Fusion 360 Blog

Explore product updates and enhancements, useful Fusion 360 tips and tutorials, roadmap updates and community stories.

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Marti Deans

Marti graduated from University of California, Berkeley where she earned her B.S. Mechanical Engineering and explored manual and CNC manufacturing processes in the Berkeley Student Machine Shop using MasterCAM, HSMWorks, and InventorHSM. Using this experience, she has been working at Autodesk for over 2 years, first developing training and adoption strategies for Fusion 360 users with a focus in manufacturing and now driving awareness for Fusion 360 and its manufacturing capabilities.

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QUICK TIP: Unselectable Sketch Profiles

Unselectable sketch profiles got you down? Learn a trick to help troubleshoot those unruly sketches, and see how Show Profile affects sketch function.

Top 8 Milling Tools for New CNC Machinists

Learn about the top 8 milling tools that every CNC Machinist needs to know about including end mills, face mills, fly cutters, center spot drills, and more.

G-Code: The CNC Programming Language

Learn about the fundamentals of CNC programming and G-code including blocks, modals, address codes, canned cycles, and popular G&M codes.

To Probe or Not to Probe: Ending the Probing Debate

Learn how we ended the great machine tool probe debate by considering CAM priorities like cycle time, touch time, feature size, and more.

What is Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)?

Learn about what Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) is and how it uses toolpaths, G-code, and CNC machines to turn 3D CAD models into physical products.

QUICK TIP: Sketch Tangent Dimensions

Applying tangent sketch dimensions can be a pain. This sketch QUICK TIP shows you how to quickly and easily apply tangent dimensions to circles and arcs.

QUICK TIP: CAM Contour Selection

The Selection Manager is a powerful tool for anyone using CAM in Fusion 360. Watch this QUICK TIP to learn how to dial in your contour selections.

QUICK TIP: Flow

Flow is the new toolpath in town. Learn how to create 3D and multi-axis toolpaths that follow surface curves for super smooth results.

QUICK TIP: How to machine 3D chamfers

Creating the geometry while designing is easy, but machining it is a little trickier.

QUICK TIP: Toolpath Visualization

Have you ever wondered what those colorful toolpath lines mean in Fusion 360? In this QUICK TIP, we’ll uncover exactly that.