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--- facilities:fablab:software:fusion360 [2018/08/03 10:29]
Andrei Maberley [Fusion 360]
+++ facilities:fablab:software:fusion360 [2020/04/27 14:54]
Andrei Maberley [Tips and Tricks]
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   * [[facilities:fablab:fittings-custom:milkcrate_shelving|Milkcrate Shelving]]
   * [[facilities:fablab:fittings-custom:stool]]
-  * [[facilities:fablab:fittings-custom:laptop_storage|Laptop storage boxes]]
+  * [[facilities:fablab:fittings-custom:component-boxes|component draws]]
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     "Fusion 360 Admin Install.exe" --globalinstall
+===== learning Fusion =====
+Autodesk has a comprehensive curriculum for [[https://academy.autodesk.com/curriculum/product-design-fusion-360|learning]] fusion360.
 ===== Tips and Tricks =====
 ==== Parametric Design ====
-The tips to successful parameter usage, that is avoiding the dreaded "Over Constrained" errors -
+Parametric design is a powerful tool for keeping your designs flexible enough to deal with changes dimensions __after_ your design is functionally complete. For example, designing a table to cut from a single sheet of ply mean that the design takes into account the thickness of the sheet. But what happens if your change ply stock? If your material thickness((and dependent measurements)) is parametric, you can change your sheet thickness and the design will update accordingly.
+The tips to successful parameter usage, that is avoiding the dreaded "Over Constrained" errors.
 ==== ====
-Try to make sure that your parameters are controlling only a single dimension at a time. For example - a rectangle that has a length, width is fine.  But if you add a curve with a radius that intersects both edges, and then dimension that curves radius... you could have a problem.  Because the radius limits how far apart the sides can be.
+Make sure that your parameters are controlling only a single dimension at a time. For example - a rectangle that has a length, width is fine.  But if you add a curve with a radius that intersects two edges, and then dimension that curves radius... you have a problem because the radius limits how far apart the sides can be.
+==== ===