Category: Fusion

  • MSC Industrial Supply Co Saves Customers $3.1 Million and Counting with Autodesk Fusion

    For 85 years, MSC Industrial Supply Co., a $4 billion company offering more than 2.5 million products, has helped manufacturers improve the way they work. By equipping its metalworking specialists with Autodesk Fusion, MSC has helped customers achieve $3.1 million in cost savings across more than 100 optimization engagements. One example is aircraft manufacturer Air…

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  • High-Mix Manufacturing with Autodesk Fusion for Manufacturing: Scaling Job Shop Workflows and CNC Programming

    Learn how Autodesk Fusion helps job shops and contract manufacturers manage high-mix production with connected CAD/CAM workflows, automation, and scalable manufacturing tools. For many manufacturers, success isn’t defined by producing thousands of identical parts. It’s about handling a constant stream of unique jobs, customer requirements, engineering revisions, and delivery deadlines without sacrificing efficiency. One customer…

    Manufacturing

  • The Importance of Packaging Design and Why Choosing the Right Software Matters

    This article examines the importance of packaging design in the product development process, and how the right design software determines whether packaging meets its structural, aesthetic, and sustainability requirements. It explores how Autodesk Fusion equips packaging designers with the tools to validate and refine designs from concept through manufacturing. For many product designers, packaging is…

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  • Woodworking and Furniture Design with Autodesk Fusion: From Concept to CNC

    Discover how Autodesk Fusion helps woodworkers and furniture designers create custom products, develop CNC-ready joinery, and streamline the journey from design to production. The woodworking industry is evolving. Customers expect greater customization, faster turnaround times, and flawless craftsmanship. At the same time, furniture makers, cabinet shops, and millwork businesses face increasing pressure to improve efficiency…

    Manufacturing

  • Design Manufacturable Parts Faster with OSH Cut Metal IQ for Autodesk Fusion 

    Autodesk Fusion provides an integrated environment where design and manufacturing workflows can co-exist, helping teams move from idea to production faster with OSH Cut Metal IQ. Sheel metal fabrication comes with practical requirements that can slow down product development: which material and bend radius should you use? Will the geometry work with the fabricator’s equipment?…

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  • Introducing Autodesk System Modeler

    Turn repeatable design and manufacturing processes into visual workflows you can build, run, share, and reuse in Autodesk Fusion.  Think about the manufacturing jobs you’ve programmed in Fusion over the years.  How many times have you created a setup, selected geometry, chosen tools and operations, generated toolpaths, and then done it all again for the…

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  • October 2026 Major Product Update – What’s New

    October is here, and Fusion is bringing more treats than tricks. This update delivers faster performance for complex assemblies, more context-aware help from Autodesk Assistant, new ways to work with imported designs, and improvements across modeling, manufacturing, electronics, drawings, data management, and more. The vibes may be spooky, but your workflows don’t have to be.…

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  • Fusion Task Management Kanban board with Backlog, To do, In progress, and Done columns

    Introducing Task Management for Fusion: Connect Your Tasks to Your Designs

    Connect tasks to your Fusion designs, start your day with priorities, and let Autodesk Assistant manage your work with Task Management in Autodesk Fusion. Design work doesn’t happen in isolation. Behind every design update, engineering change, or project milestone is a series of tasks that need to be organized, prioritized, and completed. But when those…

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  • Consumer Product Design Software: From Concept to Manufacturing

    Learn what consumer product design software is, the key capabilities product teams need, and how Autodesk Fusion supports connected workflows from concept design through engineering and manufacturing. Consumer product design software helps designers, engineers, and product development teams transform ideas into manufacturable products. Whether developing consumer electronics, wearable devices, household goods, sporting equipment, packaging, or…

    Product Design & Engineering

  • Uni-Fab Drives Custom Manufacturing Growth with Autodesk Fusion

    Uni-Fab is a family-owned, custom manufacturing company in Ontario, Canada with more than 35 years of experience. By switching from BobCAD and Mastercam to Autodesk Fusion, Uni-Fab has standardized machining operations, improved collaboration, and increased efficiency. For example, the team transitioned to just using 3D tool paths and two setups for a part traditionally done…

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  • Why Some Teams Move from SolidWorks to Autodesk Fusion 

    Discover why some SolidWorks users evaluate Autodesk Fusion to reduce software sprawl, connect CAD and CAM workflows, simplify product data management, and improve collaboration.  Manufacturing has changed. Today’s product development teams need more than powerful CAD tools. They need smoother coordination between design, engineering and manufacturing, better visibility into product data, effective collaboration across locations,…

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  • Scaling Your Business Without Slowing It Down

    Scale your business with fewer bottlenecks. Discover how Fusion connects design, manufacturing, and data so teams can grow without added friction. Typically early-on with businesses, speed comes naturally. Decisions happen quickly. Teams sit close to the work. Products move from idea to prototype without much friction. Then growth starts to introduce weight. More people, more…

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  • Changes to Autodesk Assistant in Fusion

    At Autodesk University, we shared the next chapter for Autodesk Assistant and how we’re evolving AI to make it more useful, connected, and scalable for the way you work. Since March, customers have had more than two million conversations with Autodesk Assistant — helping us learn, improve the experience, and bring Assistant into more everyday…

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    SEVAS Saves Millions of Gallons of Water, One Shower at a Time

    Inspired by her childhood during a massive drought, Elle Turner created SEVAS to make water conservation easier, more practical, and even a beautiful part of everyday life. With Autodesk Fusion, she and her designer were able to turn an early idea for a shower water catcher into a refined, production-ready product by testing details digitally,…

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  • 8 Practical Ways to Automate Your Fusion Workflow with Autodesk Assistant

    Autodesk Assistant has become one of the most useful tools in Fusion because it helps automate the small, repetitive tasks that slow down everyday work. Across design, manufacturing prep, sheet metal, and electronics, the workflow is simple: describe what you need in plain language, then let Assistant handle the tedious part.  We pulled together eight…

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