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Introducing Find Similar in Autodesk Fusion: Reduce Duplicate Parts and Reuse Designs Faster
Reduce duplicate parts and improve design reuse with Find Similar in Autodesk Fusion. Search by geometry, discover existing designs, and create cleaner product data. Design teams move fast. But when existing parts are hard to find, teams oftenn recreate components that already exist somewhere else in the organization. Introducing Find Similar in Fusion, a capability…
What's New
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How Small Teams Handle Growing Product Complexity, Without Adding Overhead
Learn how small design and manufacturing teams handle growing product complexity using parametric modeling, configurations, and connected BOM workflows in Fusion. For small product teams, complexity doesn’t scale linearly, it compounds. A handful of SKUs becomes dozens of variants. A clean assembly becomes a web of dependencies. A straightforward handoff to manufacturing turns into version…
Fusion
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Reduce Roughing Time in Autodesk Fusion with the ModuleWorks SmartRoughing Add-In
Combine the connected manufacturing platform in Autodesk Fusion with physics-based machining intelligence to reduce cycle times, improve tool life, and eliminate roughing guesswork. CNC programmers must balance material removal rates, tool wear, machine limits, and cycle times under tight deadlines. Traditional roughing often relies on manual tuning, test cuts, and operator experience, leading to inconsistent…
Manufacturing
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How BOMs Bring Order to Change
Learn how a connected Bill of Materials (BOM) brings structure to change management by improving traceability, reducing errors, and aligning engineering and manufacturing. Change is a constant in product development. Designs evolve. Suppliers shift. Costs fluctuate. Requirements can change overnight. A single update can ripple across engineering, procurement, production, and quality. Left unmanaged, even a…
Data management
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July 2026 Major Product Update – What’s New
Fusion’s July update introduces a refreshed Home experience, Construction Geometry enhancements, Hub-Based Threads Library, Altium Project Import, new manufacturing capabilities, and more. Minor Update Our latest minor update brings several important fixes and improvements to enhance your experience. Click to learn more.Highlights Highlights v.2704.1.15 – July 6, 2026 The July release of Autodesk Fusion introduces new…
What's New
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Why PCB Design Fails Without ECAD-MCAD Integration
Learn why ECAD-MCAD integration is essential for PCB manufacturing, how design synchronization works, how teams collaborate effectively, and how Autodesk Fusion simplifies the entire workflow. The reality of modern PCB design: nothing lives in isolation anymore There was a time when PCB design could be treated as an isolated electronics exercise. Draw the schematic, route…
Electronics Engineering
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Will AI Reduce the Need for Highly Specialized CAD Skills?
AI won’t replace CAD expertise, but it will redefine it. Learn how Autodesk Fusion uses AI to automate low‑value work and elevate design decision‑making. AI isn’t making CAD expertise obsolete. It’s finally putting it to better use. For years, highly skilled designers and engineers have spent a disproportionate amount of time on work that, while…
Product Design & Engineering
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Introducing the Autodesk Fusion Data MCP Server
Learn about the new Fusion Data MCP Server that connects AI tools to Fusion project data so teams can manage permissions, folders, and project structure through natural language. Managing a Fusion project involves more than designing. There is access control to maintain, folder structures to organize, team members to onboard, and project hierarchies to keep…
Fusion
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Unlocking Innovative Solutions with Generative Design
Generative design uses AI to create and test hundreds of manufacturing‑ready designs. See how Autodesk Fusion helps teams innovate faster and reduce cost. No matter how you slice it, creating an optimized design takes ample planning and experimentation. It’s essential that products meet certain performance (and durability) requirements under specific operating conditions, and teams must…
Industrial Design
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Robros Creates an AI-Powered Humanoid Robot with Autodesk Fusion
Based in Seoul, South Korea, Robros used AutoCAD and Autodesk Fusion to develop IGRIS-C, an AI-powered humanoid robot that brings physical AI into real-world movement and interaction. By taking advantage of 3D modeling, simulation, generative design, and PCB development in Fusion, the team improved development speed, accuracy, and collaboration. Physical AI is moving robotics into…
Case Studies
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Autodesk Fusion vs. SolidWorks: The Ultimate Migration Guide
Are you curious about Fusion 360 vs. SolidWorks? This migration guide will be the key to your success.
Getting Started
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Build Your Own Fusion Add-ins with the Fusion MCP
Build a Fusion add-in without coding using AI agents. Learn how the Fusion MCP connects tools like Claude and Cursor to automate workflows, test scripts, and accelerate add-in development. The Claude Desktop connector for Fusion arrived alongside something just as monumentus official MCP’s for Fusion. Any tool that supports the Model Context Protocol can now…
Fusion
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How to Improve Your Fusion Workflow with the Claude Desktop Connector
Learn how to use the Autodesk Fusion Claude Desktop Connector to automate repetitive design tasks, streamline workflows, and extract insights, without relying on unreliable AI-generated geometry. A few weeks ago, Autodesk Fusion support was added to Claude Desktop Connector as part of Anthropic’s Claude for Creative Work launch. Most of the attention since then has…
Fusion
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Design for Manufacturability (DFM): How Consumer Products Teams Reduce Rework and Tooling Risk
This article explores how consumer products teams apply design for manufacturability (DFM) to protect tooling investments and avoid late-stage rework. It examines the real costs of discovering manufacturability issues after design freeze and explains how Autodesk Fusion helps engineers incorporate DFM thinking from the earliest stages of development. For many designers, a nightmare scenario involves…
Manufacturing
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From Prototype to Production: What Makes a PCB Design Ready for Manufacturing
Explore how to move a PCB design from prototype to production with an overview of validation and component placement and how Autodesk Fusion streamlines these workflows. Moving from a functional prototype to a scalable production unit requires a rigorous approach to design validation and physical optimization. For engineering teams, the process involves a deep understanding…
Electronics Engineering