free download from Grabcad to Fusion 360. I'll show you how to find CAD files among the millions of models that you can find on Grabcad. Now that you're learning Fusion 360 you can modify an existing design and change it to be just the way you like it. This will save you hours of work.
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If you haven't done my 16 Basic Tutorials you should start at the beginning:- Beginners Tutorial #1 of 16 • Learn Fusion 360 in a ...
See:- The Intermediate Playlist • Intermediate Fusion 36...
These are the 4 license types available for Fusion 360:-
• Commercial
• Personal Use
• Startup
• Education
Autodesk Knowledge Network article about Fusion 360 license types and differences:-
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Chapters:-
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Search Demo
2:00 Geneva Mechanism
2:45 Fusion 360 licenses
4:00 Standard file formats
4:20 Solidworks file download
5:00 STEP file download
5:15 WHY download from Grabcad
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[@espressoshot21]

Your beginner's Fusion 360 tutorial series has helped me so much! Please keep making tutorial series like these! Thank you so much for taking your time to make these videos!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

You're welcome Eunice, there's more to come. What will you do with Fusion 360?

[@MariaZverina]

Thank you for making these - they are awesome help for someone who's completely new to mechanical design - who got hooked on this topic after starting 3D printing.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Keep learning Maria!

[@colintwiss]

Arnold This is unbelievable!!!!!!! I started Fusion 360 to assist me in making a model steam engine. I naively thought I could draw all my parts on this and hey presto. I saw your Grabcad video and looked there for my model. It is aTripple Expansion Steam Engine and it is there. I downloaded the files and now I have every part of my model in Fusion!!!! I have checked some of the parts dimensionally to my drawings and they are spot on .This is such a help to me to visualise better each part and to work out a manufacturing process. thanks for your kind advice it is tops

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

That's fantastic Colin! Would you please share a picture of the model on the Facebook page? This would be an inspiration for many. facebook.com/Futr.Engineering

[@RodeoBailey]

Thanks, can't wait for you to add to this intermediate series.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I've got plenty of ideas RB, but its slow going, I'm like a duck, looks calm above the surface but under the water the legs are busy paddling. We'll get there.

[@mitchlees9622]

I’m a beginner, but I learned a lot from your first 16 tutorials. I have worked through them several times and now feel comfortable enough to move on a little so I was delighted to find this intermediate series. Unfortunately I am a home hobbiest, and only have the personnel use version. I did not really understand the previous question and the answers, but am I right in thinking that if I cannot access the Grabcad files there is not much point in continuing with this series? If that is so then it is a shame, because I have really enjoyed it so far, but if so, can you recommend a way forward please? Thanks Mitch

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Sure Mitch, in the rest of the series I've done two examples, one based on the Solidworks format geneva mechanism and the other one is a STEP file format which you will be able to follow along with in the Personal Use license. I've also provided a download of the Solidworks files converted to Fusion format for Personal users like yourself so that you can do both examples. (See in the description below tutorial #3 Modify Grabcad...)

[@kerryviney3466]

Is there a work-a -round to import .DWG files into the hobby ( non commercial ) version of Fusion 360? Kerry

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Kerry, the Personal Use version won't do it. A work around is going to depend on what other software you have or that you can access from friends. Most software that can load a .dwg can output a .dxf which will load in the Personal Use version of Fusion. (That's true of 2D but some of the newer 3D .dwg might be different). I did see someone put out a message to his friends on social media once and someone volunteered to do some file conversions for him. Another way is to use free software like Blender which can do a lot of quite amazing conversions.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Oops, that last reply seems to have gotten clipped somehow. I was saying - free software like Blender can do an amazing range of translations. Go to blender.org to learn about it.

[@kerryviney3466]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Thanks. Shall load Blender , import the .DWG file, save s DXF, and import into Fusion 360, Kerry

[@RunTheTape]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I wouldn't use a poly modeling tool for converting a nurbs file into a different nurbs file. Blender at import will convert the nurbs to polygons and then will try to recreate the nurbs. It might work but I would definitely search for a nurbs only software to do the conversion. I love Blender and use it all the time for game asset creation (organic stuff, the hard surface mechanical stuff I create in fusion even for games) but I wouldn't trust it for this kind of conversion. MOI 3D is an example, but that's not free. There should be others.

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

GrabCad 🙏 thanks AR 😊

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

There's a few million resources for you.

[@jchidley]

Here are the two CAD models mentioned in the video: grabcad.com/library/geneva-mechanism-89 GENEVA MECHANISM by YOKESH K S grabcad.com/library/geneva-mechanism-84 GENEVA MECHANISM by RAVI NAYAKA

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thanks Jack