Fusion 360 - 23 Tips Beginners Must Learn

Fusion 360 Tips For Beginners! How to shell, mirror, sweep, reuse sketches, measure, define sketches and more! Tips Called Out in Bright Orange - Time Stamps Below
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Show Notes
0:00 Beginning
0:15 Hit Save Helps With Autosave
0:17 "S" Key Search Favorites - Modal Toolbar
0:36 Centering On The Origin. All Reference Planes Centered
0:41 D Smart Dimension
1:00 E Extrude Command
1:15 Shell - Create Thin Walls
1:41 Section Analysis
2:00 Analysis Folder - Hide Section
3:00 Q - Press Pull Command
3:25 Right Click Drag Up - Repeat Command
3:51 Inspect - Measure
5:09 Dimension to Centerline - For Doubled Value
5:33 Drag Blue Entities
5:50 Use Constraints Whenever Possible
6:38 Mirror Bodies - To Mirror Everything
7:13 Combine Command
8:04 Cross Section Following Curve - Sweap Command
8:26 Start from Origin for Sweap
10:15 Start A Sketch With Any Sketch Tool
12:37 Lock Icon - Fully Defined Sketch
13:55 Start From
14:55 Visual Style
15:21 A - Appearance Tool
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What Fusion 360 tutorials would you like to see? What beginner content for Fusion 360 would be most helpful?
Many beginners in Fusion 360 are struggling with the same challenges that all CAD users face. Is it better to put everything in one large sketch or should you use feature for everything. I address these questions in the Fusion 360 tutorial video.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

What's A Tip You Would Add To The LIst????

[@chemicalBR0]

stop using inches ;)

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

@@chemicalBR0 Totally.

[@cw4608]

Tyler Beck of Tech & Espresso could you show how to cut tangental holes through a hollow sphere in a pattern?

[@pedrumsalimi3466]

this whole video was a gotcha for me

[@homeinspectingwithjohnhans4250]

Tell us what happens when we hit 'Finish Sketch'. If this has been covered in one of your other tutorials, could you please link it? Why must it be used? What are the implications of not hitting Finish Sketch? Does this deserve a video focused on 'Finish Sketch'?

[@phenixkidfrmyesterday6237]

finally a tutorial i dont have to play at 1.5x speed. love it! straight to the point, just what you need, thank you!

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Glad it helped!

[@connorfitzgerald640]

Your videos are so concise and effective. I love how its cut, skipping anything unnecessary. Absolutely stellar - thank you!

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Thx!

[@deejflat]

I have been looking for a video like this for weeks. As someone who is still learning fusion but has quite a bit of experience with mastercam it’s almost frustrating that I didn’t quite get a good foundation on fusion. This is just the video I needed to get me past quite a few hurdles I’ve been having. I have learned a ton from trial and error but I’ve been taking days learning things that take a few minutes to do. All my sketches and things have been over constrained and I really didn’t fully realize how to use fusion. I’ve got a lot to learn still and look forward to watching more of your videos. Your thorough explanations have been clutch

[@scottgilsdorf2938]

Thank you! I’m a complete noob but spent 4 hours going through tutorials looking for answers to my Very basic model and within the time frame of watching this video I now know what I need to do! Looking forward to learning much more with you!

[@andrewmorgan7770]

Your videos are absolutely what my ADHD brain needs. Rapid fire technical information with no wastes space. Most other tutorials on here would have a 45 min video for this much content

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Glad you liked it!

[@djmaxxsaint]

Genius video. PERFECT!

[@pas3463]

The best on Fusion360. Fast and clear explanations. Great work!

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Thx!

[@j.osborne4914]

Good video. Im new to this and I learned some stuff I was wondering so thanks!

[@mikkel1900]

Watched a third of the video. Subbed. Liked. Then finished it. Gonna have this in a tab while working today, for "tutoring". :)

[@agpereirav]

Very nice and concise tutorial!

[@parsianproductions6596]

This video saved me days thanks

[@xmarcovinzx]

Thanks for taking the time to do this, very useful.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Glad it helped!

[@ShapingSilver]

Super useful tutorial, thank you. That helped me a lot. 👍

[@ilansagital3519]

great tutorial, thank you very much :)

[@heeder777]

This video addressed several questions and issues I was having but the disappearing holes when extruding has allowed my hair to start to regrow where I was pulling it out. Many thanks!

[@JWH3]

It's funny I posted a question looking for tutorials like this on reddit just yesterday. No fuss no muss just dragging people through some basic examples rapid like this as I have basic familiarity with Freecad but am lost in the Fusion 360 interface still and haven't had time to play much. Thanks!

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Glad to hear it!

[@bmorrison3665]

this was excellent

[@JohnBoen]

Perfect. Just the right level of detail I needed to make me think - oh, that's just like XYZ in that other SW...

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Glad to hear it

[@alsleig]

Love your videos man thank you!

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Thanks Alain!

[@crossthreadaeroindustries8554]

Great share, many time-saving tips. I think two good practices to add are 1) always create Components for everything you design, and 2) use User Parameters for core measurements like Length, Height, Depth, etc. of 3D bodies. The first one lets you fabricate each component separately, and the second one one saves your brain from remembering too many key dimensions. These may have obfuscated the points you were making in this kind of video, though.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Totally agree

[@VEEBProjects]

Excellent pacing! Fusion 360 has some idiosyncrasies for the tech-savvy newcomer. This got me past those roadblocks. Thanks!

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Glad it helped

[@jocelyncaskey9077]

thnks for making the video! cleared up a lot of issues id been having

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Welcome!

[@mick_hyde]

Thanks for this 👍

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Welcome 👍

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

Hi Tyler, another great video. As always, I have some picky detail to mention. @12:00 you say you align the two left circles along the vertical axle, but you quickly close the error message since you already aligned the bottom left circle with the bottom one along the horizontal axle. No biggie, but since it is "Beginner" in the title it is worth mentioning IMO. I am a beginner, so I had to repeat the section a few times to get the hang of what happened. Another thing that came to my strange mind was that it would have been more logical to have the feet at the same distance from the outer edges instead of along the diagonal construction line. Maybe you just wanted to show the use of the construction line, but for me, as they are called "feet" it would make more sense to have them positioned as I just wrote. If the rectangle was a square, of course, the diagonal construction line would work perfectly. Hmm, I really tend to ramble on, but since English isn't my native tongue, I'm not sure I can explain my thoughts shorter than this (and it may still not make sense 😂😂) Oh, one last thing (I think...). I noticed that you were a bit happy with the scissors editing the video, some parts that IMO are needed for a beginner's video were cut out in post. I got used to it and was able to figure things out, but I think it can be a bit confusing.

[@montebrown8398]

Thank you!

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

👍

[@krizzo]

I thought you went at a good pace. I've only been using Fusion 360 for the past 2 weeks. It's surprisingly easy to pick up. I need to work on the mussel memory and learn new tricks. Which do you prefer to work in Solidworks or fusion? I've been debating about learning Solidworks and wonder if it's worth it. Seems like Autodesk keeps changing fusions drasticly, making older videos semi obsolete and more difficult to follow.

[@Grumpyoldtwit]

Head and shoulders, the BEST F360 video on the Internet! Subscribed!

[@farawayskies]

If I had one of these videos to zoom through just once a day, I'd be a pro in no time. I will now dive into your channel hoping for a quick tip playlist.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Thanks

[@daze8410]

Shell command works good, you can also "Thin Extrude" for the same result. It appears to be a newer feature

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Yes!

[@abru8699]

Thank you very much Tyler very helpful, fast and straight to the point. it would be helpful to have a quick link of the different tips on the description. thanks for this anyway, really helpful

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

ab ru Great idea.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Added that in the description

[@rachelmello1735]

At ~3 min mark, what's the difference here between using Q (push/pull) and X (extrude)? I'm following along with the hollowed out box, and trying both tools it's not obvious to me which you would use there in what circumstances.

[@LouAdzima]

This is great! Thank you. Can you do the Move/Copy command? More, please.More, please.More, please.More, please.More, please.More, please.More, please.More, please.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Glad it helped! I will add that to the list.

[@AntonySimkin]

Thank you my man! A compact video with a lot of content. Learned new tricks. Will dig into your channel...

[@AntonySimkin]

Aw yeah i freakin subscribed immediately lol

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Awesome, thank you!

[@XDanmen]

This video helps a lot when your switching from SolidWorks to Fusion 360. Great video! Thanks!

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Great to hear!

[@timmatthies673]

agree... too fast for beginners. maybe spend some time explaining how you are navigating. it's more important to understand HOW to use it first

[@3Diest]

I am always a big fan of your videos and content about Fusion 360, and it has inspired me to start the Fusion 360 tutorials series on my KZbin Channel "3Diest".

[@lucmornstar2269]

New Offset is the new Repeat Command in Push/Pull

[@radicalrick9587]

Draw a simple 3D Motorcycle and Automotive Rims and would the Pattern Circular command be enough or?

[@themanofdynamics3900]

How , can i hide the task bar from fusion 360 UI?

[@taranagnew436]

What is the point of planes, What do they do?

[@TikiToyLabs]

You need the hot keys displayed. The title on this is beginners. Very first thing was centering a rectangle and I have no idea how you did that.

[@kodak_jack]

For somebody who is a true beginner, this moves at warp speed! It's a good thing we can stop and move the red button back (rewind) because this is well done, but, too fast.

[@frankrowland63]

the free version is not working anymore how come

[@kiwinesss]

Nice tips thank you. But I find the pace is too fast for a beginner, I had to replay parts many times.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Noted!

[@mikeleemhuis9146]

Dwight yoakam

[@javieruriel]

how do you bring the command line

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

S for search.

[@boden31990]

Bud, you are running through something you should be crawling through. Give people 5 seconds to catch you.

[@richardpowell2953]

Did you not see "Expresso" is in his channel name? He warned you, bud.

[@AntonySimkin]

CTRL+TAB ---> (SPACE_KEY) ---> TAKE THE TIME YOU NEED ----> CTRL+TAB ---> (SPACE_KEY).... Come on man! May be a pendrive to your neck directly? Lazy ppl... damn...

[@Charlesredporsche]

I'm new to Fusion and this was a little too fast for me.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Makes perfect sense,thanks. Always trying to create tutorials that are neither too slow (boring) or too fast (not helpful). Hopefully the playback speed in KZbin can assist a little.

[@crossthreadaeroindustries8554]

@@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO Tyler, have you curated some videos into a Udemy course? I highly suggest it if you haven't. It is really helpful to have someone walk you from complete noob to mildly dangerous designer. Charles, hang in there, it is worth it. It is very sophisticated so there is much to learn. Next to Tyler's videos, I would suggest "Parametric Modeling with Autodesk Fusion 360," by Shih. Not cheap, but the software is basically free, after all. It walks you linearly through topics, the book is great next to videos like Tyler's.

[@dougpaigegmail9512]

using the short cut search for commands does not help beginners understand what commands are available and how they organized. that's a more advanced user tool

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

I agree. Great rule of thumb for new users to explore the menus. Thanks for the feedback.

[@Datsunwizard]

Where is the section analysis folder, analysis folder, they just appeared. If you show us something, show us how you got there, it is a video!!!

[@rameeti]

The Shell command moved way too quick without enough words. Ending a sketch in progress happened but was not stated. Only an experienced person would understand that had happend. The the new sketch was quickly created without words. Then the new plane was quickly selected. All of this was pertinent to understanding how to get from the original 2D sketch to a 3D object that could be swept. If keyboard shortcuts are going to be used, please at least state what actions are being accomplished along with how they were accomplished via keystrokes which the user has no intiuitive knowledge of.

[@spiderlab2526]

I thought Rule# 1 is to create a component???????

[@MatthewTinker-au-pont-blanc]

SLOW DOWN!!!

[@cayenne7792]

You missed #1 TURN OFF ORTHOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE AND NEVER TURN IT ON AGAIN! Use perspective with ortho faces.

[@markos9343]

This is way too fast for beginner to follow. Despite probably good tips, totally useless for someone new.

[@alanc1872]

do you have videos for absolute beginners ? You do lots on here that you don't explain. You are clicking and selecting way too fast for me

[@sugnasugna]

How to use fusion on cocaine

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Should I put that in the description?

[@sugnasugna]

Yes, cgmatter but for fusion

[@blueicedk]

Tips Beginners Must Learn ,.,. then pleace dont do it that fast,. cant see what you are doing,.,. but its good info,.,. plz slow down

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Got it

[@shopee-customer-sevice8122]

the dude who disliked this video has a potato pc

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Not sure what that means??? :)

[@shopee-customer-sevice8122]

@@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO it means if u have a potato pc you would have a hard time running this app, because it would be so laggy lmao

[@madddog7]

wtH !! Not for beginners at all

[@gdudhcgufh6954]

No help

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Sorry to hear that. what are you looking for???

[@gdudhcgufh6954]

@@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO I was looking for how to make a rebate joint. I know you did not make the video for that. The problem was understanding what you were saying and the tips did not help.

[@Datsunwizard]

Slow down, too much Jo!

[@Ikmijnnaam]

Good one this speeds up my work a LOT ! Oh and word of advice, drop the Imperial mate use metric like the rest of the world that way you yourself work a lot faster, trust me.. if I asked you : give me 1/75 of an inch how much is that ? How are you going to measure that ? Yeah yeah yeah you will say : that will be 1/75 of an inch yeah I got that.... but how much is it.... in units ?? You see.... your inch is based on metric, you are already using it... but then I see you yanks construct things and then I am like : whattttttt how can you work like that ? No wonder why you are 40 percent less productive then we are.... what a waste of time ! And a waste of computing and converting power what a waste of time, you already buy your soda in liters right ? You also use liters to distinguish the displacements of engines and their cylinders ? The word Diameter is metric... meter is in it.... for some reason you leave the time alone... 60 seconds is still seconds over there that is odd... why using the same time as us if you want to be different ? And then when you cut time up into milliseconds you suddenly DROP the imperial system and then you switch over to metric pffffffff you must be soooooo exhausted living such a life and to work like that ! I would shoot myself if I had to work like you yanks ! Why are you doing this to yourselfs is what I want to know.... plus that it costs us Europeans a LOT of time... time we rather want to use productive ! Drop the imperial please !!!!!! You are one of only THREE countries who is using it .... THREE !!! All the other 197 uses metric....it drives us engineers nuts, use metric and you will thank yourself later for it.... just 1's and 0's and moving around the comma and decimals that is it.... not a lot of thinking required !!!! If I give you the task to calculate how many bolts I need to fix a long steel structure of let's say 200 meters then you are still busy calculating with your inches and your feet and what not..... while I just shuffed around the comma and done !!!! And then I am already drinking coffee while the bolts are ordered and then I can be busy with the next project that is why you yanks are so behind on productivity you are wasting your time ! Why are you doing that ? Why ????? Nottttttt to mention the really complex constructions.....foreign people especially yanks ask us Dutch allllllll the time : why and how is it that you Dutch are always in the park enjoying yourself hanging around with friends while we yanks need to work 60 hours a week well DING DONG..... I just explained that to you didn't I ? Buttt good teachings, lots of handy stuff, don't go to fast when you want to teach, people who want to learn from you need to be able to follow you without pausing the video 1000 times slow down your steps 12 percent and you are good....... buttttt good work !!! Thumbs up 👍 keep rocking 🤘and be the difference.

[@nitro2037]

Yeah....to fukin fast bro...slow down...

[@angryburrito7411]

this is not a beginners video.

[@TylerBeckofTECHESPRESSO]

Fair enough.

[@wilamshields]

First tip::: SLOW down.... No possible way to follow you.18secs in hitting S key, this tsays on screen for less than quarter of a second. Before it registers it has gone. Terrible tutorial method

[@Burp23461]

God is good

[@deanlong7995]

At what point in recent history did the rising intonation become used at the of every sentence spoken? While the tutorial is helpful, the "question literally everything" intonation is distracting as hell.