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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n <\/h2>\n\nTop 10 Accomplishments in 2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n- In-canvas preview<\/a><\/li>
- Guided workflow<\/a><\/li>
- Automatic simulation setup<\/a><\/li>
- Results sharing<\/a><\/li>
- New MFG Methods \u2013 Die Casting<\/a>, 2 Axis Cutting<\/a>, 2.5 Axis Milling<\/a><\/li>
- Advanced Physics solver preview<\/a><\/li>
- Cost estimation powered by aPriori<\/a><\/li>
- Explore Improvements \u2013 Outcome preview<\/a>, Labels<\/a>, Visual similarity<\/a><\/li>
- Expanded access for new personal and startup entitlements<\/a><\/li>
- Free month of Generative Design promotion<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
One of the most exciting accomplishments from the list above was our free month of Generative Design promotion. As we watched our customers grow in success throughout 2019, we wanted to show a token of appreciation and give everyone an opportunity to learn and experience generative design firsthand. Through partnerships with Nvidia and AWS, we were able to offer free generative design computations from Nov 18 to Dec 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nDuring this promotion, we saw many of you try generative design for the first time, have great success and test the limits of our capabilities. Our social media outlets were buzzing with #fusion360 and #generativedesign and our compute resources were as busy as ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIt was awesome to see the excitement in the community for generative design. We want to thank our sponsors and everyone who joined us in this promotion with the hope that you will continue using generative design as part of your design process to change the way you bring products to market.<\/p>\n\n\n
A New Year Brings New Opportunities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nTo help you all get started with generative design in 2020, we put together a few guidelines on how to best identify use cases for the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n
Identifying Use Cases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nWhen it comes to identifying use cases, there are a few things that stand out that users often struggle with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- The perception that generative design is only for additive manufacturing. This is simply not<\/strong><\/span> true. While we typically see these examples in the media, mainly because they look really cool, generative design can absolutely produce awesome solutions that can be manufactured with subtractive methods, everything from 2D water, laser or plasma operations, to 2.5, 3 and 5 axis milling.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n- Users get laser-focused on improving the product they sell and forget about all of the other things they design and make to support making the product they sell. We have seen great success with generative design in applications that support the manufacturing process. End of arm tooling for robots, lifting mechanisms, and jigs or fixtures that support machining processes are all great examples where we have seen success. The image below shows an example of a robot gripper comparing a generatively designed gripper arm (left) vs. a traditionally designed gripper arm (right).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- In-canvas preview<\/a><\/li>
- Guided workflow<\/a><\/li>
- Automatic simulation setup<\/a><\/li>
- Results sharing<\/a><\/li>
- New MFG Methods \u2013 Die Casting<\/a>, 2 Axis Cutting<\/a>, 2.5 Axis Milling<\/a><\/li>
- Advanced Physics solver preview<\/a><\/li>
- Cost estimation powered by aPriori<\/a><\/li>
- Explore Improvements \u2013 Outcome preview<\/a>, Labels<\/a>, Visual similarity<\/a><\/li>
- Expanded access for new personal and startup entitlements<\/a><\/li>
- Free month of Generative Design promotion<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
One of the most exciting accomplishments from the list above was our free month of Generative Design promotion. As we watched our customers grow in success throughout 2019, we wanted to show a token of appreciation and give everyone an opportunity to learn and experience generative design firsthand. Through partnerships with Nvidia and AWS, we were able to offer free generative design computations from Nov 18 to Dec 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nDuring this promotion, we saw many of you try generative design for the first time, have great success and test the limits of our capabilities. Our social media outlets were buzzing with #fusion360 and #generativedesign and our compute resources were as busy as ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIt was awesome to see the excitement in the community for generative design. We want to thank our sponsors and everyone who joined us in this promotion with the hope that you will continue using generative design as part of your design process to change the way you bring products to market.<\/p>\n\n\n
A New Year Brings New Opportunities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
To help you all get started with generative design in 2020, we put together a few guidelines on how to best identify use cases for the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n
Identifying Use Cases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
When it comes to identifying use cases, there are a few things that stand out that users often struggle with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- The perception that generative design is only for additive manufacturing. This is simply not<\/strong><\/span> true. While we typically see these examples in the media, mainly because they look really cool, generative design can absolutely produce awesome solutions that can be manufactured with subtractive methods, everything from 2D water, laser or plasma operations, to 2.5, 3 and 5 axis milling.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
- Users get laser-focused on improving the product they sell and forget about all of the other things they design and make to support making the product they sell. We have seen great success with generative design in applications that support the manufacturing process. End of arm tooling for robots, lifting mechanisms, and jigs or fixtures that support machining processes are all great examples where we have seen success. The image below shows an example of a robot gripper comparing a generatively designed gripper arm (left) vs. a traditionally designed gripper arm (right).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Guided workflow<\/a><\/li>
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