Learning Fusion 360 For Beginners - Part 3 of 16 | REVISED

Learning Fusion 360 For Beginners - Part 3 of 16 is the third in the sixteen part series of basic beginners tutorials which will get you on the road to learning Fusion 360 in 20 hours or so. THIS IS THE REVISED VERSION.
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[@geofflynch7904]

Thanks Arnold. As a High School Teacher in New South Wales, I find your tutorials an excellent resource to share with my students to give them an introduction to 3D CAD, and to learn the basics. We go on to develop these skills for 3D printing, laser cutting and engraving. I really appreciate you going to the trouble of revising your tutorials to keep them up to date. The students find navigating around Fusion 360 so much easier with these revisions. Thanks again for your efforts.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

You're very welcome! thankyou, and greetings to your students. The next revision, #4 is going up this evening.

[@FJD333]

I've just watched the first 3 of these videos. They are just great. Easy to follow and just what I needed. Some of the other "tutorial" videos I've seen on KZbin leave you somewhat confused. Not the case here. You are an excellent educator, so thank you so much for taking the time to pass on your knowledge. And I just drew the part from video 4 from your drawings, without watching the vido first. Now I can see if I went about it the right way !!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you FJD, keep learning. It’s great software.

[@nooghost9642]

Thank you these great tutorials, especially liking working through the revised versions with all the extra information.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad you like them! I hope you can adjust to the older ones now since the publishing rate is not the quickest - or is this your second go round?

[@billscales4275]

Hi Arnold, I am back to your tutorials for the 4th time. They are the best I have seen for learning Fusion 360. Really do appreciate the changes you have introduced in the revised versions. Thanks,

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Hi Bill, welcome back

[@htillotson1]

Thank you for this Arnold. I love your way of teaching and your enthusiasm. Cheers!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thanks Holly, I appreciate that!

[@stevetarver7491]

Thank You Arnold, I have been working through the lessons and Im enjoying it tremendously. Great Presentation. Thanks Steve

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Great to hear! Keep learning Steve.

[@marknthetrails7627]

Thanks for the updates to older videos, good to know that if ever something is going wrong I may be able to come back and review. 👍✌🖖🥃

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

The updates certainly need doing, I'll keep going. I hope you'll find this a useful resource for the future, I have lots of plans for going beyond the basics eventually.

[@bareknucklepreach8591]

Thankyou for taking the time to do this! Its on point!!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aranyak1881]

Thanks, these videos are really helpful in getting rid of bad habits early on, the 16 drawings are also great for practicing after each video!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad you like them!

[@lennysheldon7685]

thanks for the revised versions! super helpful and easier to follow your videos.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Hi Lenny, thanks and all the best for your learning journey. I think you’ll find that once you’ve worked through the six revised ones you’ll be able to follow along with the older ones. Most people do. I’m still working on #6 and will continue slowly. Keep in touch if you have any questions, I can often help.

[@ianlangley987]

Hi Arnold, I have just complete number 3 and with few a few rewinds managed to get it. You do it well and your easy to follow. I think in one of your sessions you asked what we were going to use this course for. I have just about finished a 1/10 scale model of a RC Venice water taxi and as I can't source the deck fitting parts I plan to design my own and print on the new 3D printer I have bought for the job. Wish me luck. I am a retired fitter and turner so understand most of it but its just about getting my head around drawing on a computer and not a drawing board back in the sixties, when I served my time. Cheers and thanks a lot. Now to part 4 Ian

[@adrianharrison5208]

Again thanks so much for making these videos, I really appreciate the time and effort on your behalf.. I have got this fare now but will go back over the last few videos till they are all sinking in..

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

That's a good plan Adrian, its the repetition that really helps you to learn.

[@kokopellie]

Your the best instructor I have found on Fusion 360. Keep up the amazing work!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thankyou T&B, I'll press on.

[@0GreatMerlin]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Please do, I am enjoying this. Your work is the best I have found on KZbin. The only problem is finding the anykey on the keyboard. You know, press anykey to exit this step. I have never found that silly key.

[@rotohcf1400]

Thank you, Arnold. Every time I get back to CAD it’s after a year+ long break and rewatching your series is now on my checklist. Going to be interesting designing a part from a pretty horrible 3d scan

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

That will be a challenge but I'm sure you're on the right tool here with Fusion 360. How rough is the scan?

[@rotohcf1400]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 an iPhone generated scan of a front end of a vehicle. It looks +/- an inch at any given feature. Going to be a lot of rough 3d prints and lots of adjustments.

[@tattoosfromgrease]

Another GREAT video! Thanks Arnold.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

My pleasure. It looks like you're making progress.

[@abdulazizshalu2620]

I like this series, thank you for making those videos.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

My pleasure! Did you see the next ones Abdulaziz? The revised part #4 will be published soon but you can probably follow easily enough with the original series up to #16. They are all listed here:- kzbin.info/aero/PLFCTgdiT5-kLBNvrkUNy63Gu1tWdRuKkr

[@johnfrankforther8162]

Well, after 5 or 6 tries I finally managed to make the part correctly. I was watching what symbols showed on your drawing and comparing them to mine. I finally caught the missed quick steps in using the constraints to get the mirrored parts to join properly. I may have to go through this session a few more times to make sure. These lessions will help me when I get to the point of designing my own parts. Thank you.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you John! These tutorials cover a lot of ground in a short space of time. Repetition not only trains the reflexes and neuron pathways but also helps to pick up on details that are easily overlooked in the initial rush. You'll make a gradual transition to designing your own parts but thankfully there are lots of useful tutorials on KZbin while you make the journey.

[@0GreatMerlin]

It can be a bit fun. I myself had drawn the curve a bit higher than was shown in the example and so got a heart shape when I applied the tangent constraint. All I needed to do to correct that was to grab the point where the two arcs met and drag it up a bit. Then the curves joined properly. I am happy that the videos talk about not erasing your work and instead fixing the problems on the fly. This is one of the great powers of CAD, that you can modify existing designs and have them update.

[@-TK-421]

WOW. that helps alot. I have tried forever to figure out how to make a change to something I did wrong. Thank you.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad it helped!

[@RobertBrown-lf8yq]

Hi Arnold. Another great instructional vid. 👏👏 Regards Robert

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad you enjoyed it Robert, the revised part 4 is in the works but I think you'll find the remaining ones easy enough to follow even though they are in the older UI. Try part #4 if you haven't seen it already. kzbin.info/aero/PLFCTgdiT5-kLBNvrkUNy63Gu1tWdRuKkr

[@mikebadera3044]

your method of teaching makes it so easy to follow and learn... come on number 4!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you Mike, keep learning, number 4 is in the works but will take a few weeks at my current rate of production. I think you'll be able to follow along OK with the older turtorials now that you've done three of them in the newer user interface. Here's the entire playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLFCTgdiT5-kLBNvrkUNy63Gu1tWdRuKkr

[@frictitious]

Amazing, thank you!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Keep learning JDG, you can do this!

[@fareedahmed3897]

Love the way you explain ❤️❤️❤️

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad you liked it. I wish I could be so clear and concise when I'm speaking to my wife, sometimes I exasperate her.

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

🙏very valuable information. Thank you AR🙏

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

My pleasure

[@alanbatch-pg8uw]

Just started fusion 360. I’m 72 years old I had a bit of cad cam retired at 60. I am learning to keep the brain working. love the way you teach thank you Alan

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Congratulations on your new learning adventure Alan. You should find Fusion 360's CAM environment interesting. I'm looking forward to getting my head around all that stuff soon. But get on top of the part modeling first and let me know if you have any difficulties, (we all do) and I can often help.

[@utkf16]

You are good. I'm not a future engineer but a retired bloke learning about 3d printing to house my electronic projects which I'm also learning about. Great course thank you

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad to have you here on the channel utkf, you might not be an engineer or a future engineer but you're learning to use the same tools to do the same job as an engineer. You might call it retirement but what's in a name anyway? Keep learning!

[@alvint4944]

Thanks for this!!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Its a pleasure Alvin.

[@Despiser25]

A week ago I wished I had this. Today I wish I had one on lofting ;) Your efforts are greatly appreciated mate!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Tell me more about what you'd like to know about the loft tool Mitch. It would take me a while but in the meantime have a look at Tyler Beck's video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3rNhYlpbJuZp9E

[@torhakh]

Cant really praise this enough!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Keep learning, and let me know if you get stuck on anything.

[@schumzy]

OK - time for part 3. ticking along nicely. Found it helps to watch, do while watching, practice 2 or 3 times after watching and before the next video, practice the last part. I also found spacing out lessons by a day helps make sure it sticks. Doing it all in 1 go just blurs it (tried that last time)

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Excellent! You have a systematic mind and you know how your mind works.

[@paulwhiteman3625]

Really good learning material, sir, and so easy to follow, even for a technophobe like my good self!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you Paul, keep learning, its great software.

[@paulwhiteman3625]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I certainly will, sir! I’m in the process of scratch building a Lotus 11 so your tutorials will come in very handy for a bunch of components I’ll need to create!

[@jasonchavis6414]

Love these video's

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I'm glad you found me Jason

[@Go4BrokeOffroad]

I watched the old videos and tried to make a part. I did successfully make a few but it was frustrating. After watching the updates, it's much easier. Project history saved me time.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I'm glad you found the three revised ones. The next one is in the works, I'll keep pedalling. Hopefully you'll be able to use the older ones for the remainder while I plod on.

[@robertbankhead8661]

Like a fine wine Arnold, better with age. Thanks!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Its good to have you here Robert!

[@MisterNCT]

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Thanks for the concise lessons. I'm having a ball learning this!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Have fun! I love to make the same joke about old dogs learning.

[@Miner3dBurns]

Having fun with your tutorials, using your plans I have a go at making the part. Then watch the video to learn how to do it better.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

That's great! Keep on going.

[@dram6262]

Thanks Arnold. Revising Part 3 helped save my delete key from abuse.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Haha, keep learning e

[@nick11118888]

Thank you

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you Nick.

[@Richie_]

It's been years since I looked at an engineering drawing. I used to set rotary transfer machines & worked on lathes too. It's good to learn something new. I will be doing designs for electronic project cases that I make. Arduino based.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

All that experience will stand you in good stead with all of this. Most people are having to learn all that from scratch. You've got the right idea, electronics are part of just about everything these days and Fusion 360 has a whole section for electronics design. I'll be doing tutorials on it eventually

[@Richie_]

I have had a go on Fritzing and East EDA, just very basic stuff. Also Tinkercad a little but prefer Fusion. Looking forward to your tutorials on electronics. Your way of teaching Fusion reminds me of the way Rosetta Stone teaches Italian, going over the same basics things until it sticks. The way your 16 drawings progresses slowly towards more advanced'ish drawings. I always thought CAD would be too hard for me but not now..👍👍

[@jasonchavis6414]

I filtered through a lot of these videos from other people, and yours by far is the best. After I finish the 16 part video what else do you have to offer?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Here is the list of Playlists on my channel Jason; www.youtube.com/@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360/playlists After the 16 Basic Tutorials you'll see the Intermediate playlist but since I published those I've realised that people need a good understanding of Bodies and Components and so I've got two tutorials in the Components playlist so far. They are at beginners level, do those first and then take a look at the intermediate playlist. I'm glad you asked this question, I've discovered that most people are unaware of the other materials available here.

[@gregmaskell2372]

Thanks Arnold These videos are amazing Is there somewhere that explains what all of the buttons do and meanings for the words like constraints, fillets, ect My control Z does not delete the last step

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Greg, I am working on an eBook but it'll be to support the 16 Basic Tutorials. I can certainly include a glossary to that when I get to it but It'll be a sort of compendium of the most common questions I've had in the comments here. After that I need to write one about how to get a superior engineering education without university. Anyway, I think what you're looking for is something like the usual manual that most software has and Fusion 360 does have one like that. Click on the little question mark at the top right of the Fusion 360 window and you'll see a drop-down menu, click Learning and Documentation, Product Documentation. That opens a web-page with everything, start with the 'tour of the interface'.

[@garygurnell]

Hey Arnold, what a great series of videos! AWESOME! I was attempting to "download & subscribe" by pressing the Purple button, but sadly, I never received the drawings. Any other ways to get them, so as to following allow with your tutorials? Many thanks, greatly appreciated.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Here you go Gary, talk to me if you have any other difficulties. drive.google.com/file/d/1GQHJnwAH8L4ItQaK8TWXxF76v11L3zvM/view?usp=sharing

[@joncrook5737]

Great content Arnold, clear and to the point. I'm just getting started in my CAD learning, so these are invaluable! I did have a question - I'm building my first project which will involve multiple pieces per what you're building. Do you recommend creating the pieces independently or building them off of each other? I.e. if two pieces fit together with a small offset, is it best practice to make one then use those dimensions to determine the second piece, or is it best to create them independently? Sorry if you've answered already, please point me to the video/comment if you have! Thank you!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Jon, you're the kind of student a teacher loves to have. You've foreseen my whole course here. Take it easy, plod on through the 16 Basic Tutorials, then do the Bodies and Components tutorials which are also pitched at beginners level and then you'll be about right for the Intermediate playlist which demonstrate both of the scenarios you have described. We call them Bottom Up versus Top Down. Feel free to look ahead at these and you might be able to understand how you decide which is suitable in which kind of project, however I strongly recommend that you work through the material in order so that you get everything working together and you'll be building an understanding of what you're doing.

[@MechPCM]

Thankyou Sir💕

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Fantastic! Did you see the rest of the videos in the playlist? #4 is in the works but will take a while, you will probably be able to follow the older series in the meantime, see how you go here kzbin.info/aero/PLFCTgdiT5-kLBNvrkUNy63Gu1tWdRuKkr

[@clivejones804]

Good evening Arnold, great work very easy to follow your tutorage. My O/S is Linux Ubuntu 22.04.1: I have Fusion 360 installed, I use iInkscape, which is easy to use and extremely accurate, for all my drawings. I have just purchased a Prover 3018 CNC Mc. And would like to convert all my drawings to 3D for cutting out on the CNC Mc. Trouble is when I import my drawings into Fusion 360 they are not at the correct size, scale, is there a way to get them to the correct size, scale? (they are imported as Object to Path)

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Hi Clive, thanks, is that inkscape you're referring to? It sounds good but if you're learning Fusion 360 you'll probably find its easier to generate 2D drawings in the semi-automatic drafting environment. As for scaling imports, I will be doing a tutorial on that eventually, in the meantime I recommend Tyler Beck, take a look here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2iTaJyHqJaFjsk

[@lennysheldon7685]

Thanks again for this video series. Q: your part and grid are in the vertical plan whereas my part's grid is in the horizontal meaning grid slices thru the part from the front to back. I've looked around but can't find the steps to reset the grid to the vertical. How do I ensure the grid plan is vertical and how do I correct the orientation if the sketch is already started?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Lenny, I was trying to avoid anything but the most basic stuff about part modeling in this series but I find that this is one of the most common questions and it doesn't really work to say "worry about it later". What I did was make a supplementary video on re-orienting the part once its made. Here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJLTqKp3hsypmLM

[@volksbugly]

This is soo fast, I'm glad there is a pause!

[@volksbugly]

Great Tutorial Thank you! The initial "tofast" feeling is that I picked back up on the tutorial after sitting a few days. Just needed to start from the beginning!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good on you VB! I don't think anyone has worn out the Pause button on the KZbin player yet. You can even go in to the settings and have it play back at half speed or even quarter speed, it makes the sound rather hilarious.

[@DanSullivan-GIM]

I see your grid is off, but didn't see it get turned off. Would you indicate how and why? Thank you! First time using CAD since about 1992... That was Autocad 14 I think.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

You're right Dan! The most obvious things are so easily overlooked. Pardon me. Yes, I like the grid off since parametric CAD is designed to be initially rough and sketchy and only later driven into precision. In fact no matter how you scale your grid it really only gets in the way especially if you have that thing getting even more in the way with automatic snapping behaviour. The way to control your grid is a little tool in the toolbar that lives at the bottom of the main window in the middle of your screen. Its the second icon from the right hand side and the fly-out has toggles for the grid and the snapping and for setting the sizes of your grid.

[@docprune9922]

This is very good. About the best I have come across in terms of pace and showing us what exactly you have clicked on to achieve the result.. Just one thing with lesson. If I typed in -30mm for the extrusion of the hole in the object, it extrude forward. A change in the programme? Fusion 360 2.0.16985 x86_64 Thanks.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Glad its helping Richard and very pleased to hear I'm doing something right. As for the positive or negative extrude, if you watch carefully you'll soon recognise that I might type in one way but often throw in the minus to make it go the way I want it to. There is always a reason but I'm purposefully keeping all the complexities as far out of sight as possible so that people just get on with modelling and leave the intricacies for another day - a day when they have several hundreds of hours of experience, (and that's not as far away as you think). You'll have a few projects completed by that stage.

[@uncletom2443]

I tried to download all 16 drawings but when I hit the download all 16 button nothing happened. I tried this several times with nothing. I have only been able to download the drawing for Part 2 so far. This is the best tutorial series I have run across. Keep up the good work.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thanks Tom, here you go drive.google.com/file/d/1GQHJnwAH8L4ItQaK8TWXxF76v11L3zvM/view?usp=sharing

[@warrenwest311]

When I use the tangent on the radius instead of joining the radius into one radius it form it into two separate full radius mush like a camel back.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I'm sorry to hear about this frustration Warren. Try starting a fresh document and do the exercise again. I remember my first tries in a sketcher, not Fusion but they all have the same way of working as well as the same idiosyncrasies. Watch the video, scrub back and forth over the part about that radius and look for clues about what's happening. Let me know how you go. I'm pretty sure its the kind of thing that often happens to beginners learning how to sketch, don't wear yourself out, take a break when you need to.

[@warrenwest311]

I was eventually able to do it, now to repeat it several times.

[@danbernskoetter]

How do you close the present design project to get a clean slate to begin another?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Hi Dan, I presume you’re all across saving each document (and by the way, are you forming the habit of saving and naming as soon as you open a new document?). But to close an open document you click the little ‘x’ on the right hand side of the tab at the top of the window. Have you noticed that you can have a few documents open at the same time? Each document is in a tab and each one of them has that little ‘x’ at the right had end of its own tab. That closes the current document, and then to open a new one you’ll see a narrow tab further to the right of the open tab(s) with a little plus icon. Click that to open a fresh one. If you’re on the ‘Personal Use’ or free license, you can have ten active documents at a time. Let me know if you need help with that when it comes up.

[@MrRctintin]

Thanks for the videos Arnold. Not sure what’s up, but the audio is a bit off on this one. New mic?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I've been testing microphones Rob and found a lapel mic that does a good job but what's causing trouble now is a new background noise cancelling software that needs adjustment.

[@dave7203]

At around 11 minutes, when I go fro drawing to modify, it doesn,t shift to an angle view. Also, when i go to put in the fillets, I can't see the hidden one without moving the drawing. I did match preferences.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Dave I just looked over this, the view turns to face me when I have the Preference checked in General>Design>Auto look at sketch but stops when I uncheck it. Please double check your preference setting for this one. I'm not sure about why selecting fillet edges through the model isn't working, someone else might see this and chime in.

[@1908ME1]

Hi im using the student version, and i keep loosing drawings in the save folder? But progressing with drawings ok many thanks.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

It's good to hear you're making progress. Take your time, the save dialogue let's you pick a folder of your choice when you name your file.

[@N67414]

I have no idea if you are still looking at comments but I'm on part three. I had a lot of problems because it was not doing what I wanted. Had to delete and start over and even then it had a lot of issues. Maybe this could be modified to have some correction done closer to the point of being done rather than waiting a long time, then go back and show the more global updates.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Hi N67... Yes, I'm here. I'd be glad to help, what is the main issue currently?

[@docprune9922]

In the simple extrudes, the arrow points forwards on your screen but backwards on mine.. That is why I have to make it negative. Seen you do that deliberately when extruding backwards.. Is there a hidden setting somewhere or is it down to order of doing something earlier?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

When you look at the point of origin with its red, green and blue axes, the coloured section of the axis is the positive direction. If you choose your sketch plane one way you can end up looking a certain way, if you choose it another way or some planar surface on the model you may not know which way you're looking when it flips around to face you. I often just grab the blue arrow and drag it the way I want it to go and then see if it needs to be positive or negative. Later on I'll show you how to re-orient your model anyway you need to so it really doesn't matter much.

[@docprune9922]

Thanks Arnold. I will just keep going and learning..

[@winter83]

Are you going to be revising all the lessons or only the first 3?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I'm glad you asked Jennifer, in short yes, but I have to confess my production rate is pretty slow at present. My plan is to go full time on this asap. #4 is recorded and currently in the works but in the meantime I find that most people can get the feel for the most current version of Fusion 360 from the growing list of revised tutorials and revert to the older ones for the remainder. Here's the playlist with all the tutorials listed including all the obsolete ones. kzbin.info/aero/PLFCTgdiT5-kLBNvrkUNy63Gu1tWdRuKkr

[@rbetts75]

Arnold, I am a woodworker in the US. When I hit the E key in sketch, the surface turns blue but doesn't go to the ISO view until I hit the home in the upper right corner. Is there a setting I need to change?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Yes Rob, I take it you've downloaded the free PDF with the 16 drawings. Did you see the Preferences settings in the appendix there? There isn't actually one that governs this particular thing explicitly but I think you'll get the closest to my setup with these set as shown. My own installation does that on occasion and I'm not exactly sure why. Here's what you can do if it occurs: mouse over the 'view cube' in the top right of your screen, click on the little house icon that appears which represents the Home view and you will get an isometric angle. - Not automatic but one click is the next best thing.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

By the way, I'm an occasional hobby woodworker and I'll eventually get around to demonstrating furniture design. One day when I save up enough for a CNC router I'll share what I learn there too.

[@moosterlinck1]

How can I print each of these parts we are learning to draw?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Click File. Click Export. Select STL as the file type. Click Export. The file will go through cloud translation here. Open a slicer, I use Cura and open your STL.

[@carterg.3606]

Hey thanks for the videos. After mirroring the image i did the step to make the corcles tangent and instead of making one circle it made to smaller half circles tangent to eachother on their sides. Any suggestions? Thanks

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

I'm glad to have you along carter g. That sounds pretty freaky, of course its nothing out of the ordinary for someone who is only just getting acquainted with CAD. I know just the kind of thing that happens, but from your description I'm not exactly sure what's going on specifically. Can you send me a pic or two to the Facebook page? A screenshot of the circles before and after you do the constraints? facebook.com/Futr.Engineering

[@carterg.3606]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 I ended up figuring it out thank you mr rowntree

[@JohnnyMentat]

@@carterg.3606 I have the same problem. How did you fix it?

[@JohnnyMentat]

I ended up using the "concentric" constraint rather then the "tangent" constraint to achieve the desired effect.

[@tonygreen7078]

Hi Arnold. I've watched this tutorial through several times and I can't seem to get the mirror to select the whole sketch. The base line and curve always remain un-selected, the constraint bars are missing from lines 3 & 4. What am I doing wrong?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Just by your brief description Tony, I suspect you are making a selection box by dragging with the mouse but you could get the behaviour you describe by dragging from left to right. Please humour me and make that selection box by dragging the opposite way; right to left. Of course you can select the lines and curve (sketch entities) by left clicking one after another. Does this do the trick?

[@tonygreen7078]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Thanks Arnold that sorted the problem. I would never have thought that the direction of scroll would have an effect.

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Hehe, that's a quirk inherited from the ghastly Autocad of yore.

[@rlentzification]

Hi Arnold there is no drawings to print for lessons

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Sorry to be quiet so long rlentzi... please try this link and let me know if it doesn't let you download drive.google.com/file/d/1GQHJnwAH8L4ItQaK8TWXxF76v11L3zvM/view?usp=sharing

[@riccodelestaque7720]

I can't get the lines to turn black, a message warns me that it's overconstrained and I can't validate these lines in black?

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Ricco, there are a few things that can cause your lines to remain blue and Fusion will complain about an over-constraint condition. I recommend that you complete the models even though you may not have everything properly constrained. You're not building a passenger jet liner here, so the consequences of something being inadvertently bumped out of position are not too serious. If you look carefully you will notice that I myself have left a few lines blue in these tutorials and I promise you, I haven't lost any sleep. After a few months of experience you will be familiar enough to know how to get a sketch will all its lines black, and you'll achieve it within two or three tries. I understand that this is not a satisfying answer, especially if you are a perfectionist however if you were to come back after running through all the 16 tutorials I think that much experience will probably help you to be more in control of this issue.

[@riccodelestaque7720]

@@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360 Hi Arnold, I see it's 8:30 p.m. in Australia, thank you for your reply, and the problem didn't keep me awake, it was mostly a question of why and where I went wrong, when we is in training, it is a permanent questioning, and thank you for having revised your tutorials with the new interface. I was just wondering if my preferences weren't in question. I haven't changed much except reversed the direction of the wheel. Have a good evening.

[@mondmichel]

Great new Clip! I'm a great Fan of your Tutorials. But this time it was not easy für me to understand your explanations. The Sound was a little bit dump, und you spoke a little bit fast. So, it was hard to follow for someone who had not english as his native language. I'm looking forward for your next Tutorials... Thumbs up!

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Thanks MM, I'm experimenting with the audio, there's a new thing which uses AI to cut out background noises like my squeaky chair and whatever's going on in the rest of the house but the downside is that is muffles my words occasionally. Hopefully I can tweak things a bit better and I'll try to remember to speak clearly. In the meantime you might be able to slow down the speed in the player by 25% or so.

[@stavart13]

A+ tutorial Arnold 👍

[@prometheus4249]

I didn't know that you can edit after extrusion 😅

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Oh yes P42, keep learning!

[@1-shotslinger108]

I'm not an aspiring engineer I am a CNC Production Specialist .

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

Good, I hope you find what you’re looking for here among all the students and hobbyists.

[@1-shotslinger108]

I'm still very confusioned got extrude feature Lots to learn, Invaluable must have tool, if it writes the G codes for you I'm all about G-Codes and M codes from school. @@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360

[@williamchristian2361]

I am guilty of deleting my work because of a mistake

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

At least its unlikely to become a bad habit now William. (Trying to think of a funny comeback about pennance)

[@TheVigilant109]

Thank you

[@ArnoldRowntreeTeachesFusion360]

You're welcome TV109