{"id":14135,"date":"2020-08-31T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=14135"},"modified":"2020-08-26T07:16:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T14:16:29","slug":"michael-ditullo-shares-his-design-process-in-fusion-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/michael-ditullo-shares-his-design-process-in-fusion-360\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael DiTullo Shares His Design Process in Fusion 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14182\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14182\" class=\"wp-image-14182 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/michael-ditullo-smartphone-render-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"michael-ditullo-smartphone-render-fusion-360\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/michael-ditullo-smartphone-render-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/michael-ditullo-smartphone-render-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/michael-ditullo-smartphone-render-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/michael-ditullo-smartphone-render.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The final smartphone renders.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelditullo.com\/\">Michael DiTullo<\/a> recently released a three-part video series with Autodesk and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\">Wacom<\/a> that shows how he takes a concept design from thumbnail sketch to final render using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/overview\">Fusion 360<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacom.com\/en-us\/products\/pen-displays\/wacom-cintiq-pro-overview\">Wacom Cintiq Pro<\/a>. DiTullo is the epitome of a \u201cJack of All Trades\u201d when it comes to industrial design. Over the span of his two-decades-long career, he has truly designed it all\u2014from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelditullo.com\/work\/footwear.html\">footwear<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nike.com\/\">Nike<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelditullo.com\/content\/consumer-electronics-projects\/polk.html\">speakers<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polkaudio.com\/en-us\">Polk Audio<\/a> to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelditullo.com\/content\/transportation-pages\/icon.html\">design language<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icon4x4.com\/\">ICON<\/a>. Needless to say, whenever DiTullo gives an insight into his personal Fusion 360 design process, we listen up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Episode 1: Thumbnail Concepts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first episode, DiTullo walks through his thumbnail sketching process in <a href=\"https:\/\/sketchbook.com\/\">Autodesk Sketchbook<\/a>. While he sketches, he discusses the real-time design considerations he makes in order to create a new product that hasn\u2019t been done before. At this stage, he\u2019s already considering details like hand feel and unique features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xMN43TE1AcQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Episode 2: Concept CAD Model<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, watch DiTullo build a fast initial CAD model based on his thumbnail sketches in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/overview\">Fusion 360<\/a>. The end result doesn\u2019t include internal components, but it is a great way to visualize and share an initial idea with stakeholders before getting started with final touches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5PZ1al5c5Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Episode 3: CMF and Rendering<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of final touches, the final episode shows DiTullo as he renders his initial CAD model. This episode focuses on how DiTullo toggles back and forth between the design and model spaces in Fusion 360 while developing a silky smooth CMF (color, material, and finish) palette for his smartphone concept.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQgsICmXK98\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To expand upon his design process even further, DiTullo joined us for a couple of Instagram Live interviews, including a session dedicated to rendering. Both interviews can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adskfusion360\/channel\/?hl=en\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This series is a great instructional tool to follow along while bringing your concept from thumbnail sketch to render. Design your own product using DiTullo\u2019s process as a reference by starting your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/free-trial\">free trial of Fusion 360<\/a> today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/fusion-360-mastery-projects-folders-files\/downloadfreetrial\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Downloadfreetrial.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Downloadfreetrial.png 348w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Downloadfreetrial-300x65.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this three-part video series, the seasoned industrial designer takes a concept smartphone from sketch to render.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4033,"featured_media":14182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[183,122],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industrial-design","tag-model-setup","tag-sketch","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael DiTullo Shares His Design Process in Fusion 360 - Fusion Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ever wonder what a pro indutrial designer&#039;s design process looks like in Fusion 360? 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