{"id":1189,"date":"2016-03-30T13:34:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T20:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2016-04-13T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T01:36:12","slug":"march-30-2016-update-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/march-30-2016-update-whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"March 30, 2016 Update – What\u2019s New"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Getting Started with Fusion 360 just got easier<\/b><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve improved the experience for all newcomers trying Fusion 360 for the first time. The idea behind this comes from your feedback on what you wanted to do when you logged in for the first time, as well as the options you wished you knew before you dove into designing. Think of it as your orientation packet, except you\u2019re not receiving it in the mail; you\u2019re getting it when you actually need it. Let\u2019s walk through the 4 easy steps. <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. First, choose the default units you want to design in. Notice that when you make a change, it not only adjusts the units in the existing design, but also changes your default units in your preferences so that all future designs will be in your preferred units.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Select your preferred navigation controls. Leaving it as \u201cNew to CAD\u201d will default your controls to Fusion 360\u2019s native behavior. We\u2019ve also provided visuals for you to reference, which will change according to what you select.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Now that you have your navigation controls set, create a quick 3D object and try it out! If it doesn\u2019t feel right, select another behavior.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. The final step is to springboard you into learning the basics, starting with how to create sketches for mechanical design. If you prefer videos, we recommended visiting our <\/span>Learning page<\/span><\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          If you close the panel, you can find it under the help menu as \u201cGetting Started\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          We heard you ask for the in-product tutorials, and no, we haven\u2019t forgotten about them. They had a good run, and we are working on the next evolution of our in-product learning experience with better technology to support them so that they stay up-to-date, relevant, and fun to go through. More to come as this gets developed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          Navigate more naturally <\/b><\/p>\n

          Rotation of a design was notably slower in Free Orbit than in Constrained Orbit. Free Orbit felt sluggish by comparison, so we increased the tracking speed (the ratio of mouse travel to model revolutions) of Free Orbit and it\u2019s now consistent with Constrained Orbit. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          Previously if you wanted to rotate around a specific center point, you\u2019d have to know the secret combo move of holding down the SHIFT key, pressing the middle mouse wheel once, and then clicking and holding it again to catch the red dot before it disappears. Now it just happens naturally where you\u2019re rotating. And now it\u2019s green. C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          We improved the way an active component is highlighted in the browser so that it\u2019s easier to spot in other visual environments such as Infinity Pool, Dark Sky, Grey Room, etc. Here\u2019s how it looks now: <\/span><\/p>\n

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          Modeling gets a performance boost<\/b><\/p>\n

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          There was a crash issue around lofting a profile with free edge chain profile on. We\u2019ve tightened it up and now it should work properly. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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          There have been reports of a crash issue where if you broke the link of an inserted design, Fusion just couldn\u2019t let go and would crash. We talked some sense into it, and now breaking link shouldn\u2019t bother Fusion anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          If you exported a design as an STL, saved the design, closed it, re-opened it, and repeated these steps 1-4 times, the design history would not save in the latest state. This could get very messy, so we fixed it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          We picked up a crash issue where if you went into Edit Sketch, changed a dimension, said OK to finish the sketch and then did an Undo right after, Fusion would crash. This has now been fixed and shouldn\u2019t happen again. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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          Amcfarlen<\/span><\/a> reported <\/span>this issue <\/span><\/a>where Fusion 360 would take forever to compute when using equations and custom expressions to define geometry in the parameters table. After some math tutoring, Fusion now takes < 1 second to calculate. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          There was a nasty crash issue where if you did \u201csave as\u201d after deleting a bunch of components from the design, Fusion would crash. Nasty – that\u2019s why we made sure it won\u2019t crash on Save As anymore. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          So long weird graphics issues<\/b><\/p>\n

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          Andreas.walder<\/span><\/a> reported <\/span>this zooming issue<\/span><\/a> where zooming into the model would automagically alter the geometry for no reason. As we dug into it, we found this was a graphics issue, and that the model isn\u2019t physically changing. Still, sorry about that – it\u2019s now been fixed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          Another zooming issue had to do with sketch curves\/edges not actually lining up with the closed profile it created when you zoomed in closer. This had to do with our sample count, so we upped the count and now edges and profiles look on point. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          When working on 4K monitors, specifically a resolution of 3840×2160, Fusion\u2019s UI would feel sticky and not be as responsive as opposed to working in 1920×1080. Now, everything should be fluid with a nice usable FPS rate. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          When using a Space Mouse with Fusion, graphics effects such as Ambient Occlusion will oddly turn off when navigating around a design. We\u2019ve now added an option that lets you explicitly keep them on or off because we think you should be able to control it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          We fixed a regression issue that caused Fusion to crash after you were done playing with the ground plane offset under the display options. We\u2019re happy to say that fixing this bug has basically put an end to the \u201crandom\u201d crashes that have been reported through crash error reports. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          We fixed a crash issue where if you started to record an animation and for some reason closed the document without saving, you\u2019d blow Fusion\u2019s mind and it would crash. We later found out that this was a regression caused by another fix, so we fixed the fix, and it all sorted itself out. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          API functionality continues to thrive<\/b><\/p>\n

          Nnamfoh<\/span><\/a> has been super helpful on reporting API related issues. One was an <\/span>extrude issue<\/span><\/a> where it would fail on a sketch, within a component, based on a non-standard origin. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          Another was this <\/span>issue<\/span><\/a> where his experimentation with generating interference calculations gave an internal validation error. Our API gurus were able to reproduce them and found some bad code in our API – they are fixed and should work properly now. <\/span><\/p>\n

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          We\u2019ve also added new API support for various tools and commands in the software. Feel free to geek out over it \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n