The complete Fusion 360 beginners course

Learn Fusion 360 sketching and part modeling from scratch, from constraints and extrudes to design analysis and advanced tools, for complete beginners.

<h2>About this course</h2>In this course, you learn Fusion 360's sketch and part modeling workspaces from scratch, with each of the seven sections building on the one before. You begin with the user interface, navigation tools, display settings, units, selection tools, and the parametric nature of Fusion 360. Next, you create basic sketches with rectangles, circles, arcs, and ellipses, apply geometric constraints, and edit with trim, extend, offset, fillet, and mirror. The third section introduces 3D modeling: solid primitives, extrude, revolve, fillet and chamfer, shell, mirror and draft, press pull, sweep, loft, and move and copy. You then expand your sketching with polygons, splines, attached canvases, slots, conics, text, sketch patterns, and parameters. The construction and measurement section covers construction planes, axes, and points, measurements, interference and section analysis, C0 to C3 continuity, and zebra and draft analysis. Modeling features follow, including Boolean operations with Combine, ribs and webs, holes, threads, patterns, scale and replace face, and split tools. Finally, you work with advanced modeling tools such as boundary fill, project, intersect, intersection curves, align, appearances and physical materials, decals, imported drawings and parts, and inserted components. Tools are taught through real-world applications, and each section ends with a practice exercise and quiz.<h2>Who should take this course</h2>This course is for you if you have never used Fusion 360 and want a structured path through its sketching and part modeling tools. It suits students, hobbyists, and aspiring designers starting their first CAD software, as well as engineers and product designers moving to Fusion 360 from other tools. It also fits existing Fusion 360 users who learned the basics informally and want to fill gaps with features like analysis tools, threads, patterns, and advanced modeling commands.<h2>Prerequisites</h2>The course starts from the beginning and requires no prior CAD or Fusion 360 experience. You only need access to Fusion 360 on a Windows or Mac computer so you can follow along with each lesson.