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Transcript
00:03
Upload a file and begin exploring the
00:05
many features available for navigation and design.
00:09
You will learn how to create a new project.
00:12
Upload a file and open it,
00:14
change the view for an object and use the Zoom pan and orbit functions
00:20
and make edits to a feature or component and use the browser and timeline
00:27
if you have not done so already,
00:29
download the resources folder that accompany the course and unzip it
00:34
after you've downloaded the resources,
00:36
navigate to the course dataset folder and locate the
00:39
assembly file named Autodesk Tumblr.f3d.
00:44
You will upload this file into your fusion account
00:47
to upload the fusion design files F3d.
00:51
Open the data panel by clicking the show data panel
00:54
on the top left corner of the application bar.
00:58
Next start a new project by clicking the new project
01:03
name, the project Learn Fusion for
01:05
CAD in 90 minutes.
01:10
Congratulations.
01:11
You just created your first project.
01:16
Open the project by double clicking on it,
01:19
click upload and then choose select files to locate
01:23
the file named Autodesk Tumblr.f3z
01:27
on your machine.
01:32
Once located
01:34
click upload,
01:36
you will see two files appear
01:38
that is because the assembly was made with two separate design files. After the
01:43
Autodesk Tumbler design file uploads double click it from
01:46
the data panel and the Tumbler will open,
01:48
you will use this design file to learn more about navigational tools
01:54
now that you've uploaded a file successfully.
01:56
Let's learn some different techniques to
01:58
view the design from different perspectives.
02:01
One technique is to use the view cube,
02:03
the view cube in the top right corner will allow you to change the view
02:08
to dynamically change the view, click and hold down the left mouse button
02:12
while on the view cube and move the mouse
02:16
to return to its default view, click the home button.
02:21
Another useful navigational tool is to use the wheel
02:24
on your mouse to roll it forward and backwards.
02:27
This will allow you to zoom in and out on an object.
02:31
You can also pan objects by clicking and holding the wheel
02:34
down on your mouse and moving it left to right.
02:38
I will click the home button to put us back into our default isometric
02:42
view.
02:44
Alternatively, you could also go to the navigation bar
02:48
to pan by clicking on the hand tool,
02:51
click and hold the left mouse button to pan the object.
02:55
I will click the home button to put us in our default orientation.
02:59
The orbit tool is also found on the navigation bar.
03:03
This will allow you to orbit the model either in constrained mode
03:09
or in free orbit mode
03:13
to release the pan or orbit operation,
03:16
press the escape key or click the view cube's home icon.
03:23
As with any design, there will be iterations and revisions.
03:26
This requires you to be able to go back in time and make edits. First,
03:31
if you wanted to edit a single component such as the lid,
03:34
make it active by clicking on the radio button to the right of the component's name
03:39
and fusion makes the component active
03:42
by expanding the arrows next to the part,
03:45
you will be able to see the bodies
03:47
and the sketches that make up the component.
03:51
The timeline records each feature you use to create a parametric design
03:55
and you can edit features directly within it.
03:59
You can double click or right click in the
04:01
timeline and choose edit feature from the menu.
04:04
For example,
04:05
you may have accidentally not extruded the cut deep enough.
04:09
Maybe it needs to be at negative 0.125 inches [3.175 millimeters]. Instead
04:13
notice the edit that happened. Now you can click OK.
04:17
And the feature has been edited,
04:19
I will click cancel because we were correct with the 0.063 [1.6 millimeters].
04:26
If you select the file name at the top of the browser,
04:29
the timeline will reflect the entire history of the assembly.
04:32
However, if you click the radio button next to an individual component,
04:37
the timeline will show the history of only the selected component.
04:41
Clicking the button also makes this part of the browser the active component
04:45
if you click on the model,
04:47
the name of the component will appear with a dotted underscore line
04:51
indicating that it is selected.
Video transcript
00:03
Upload a file and begin exploring the
00:05
many features available for navigation and design.
00:09
You will learn how to create a new project.
00:12
Upload a file and open it,
00:14
change the view for an object and use the Zoom pan and orbit functions
00:20
and make edits to a feature or component and use the browser and timeline
00:27
if you have not done so already,
00:29
download the resources folder that accompany the course and unzip it
00:34
after you've downloaded the resources,
00:36
navigate to the course dataset folder and locate the
00:39
assembly file named Autodesk Tumblr.f3d.
00:44
You will upload this file into your fusion account
00:47
to upload the fusion design files F3d.
00:51
Open the data panel by clicking the show data panel
00:54
on the top left corner of the application bar.
00:58
Next start a new project by clicking the new project
01:03
name, the project Learn Fusion for
01:05
CAD in 90 minutes.
01:10
Congratulations.
01:11
You just created your first project.
01:16
Open the project by double clicking on it,
01:19
click upload and then choose select files to locate
01:23
the file named Autodesk Tumblr.f3z
01:27
on your machine.
01:32
Once located
01:34
click upload,
01:36
you will see two files appear
01:38
that is because the assembly was made with two separate design files. After the
01:43
Autodesk Tumbler design file uploads double click it from
01:46
the data panel and the Tumbler will open,
01:48
you will use this design file to learn more about navigational tools
01:54
now that you've uploaded a file successfully.
01:56
Let's learn some different techniques to
01:58
view the design from different perspectives.
02:01
One technique is to use the view cube,
02:03
the view cube in the top right corner will allow you to change the view
02:08
to dynamically change the view, click and hold down the left mouse button
02:12
while on the view cube and move the mouse
02:16
to return to its default view, click the home button.
02:21
Another useful navigational tool is to use the wheel
02:24
on your mouse to roll it forward and backwards.
02:27
This will allow you to zoom in and out on an object.
02:31
You can also pan objects by clicking and holding the wheel
02:34
down on your mouse and moving it left to right.
02:38
I will click the home button to put us back into our default isometric
02:42
view.
02:44
Alternatively, you could also go to the navigation bar
02:48
to pan by clicking on the hand tool,
02:51
click and hold the left mouse button to pan the object.
02:55
I will click the home button to put us in our default orientation.
02:59
The orbit tool is also found on the navigation bar.
03:03
This will allow you to orbit the model either in constrained mode
03:09
or in free orbit mode
03:13
to release the pan or orbit operation,
03:16
press the escape key or click the view cube's home icon.
03:23
As with any design, there will be iterations and revisions.
03:26
This requires you to be able to go back in time and make edits. First,
03:31
if you wanted to edit a single component such as the lid,
03:34
make it active by clicking on the radio button to the right of the component's name
03:39
and fusion makes the component active
03:42
by expanding the arrows next to the part,
03:45
you will be able to see the bodies
03:47
and the sketches that make up the component.
03:51
The timeline records each feature you use to create a parametric design
03:55
and you can edit features directly within it.
03:59
You can double click or right click in the
04:01
timeline and choose edit feature from the menu.
04:04
For example,
04:05
you may have accidentally not extruded the cut deep enough.
04:09
Maybe it needs to be at negative 0.125 inches [3.175 millimeters]. Instead
04:13
notice the edit that happened. Now you can click OK.
04:17
And the feature has been edited,
04:19
I will click cancel because we were correct with the 0.063 [1.6 millimeters].
04:26
If you select the file name at the top of the browser,
04:29
the timeline will reflect the entire history of the assembly.
04:32
However, if you click the radio button next to an individual component,
04:37
the timeline will show the history of only the selected component.
04:41
Clicking the button also makes this part of the browser the active component
04:45
if you click on the model,
04:47
the name of the component will appear with a dotted underscore line
04:51
indicating that it is selected.
Upload a file and begin exploring the many features available for navigation and design. Learn to use the Browser, ViewCube, Navigation Bar, Marking Menu, and Timeline.
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