Modeling a Table and Generating PLANS AND A CUTLIST! Autodesk Fusion 360 for Woodworkers 3

In this video, we're going to model a table inside of Fusion 360 so that we can generate drawings and a material CutList from our model!
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In this video, learn how to create a table in a way inside of Fusion 360 where we can generate a parts list, or a cutlist! We'll start by modeling out the parts and pieces of the table, which will need to be components.
Since we've modeled our parts as components, we can then use the tables function of the drawing tools to create a table that totals our parts and pieces into a cutlist that can be printed as a part of our drawings!

[@TheFusionEssentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about creating cutlists or plans from Fusion 360 in the comments below!

[@jasonventura2053]

I am creating a curved storage bench with a multi-hinged seat, for an alcove. Do you know how to draw that out creating a curve based on the foreward most plane, essentially a flat line at the front of the piece of furniture. I have the distance from that plane at 1 ft increments along the width to create the curve of the seat but am not sure if there's a way to have the actual curve created based on the points. The piece I'm creating is something like this only boxed in and with a hinged seat. www.goldenteak.com/westminster-teak-circular-curved-backless-bench-83-in-w.html

[@ukaszkoc6530]

Hey. Could you please make video with similar example but made from metal tube squares?

[@matthewdoering3493]

Great stuff. Might be a topic for a different video but I would have loved to have you made the legs tapered. Seeing how to do that would have been really helpful.

[@Tatechow]

Is there a way to calculate board feet from fusion so that I roughly know how much wood I’ll need to go purchase? There is a sketch plugin that can do this

[@hadjimagic]

@@Tatechow I second this question. That would be really useful.

[@HopWorksET]

I realize this is an old video, but I wanted to say that your videos have been a REAL BIG help for me, and today I just discovered that you covered this subject (woodworking, parts and cuts list) with Fusion 360 and it is one of the main reasons I wanted to use this software. This, and creating models for 3d printing. Your videos are absolutely AWESOME, covering shortcut keys, the basics just briefly, and there is so much anyone can learn from a single video. Regardless of the reason for the episode. Nicely done! Great pace, audio, laid out nicely. I cannot thank you enough! WELL DONE! {thumbs-upped;saved;subscribed}

[@bretts4343]

Mind. Blown. Wow. I've done some really simple things in 360, but this opens up a whole new world. Will be watching more because, well, I'd probably be lying if I said I knew 1% of it's capabilities...

[@jdyzy]

been watching tutorials for days trying to figure out how to make a cut list. All the tutorials I watched only addressed the views and dimensioning. Thanks for showing the table option. That is exactly what I was looking for. Nice job on the tutorials.

[@TheFusionEssentials]

Great to hear! Thanks!

[@grumpywiseguy5992]

This is great because as a new modeler, this feature really sets Fusion 360 apart. Making a parts list is built in and very easy to set up. Thanks.

[@koputai]

Thanks for doing these videos Justin, you explain and demonstrate Fusion 360 in a way that makes it much less intimidating.

[@jimlang5864]

Really clever use of the pattern command (around a central axis). Everything is square and perpendicular in the table design and so I would have never thought of using a circular pattern. Thanks for the cool technique!

[@orange9807]

Wow as a student learning fusion for the first time you really have brought me up to speed to the basics. This should really be a paid tutorial!

[@DSegal1122]

Dude, I can't believe I watched you do that so easily! I've been hacking my way with Fusion, but this simple video taught me a bunch. You're an awesome instructor!!! Thank you!

[@kurtswearingen497]

Great videos and thanks for not including any antics or fluff - it shows a rather considerate level of professionalism. I've learned alot from your videos and have already made a toolbox and set of drawers, though I am struggling to make a workshop table cleanly. I keep having to start new sketches to add extra elements I did not think of (i.e. extra joists, extra legs, segmenting apron into components, etc.) and now want to mirror one side to the other, but "it" won't let me in Sketch mode, which points to the need for some Fusion 360 Troubleshooting videos; you'd be the first to do that as nobody else has done this. Sure, everyone presents the videos as if all is smooth sailing, but there maybe rougher waters you could help us overcome? Keep up the great work! Thanks, Kurt

[@ben_3256]

You can start a million dollar business just from this channel.

[@johnagorman]

great stuff! you covered so much. Really pulled together some topics i knew a little bit about, like patterns are instances. You simplified Drawings a lot as well. thanks!

[@diversify210]

Dude thank you so much. I build custom cabinetry and fine furniture pieces for a living. I have been using sketchup to design all of my work for years now, but sketchup is just so limited. As I get into designing more intricate furniture. The limitations of sketchup become so clear. So I have been taking some time every day to learn Fusion 360 which is much more involved, but watching your videos along with others have helped me take giant leaps over the past week learning this software and how to use it, so I really appreciate it.

[@moderntouchfurniture]

Excellent video, easy to follow along, thanks again Justin.

[@chefmadewoodwork]

Wow, what an incredible helpful videos. Clear, concise, and easy to digest. I’m almost a complete noob with CAD (completely new to Fusion360) and I’m hoping to use it for the specific purpose of laying out plans to use for projects and to present to customers. I had no idea how simple it was to translate your design directly into printable plans. Thank you for sharing this!

[@livingleffertinthepnw7135]

Excellent tutorial. This series has really helped learn Fusion. Thank you.

[@creditkevin]

Another great video and I feel like I have no place giving criticism because I'm so new, but I think its good practice to define the line you used for the circle pattern as a "construction line" in the sketch palette or hitting the "x" key. It has saved me some confusion on a couple projects. Thanks for the cut list video it'll surely save me some money on my next project!

[@PeterKrantz]

Thank you for this video! It was one of the fastest to the point videos I have found and managed to get me starting a project. Keep it up!

[@TheFusionEssentials]

Glad it helped!

[@PhilPKay]

Just started using Fusion 360 and these videos are a great help. Many thanks.

[@alessandrozoppi8597]

Very veeeery good lessons! Thank You Justin!

[@a.k.5423]

Great video and straight to the point! Thanks a lot!

[@petermartucci6534]

Very helpful and you do a great job explaining. Thanks

[@Tatechow]

This was great and easy to follow!

[@robingrant8082]

Excellent teaching and very useful content, thank you.

[@gsaarchitecturalmechanical5872]

Good afternoon I just subscribed to your channel, your video is so easy to follow. I did not know that Fusion 360 had so many functions. God bless, keep up the good work

[@ComandanteJ]

Picked more than one tip from this vid! Great video.

[@pheroztengra2821]

From the beginning, as a woodworker, I want to know how to print my drawing plans. This video was wonderful in describing how to do it - thanks.

[@Ronnysunshine]

Just wanted to echo what most other people are saying- many thanks! I’ve struggled for years with sketchup but I can see F360 as a viable option for the future, with a good deal of practice and more great tutorials like this. Cheers.

[@TheFusionEssentials]

Glad it helped!

[@jasoncook4375]

Great Video. Very informative and made learning fusion a little bit easier!

[@josiahpitman]

Thank you for this! Great video, short and informative.

[@christopherrucker3559]

Thank you for this video! It was very helpful!

[@frankrowland63]

This was very helpful getting to the cut list thanks

[@photonmoon]

These are extremely helpful, good job!

[@adamcope6890]

Awesome video. I learned a lot.

[@jasonburt5047]

Very cool! Thanks a lot. I found this very informative!

[@rodophotos]

Great video, thanks for sharing

[@road2raceway356]

Thanks for the video. This really helps

[@MuthuKumar-qi2um]

Awesome videos Justin your content is very unique and easy to digest at the same time.

[@xrv750rd04]

Fantastic... excelente step by step...!! Thanks!!

[@j2mccoy]

Thanks again Justin. You have just convinced me that Fusion 360 is the direction I'm going...keep them coming!. Liked and Subscibed

[@TheFusionEssentials]

:)

[@martinserre2280]

Great! This has helped me quite a bit ... some things I haven't quite understood why (like the midplane), but the majority was enlightening. Naming the components is good practice and helps with the parts list at the end. I'm also using Mapboard Pro. Another angle of learning and a more rounded understanding of component design. I'm now a newbie minus 1 day :)

[@ΔημήτριοςΜάστορης]

Very helpful video. Thank you!!!

[@dustinwiget8088]

Awesome video brother. Thank you!

[@mannyfilmsinc]

awesome video! very concise and right into business! thank you so much

[@geronimoreyes1836]

This video was awesome learning so much. Thank you.

[@TheFusionEssentials]

You're very welcome!

[@AndrewARitz]

Great content, thanks for making these videos!

[@gadgetnate]

Awesome! Just what I was looking for.

[@ingGS]

Another great video. Thank you!

[@InDoe420]

thanks for this video, i was afraid of making a simple table for my 3D printing set up, i guess i will give it a try!

[@Acidrain77]

Nice Video! Thanks for this

[@MichaelMunyaka]

Great stuff! Much appreciated.

[@IkeMann100]

Many thanks! Excellent!

[@kevinleemedlin385]

Helpful! Thanks!

[@SuperBulegila]

Thank you that was informative

[@dariobeggiao1033]

Great video, thanks! I've just start use Fusion but your video is very good! 🇮🇹

[@simonparatte-guy96]

Thank you so much, this video was super helpful!

[@kovacsjanos2653]

i've been looking for a video on how to extract out the plans. Very helpful

[@ChuckBe]

This was very useful; I learned and practiced a lot! This is an older video...some of the interface dialogs are slightly different. In particular, I couldn't get your "midplane" technique to work (long description omitted). Further research indicated that I should create the table top as a Centered Rectangle, centered on the origin. I was then able to create the patterns as taught. That said, I could see needing to find a center point of an object that ISN'T centered on the origin...future skill learning. I also named the components for what they are, e.g. "Leg," and used the component's Description Property for the dimensions, which gave me a more understandable Parts List (wish I could attach a screen snip...).

[@MrBrewzr]

You’re awesome, great teacher

[@TheFusionEssentials]

I appreciate that!

[@CharlesBreaud]

This is great, the cut list will help me a lot.

[@TheFusionEssentials]

Awesome - glad you liked it!

[@venturinaround]

Man you have helped me so much with just this video. Definitely subed and am going to watch more vids.

[@eulogiogarcia8689]

Awesomeness dude!

[@adrianmeyer2157]

I learned a hell of a lot then, nice one.

[@cherylchristensen3515]

Great job!

[@poultonprojects]

Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!! This is so coool

[@erics7801]

Thank You!

[@robertpfohler363]

Great video,

[@SymbiosisDenizen]

Great channel

[@gsaarchitecturalmechanical5872]

My friend. Thank you very much for sharing this information. I am familiar with Invento from Autodesk but it’s too expensive, I want to try out Fusion

[@mohammedalsamin2299]

Thank you 👏

[@dachluhr]

Really useful

[@CustomGraphixWoodworx]

Great content

[@illwill1337]

Great vid!

[@Sean-qk5mv]

Great video Justin... Really enjoy your style. Have recently switched to Fusion, so looking forward to more tutorials, with greater in-depth techniques aimed at woodworking.

[@TheFusionEssentials]

Thanks very much Sean - more videos to come! :)

[@syntaxmaciah4585]

i know this is an old video but this is where I'm at in the design stage. This table works only because the table is simple and symmetrical. if you are making something irregular the cut list is useless. say you need 5 legs 1 in each corner and 1 in the middle that 1 in the middle cant be a copy so your cut list will show 4"x4"38" quantity 4 and 4"x4"38" quantity 1. The only way i found to get around it is if i generate a custom table and add all the information manually. I genuinely don't know if I'm missing something or dose anyone have any suggestions? Also want to say your videos are well done and easy to fallow.

[@ericherbertwallis]

fantastic!

[@GeorgiosPolydorou-yo3gl]

Im just starting out with f360 and have been using sketchup for modeling and cutlists do you recommend 360 over sketchup for woodworking projects

[@Nepomuc]

perfect, great tutorial

[@TheFusionEssentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@dptp9lf]

Very helpful!

[@noahnipperus7320]

I watched this wondering how to make an all steel welding table (please tell me if I'm wrong or please make this exact video but for all steel plate and tubing) What I think I'm realizing, is that; it doesn't matter what the material is because: if I know the finished dimensions of my stock the "sketching" process would be exactly the same? Another awesome video either way, Thank you!

[@danburrell8473]

Love the videos. Very much appreciated! Question: can you create a Cut Sheet using Fusion automagically or do you have to figure it out yourself? Thank you in advance.

[@Purgetheworld]

So I used this video to learn and am designing a small tool stand, when I use the circular pattern tool to duplicate the four legs they aren’t aligning how I need them, how do I change their orientation? Thanks, amazing video!!

[@zeal514]

1 Thing I love about sketchup, is that I get a picture of my plywood. So if I were to build something out of plywood, I could simply say my sheet is 4x8, and then it automatically places the pieces on the 4x8 sheet, making it a lot easier to see the best way to cut the full sheet for the most material. Is that doable in fusion?

[@leighgray8537]

Why is there an inch gap between the mitered corners after using the circle pattern tool to create 3 more components ? Did I miss something?

[@marciolangeani9992]

Fantastic! I ‘ ve allready watched your sketchup videos . Thanks for such a great material again

[@sunandprabhakaran2875]

Thank you so much for the tutorials sir. I have been practising a lot by looking at your work. Just one doubt though, why do you keep reducing the measurements by .5 of an inch...!?

[@mat431]

2x4s and 4x4s aren't 2"x4" and 4"x4". They're actually 1.5"x3.5" and 3.5"x3.5".

[@tagrove]

I'm watching this, and have a question on basic F360 setup. When you draw your rectangle for the top, you type in the dimensions, and after hitting enter on the second one, your drawing still shows the dimensions. Mine does not, and I would like to turn that on! I do see that they go away when you click finish sketch, which is fine. I may have other questions as I watch the rest of the video, but wanted to ask this before I forgot.

[@waderahtz6928]

I have been watching your tutorials and they are very helpful for the process. Thank you for posting. Will you be creating joinery in any upcoming videos?

[@TheFusionEssentials]

Thanks very much! I can definitely do that - any joints in particular you want me to focus on, or more of a general overview?

[@waderahtz6928]

@@TheFusionEssentials Dados , mortise and tenon type of stuff would be great, I think that the concepts could be applied to others such as rabbets and the like. Another thing that would be helpful if it is possible would be to be able to layout the components of a project onto a sketch of a plywood sheet to be able to get the least waste. Thanks for responding. Most of the other video on this sw is either very basic, or way too advanced and assume a background in cad cam sw. So this is great.

[@BrettBinns]

When designing real pieces in my workshop the design process is iterative. Joinery changes. Pieces change size. Embedding the size of an item in the component name we certainly lead to errors where the component changes size and its name does not reflect the size. Is there an advanced method of using tables where actual component size based on the drawing can be reflected in the table? I want, for example “Leg” to be the component name and to have another auto generated column that presents the Leg’s size based on the drawing.

[@Fancyrat1013]

I was wondering, is there a way to update the component name for the cut list based on actual dimensions so if you edit the size of the table, cutlass could update as well.

[@dsaworxcarpentrysolutions9155]

Thanks boss

[@georgelza]

Maybe Advance version introducing Dado's ? Making it look very easy, thanks.

[@jhirn2957]

Hi Justin. is there a way to automatically label/name a component based on the size so they are easier to manage, especially for resizing. i realize curves or anything with more than 4 sides/6b faces would be tough but doing this manually is a pain and error prone

[@davidbender5998]

nice!

[@terryk3118]

Very helpful video, thanks for your effort in producing it. I notice the Description column in your table is blank. Curious whether you can add something in there manually - or does Fusion populate that column from somewhere else in the design? What if you control the leg length with a parameter so you can't put in the length of the part in the component description? Have you already covered that in another video?

[@zw1264]

Fantastic. Is this software free to download for learning purposes ?

[@JeffKreska]

Nice tips on creating the parts list. Fusion 360 sure does seem primitive when it comes to parts list. IDK why it can't figure out which pieces have identical sizes regardless of the component name. I would have thought someone created a plugin to turn a design into a parts list if the tool really doesn't support it.

[@mikethered14]

Ok how do you get the description to show the dimensions of the object? I don't want to go back in there and inspect every part again lol

[@pavolholes]

Hi Justin, thanks a lot for all woodworking videos, you helped me a lot. How can I add dimensions of the components to the parts list? Thanks!

[@shaheerqureshi5729]

So I'm doing this project where you have to make your own room and even if your tutorial is amazing and easy to understand i can't figure out how to lift the table from under the plan to the floor