Joints in Fusion 360: A Comprehensive Tutorial! FF117

[@denissharonvideo]

This is a fabulous presentation. The instructional technique is nothing short of superb. Bravo and thank you.

[@LaggyKikee]

Rarely do tutorials go straight to the point and explain things so flawlessly. Thanks a lot.

[@aakashshah4494]

Thank you. You have made a really meaningful tutorial which I found after hundreds of unnecessary ones. Thank you. Can you also show how to animate these joints?

[@JetNmyFuture]

I still hate F360 Joints overall.....sometimes they are faster but mostly they are too restrictive compared to Solidworks mates. I have been designing/modeling for decades and this makes me want to punch a baby. That is not good.

[@danielnascimento6482]

Fusion 360 is an absolute pile of garbage. I absolutely hate it, and I'm working with Creo now, thats how much I hate Fusion

[@avitolourenco]

how would one get something similar to a parallel mate?

[@joelsonmiranda2757]

you forgot to talk about pin-slot joints!!! Lol. Never mind... The tutorial was awesome!

[@V3N0MX92]

this is the kind of tutorials that we like! big big thanks, you explained the joints perfectly

[@Factory400]

After 20 years....I just abandoned SolidWorks and MasterCAM for design, engineering, and manufacturing. Fusion 360 is the replacement - really hoping it was a good choice. This video sure is helping me feel more confident making the transition.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

I am sorry, but SolidWorks cannot be beat for modeling, but Fusion360 is closing the gap fast, especially with the built in CAM being so intuitive, not to mention tutorials like this help a lot.

[@Factory400]

I did not switch because Fusion 360 was a better tool - I switched because SolidWorks and MasterCAM are $$$$EXPENSIVE$$$$$. I used to skip 2-3 years of maintenance, and then get it updated - around $1,500 per year for each one. $3,000 per year in maintenance fees. Now, they do not do that anymore and charge for each year out of maintenance so I have to buy a brand new seat at about $5-6k for SolidWorks and $8-14k for MasterCAM depending on how they are feeling that day. So, to get the latest versions of each I have to shell out $13-20k and then get another $3k bill at the end of the year. Too much. Fusion360 is 95% of the function for 10% of the cost.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

I still use SW 2007 because it can go fwd to any version. All they do is screw around with the GUI and the base function is still pretty much the same. And getting ripped off for the 'maintenance' fee, NEVER; plus I have clients who have every version if I need it. But as an EXPERT SW user, I am really liking F360 :-) but I will keep SW2007 around like an ol' dog.

[@Hirudin]

Factory400 I also got sick of paying the coersive maintenance fees so made the switch from SolidWorks as well. I might be OK with them if they would have been squashing bugs left and right and addjng features like mad, but instead bugs persisted for YEARS and the features added were few and far between (I think they did make some good improvements, just not enough of them). They never forgot to ask for more money though. Every now and then I come across an old file that I saved with a name like "F... you SW programmers" and I'm reminded just how aggrivatjng that program could be sometimes.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

LOL The topper was when they got rid of the colors in the GUI. What IDIOTS. The other one that kills me is getting rid of the textual right click 'edit sketch' and putting the icons in a stupid little separate box above the TEXTUAL part they left. Did I mention 'what IDIOTS!"? Its like SW programmers, and eBay, and many others say to themselves, "hmmm, the users are probably in a nice rut now, so lets just randomly change some cr*p and move and re-arrange everything because we have reached our limit of adding features and the bugs are too hard to fix and we are bored". I did notice there was a HUGE uproar where they realized they WERE idiots and put the colors back in the GUI, to avoid being killed by the raging mobs of modelers with pitchforks and torches. And now they have added CAMWorks integrated, but I think it is too little too late. Plus they are greedy. Oh, and SW would 'poof' and be completely gone off your screen when it crashed in 2007. Guess what, still does that in 2016; no other software I have used crashes so badly there is not even a trace on your screen....

[@173roberto]

This is the best FUSION 360 assembly tutorial BY FAR. After watching this tutorial, I realized Fusion makes many "mates" in a single joint (because of the configuration menu), where as, SW and others need more mates.

[@Vin-nq4fz]

Do I still need to ground a part of an assembly when doing joints which is actually a moving part?

[@waynefilkins8394]

How can you spin a hollow wheel? Like a tire, you want it to just rotate in place, but there's no axle or anything. It will be rotated by a tab on the outer part being moved by a motor. Anyone who can help I would really appreciate it!

[@30mWofswag]

Great presentation. Thanks a ton, love the style, use of zoom to focus attention was great, I really like how you outlined your selections with a box before getting there with the mouse to show where you were headed. Stellar.

[@terracrusher26]

Thanks for the very helpful video. Coming from Catia, NX, and Solidworks, this was a bit of a struggle for me to figure out.

[@mattchesebrough4050]

Great explanation and walkthrough of this functionality. It was super helpful. Thanks so much.

[@BooBar2521]

Very good explained! Thank You for this 🔥🇩🇪

[@pbrenneman5]

Scott Morse was right, as a transitioning SolidWorks user joints are wayyy more powerful than mates!

[@jimmyfavereau]

thanks CNC , what program do you use to create this vid? por favor? thanks!!!

[@JeDaCheese]

Coming from solidworks, joints in fusion seem quite backwards....but this video certainly helped explain how they work. Thanks

[@luke1811]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial. Very well explained. It's so important to have up-to-date Fusion 360 tutorials, as videos from 2015/16 are already outdated and therefore useless.

[@lapinchiloca]

I'm amazed at how Autodesk manages to utterly confuse their own user base by changing, rebranding and renaming features across similar products (Inventor, Fusion, Tinkercad, etc.)

[@FlesHBoX]

I've been looking for months on quality tutorials on using fusion 360, and this is hands down the best! Maybe with your videos I can finally stop fumbling around fusions... let's call them quirks... blindly. After watching this I feel like I can easily tackle a couple different ideas I've been dreading trying.

[@GregsGarage]

Great stuff here! I didn't know about the pin and slot type.

[@serkanozkan8793]

Thanks man! You have good voice and perfect speech to teach.

[@plasticbarista]

best tutorial on joints i’ve seen. thank you for doing this

[@mynt4033]

This is way dumber than Solidworks. It's so convoluted and you can't select multiple points of reference to lock down an object.

[@Frameshaft]

Great video, clear and concise! In regards to grounding, I have seen a few people suggesting to apply a rigid joint to origin instead of grounding, what would be the differences between methods?

[@therealhollowmellon]

Amazing video dude really ezsay to understand!

[@waynefilkins8394]

I'm really stuck. I have 2 circle parts, like wheels, and 1 part in between connected to both. It connects to 1 with a rotating joint, but the other with a sliding joint. 1 wheel is grounded and when I spin the other wheel it should move this part using both joints...but I can't get it to work

[@c.harris7823]

Clear, concise, and thorough video. As a new user to Fusion 360, this is fantastic! Thank you!

[@Hercules75]

Thanks a lot for the explanation, straight to the point.

[@theDemolisher13]

Hey maybe now I can convert my lego model machines into actual cab mechanical models.

[@theophae]

Best tutorial on assembly ! All needed info in a short amount of time. Thanks

[@tedwaltman1]

AWESOME presentation! This video answered (and solved) hours of (hard) scratching my head! THANK YOU!!

[@hazynpeterson4083]

is the right click for midpoint feature only in paid version? i cant get that to work....i think the newer version does it different....

[@ZappelFly]

The base is like Butters from South Park: grounded!

[@Aletaire]

Probably the most handy Fusion tutorial you've release. As someone who was taught Solidworks and wants to move to Fusion, constraints have always been something I could never get the hang of.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Awesome! Glad to hear you liked it.

[@anjopag31]

High quality!

[@taylang6101]

Cannot believe I just learned a core concept of fusion in under 15 minutes. Epic presentation and thank you

[@istvan.palotai]

WHATTTTTT????? I just learned 1 thing.... How it should NOT work like this...

[@ivangutowski]

Superb, thank you. Even the little things like knowing to slow double click to rename.. Super helpful

[@CopycatStudiosLA]

Why does the first thing need to be grounded? why does whatever we select first becomes the second selection?

[@theangelshomestead4132]

thank you for someone that also work with solidworks fusion can be very weird

[@michaelzimmer4850]

F'n fantastic video!! Thank you so much.

[@ctbram0627]

I do not understand the need for "as build joint" it appears to once the bodies are components I can do the same thing simply using the joint command? What is the specific cases and reasons I would use "as build joint" vs "joint"?

[@rentasticlv5902]

Hi, nice video. I was wondering, what excatly you chose @15:30? Seems like you made click and nothing was select (highlighted)..

[@randalljames1]

WOW.. THANKS!! so tired of tutorials that presenters want to show how fast they are and they skim over some important nuances... Like fixing cars.. anyone can change a part eventually... but knowing how it works? lets you figure out what needs changed... been trying to figure out what I was missing on an assy and you got it nailed in short order... thank you

[@justinwang7582]

awesome vid. very helpful for beginners like me.

[@AsafSagi]

I'm a total noob in Fusion, I don't come from that background and don't work in the industry. And yet, this tutorial was all I needed. Thank you!

[@gregliebig2240]

OK, I like the efficiency of your video. Just need one more step after. I'm designing a gate using McMaster Carr Bearings. I like the way you showed how to create components of imported bodies so I did that and made the inside bearing rotate around the bearing block. But when I wanted to move that bearing block to the swinging leaf it would not move. Is that because I had grounded the bearing housing?

[@andrewg658]

hi there, Thank you for this! I'm a certified Solidworks expert and Fusion's joint method has been confusing and infuriating after so much time invested in mastering solidworks

[@JohnFuller804]

Love you guys! Hope you don't mind us using this tutorial for our high school manufacturing CTE program!

[@brianwgDK]

great video 🙂 i am just miss a demo on 3 ore more joint working together. like a scissor arm 😀

[@ezraelsensiaron4860]

Awesome tutorial! I learned something about joints and assemblies at 3:30AM. 😁😆🙌👌

[@jodyolivent8481]

Look at John delegating the work load. "Noice" walk through on the use of joints.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Jody Olivent Thanks Jody.

[@leo-the-truck7672]

WOW well presented Fusion 360 joints demonstrations features. Thanks a lot for your help. Do the same for motion link and motion study.

[@Jan-1337]

this was just awesome. I learned a lot! thank you!

[@jcournoyer2]

This is awesome. Excellent presentation. 1/3 to 1/2 the time to assemble components in fusion vs. SW

[@markscheiner3952]

Excellent video. Hadn’t seen the “between two faces” part before. Two quick questions. I am trying to model up a tambour mechanism for a cabinet where multiple vertical slats, attached together was a canvas material on their back,slides along two groves, one at each end. The grove will have to go around a curve. Presumably one models the first slat as a slider joint along the path. Is that correct? With the subsequent slats joined to the one in front as revolute? Is there any way to copy subsequent slat components such that they retain their joints or do you have to add the joint functionality to each instance individually? Thanks

[@georgf9279]

I just want a f-in planar constraint. This software is so stupid.

[@thomaskessels7623]

I am trying to make a cabinet with drawers. One drawer was designed as a component, the others were created in a rectangular pattern. A sliding joint was added to the first drawer later and an offset was defined in the joint to show an opened drawer. But instead all three drawers are shown opened to the same offset. The result is the same no matter whether I create the joint with the "drawer"-component active or the main component active. In case of the active main component I intentionally created the joint *behind* the rectangular pattern in the timeline. It does not help - it always affects all drawers. Could anyone help me with this? It is not a critical problem as the design is still correct, but I would like to improve the presentation of my design a little bit...

[@makestuffwithkids989]

nice job. It's great to see Kevin doing some of these!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Thanks Al!

[@donaldmoore8023]

This is amazing! I have struggled to comprehend the joints feature in fusion, it just never made complete sense to me.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Donald Moore Good to hear. Thanks for watching.

[@keep1hunnid]

Great video, thank you. As an advice, how mush space do you usually leave between components, as a good practice?

[@fireworm91]

What if a grounded component keep moving?

[@shamu3838]

Also abandoned Solidworks and Mastercam. Every time I see a guy ask a mastercam question on my Facebook feed, I think, "poor bastard".

[@OldSilkRoad]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Bless you!!

[@1endell]

Thank you! That was very helpful

[@mxcollin95]

Quick question tho...could you do a video on how you would properly constrain all the parts of that Kurt vise such that the jaw of the vice only moves when you rotate the spindle as in real life? Wondering how you or if you can constrain the model such that the model jaw moves the proper amount per spindle rotation (which in theory should change as the pitch of the threads on the spindle chances, right?) Keep up the awesome video! This website has been a HUGE help. 👍

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Right now you sort of have to "fake" that. There isn't a good way to add a ratio between a revolution and a distance. Might be a good video topic for when we can control the distance per rev if that functionality makes it into Fusion.

[@grafixbyjorj]

Motion Link in the Assemble menu allows this, just link a revolute to a slider and make the slider move one thread pitch per 360 degrees of revolution

[@JamesEsau]

John kind of covered that in these videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKe9eZprpt2le6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGjdpIpoZd-Crq8

[@lockdownudein]

I'd love to see a more advanced tutorial for joints. Most of the time, geometry is not that convenient, where points, edges, and centroids are not where they need to be for more basic joint types to work.

[@aboudezoa]

Very nice tutorial. Thanks

[@redtex4]

my joint is functional iv tested it in the joint settings and when it is animated it works perfectly, however i cant simply drag it with my mouse to quickly test its functionality what am i doing wrong?

[@tolgadamar7391]

spectacular video thanks so much

[@pmbouvier]

Going in, I had zero knowledge of Joints and how to apply them to my components. After watching this I feel I know enough to accomplish what I need to do in my project. Thank you!

[@holopod]

The grounding of at least one component seems to be counterintuitive in the case of an assembly on wheels , like a car for instance. So, how does one approach this?

[@LowPriceEdition]

It seems like Fusion 360 is carve out of Autocad? I thought it was its own thing.

[@alaxgallagher9073]

finally! a good video for exactly what I am looking for. and not soo long. thank you so incredibly much!

[@petermccall3722]

great video, thanks mate, good job!

[@Packet_Phantom]

Fun fact, if you dont want to hold the 'ctrl / command' button down to keep the selection on the joint face, you can click the joint face once, but not on a point, and it will do the same thing :)

[@mefrosty5658]

great tutorial, the editing here 10:20 is a bit weird but thats ok

[@DCT_Aaron_Engineering]

Excellent work. Great stuff guys huge thumbs up 👍 cheers Aaron

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

DCTTeacher1 Thanks Aaron. Always good to hear from you.

[@phillipmcintosh6489]

Nothing to do with joints but how do you get the strong component colours instead of the standard puncy pastel colours? Great tutorial by the way.

[@devilalwayscry]

As built joint is missing from the menu...

[@lowellyates6685]

This is the best "how to" video I have ever run across. You could do this for a living! ;)

[@stevecyster]

This a great video. Very concisely explaining the basics of joints within Fusion 360. Thank you so much. Please create more content.

[@BenjaminFunklin]

haha took me so long to figure out you could use cmd to select center of objects that were void... thank you!!

[@sophian-g9225]

So I'm going to hold command... *instantly leaves video*

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

I open a STEP file and I can't grab and drag parts. Don't know what is going on.

[@bluehornet6752]

Awesome software--much less hassle than Solidworks on assembly-type (joint) stuff. Powerful!

[@DavidBailey-pw4sf]

Awesome! Thank you.

[@azariamesfin8636]

Good tutorial. I died when you say your nut was going to the bushing. lol.

[@Ragingbullnz]

Excellent tutorial. Very professional and easy to follow thank you.

[@sevierepaine1746]

Great video. One suggestion (it may have already been mentioned in the comments) is to also rename your joints as you create them. You can either slow double click or right click the joint in the tree or right click the joint on the time line. It beats have 20 joints all named RigidXX.

[@looklearn8502]

Great Video! I was having a bit of a problem with my joints and have kind of figured it out. Do you think you could do a video really explaining a joint vs as-built joint because the joint doesn't respond as i would like, until I add a as-built joint to the existing joint. I may still be doing something wrong and it would be a great help to see a more in-depth video of how they work. Also is it possible to convert the joint to an as-built joint or is that what I have done with it by adding the as-built joint. Thanks

[@sardanapalos9836]

this video was super helpful dude thank you so much

[@noordinfrit2816]

This is by far the best and down to earth explanation and demonstration of Fusion 360 joint command. Thank you very much.

[@simonhopkins3867]

have a toke after every time he says joint. 🤕

[@jeffelkins426]

I came for the joints too. bummer.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I’ll challenge you to do a 16 minute video on joints. Trust me, you’ll say the word joint a lot ;-)

[@Giantmidget84]

Fell asleep. Too many joints

[@drumbum7999]

died

[@engineersam953]

Very clear and compendious video ... thanks

[@franciscogonzalez6254]

amazing! thanks dude!

[@occamssawzall3486]

Oh good. They finally got rid of that annoying warning box constantly asking if you want to recapture positions...

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Occams Sawzall I placed these components as a distributed design so you get one free move before Fusion tries to capture the position.

[@occamssawzall3486]

Mechanical Advantage So the annoying message is still there then?.... I don’t even understand the purpose of that message. Yes I moved it, I want to move it, stop asking me about it...

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Occams Sawzall The reason it is asking is because you can use the motion of a joint to subtract material from a mating part instead of sketching the shape and creating the feature. I’m not a huge fan of the way this is handled either, but that is the reason for that message.

[@thinkagainamerica5279]

Your tutorials are the best I've seen. Thanks for doing them.

[@seanramirez5771]

who is the commentator he is very clear and easy to understand. does he have other videos or a channel