{"id":157,"date":"2014-09-12T12:32:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T12:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/behind-fusion-360s-new-interface-and-a-peek-into-the-future\/"},"modified":"2016-03-17T18:24:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:24:12","slug":"behind-fusion-360s-new-interface-and-a-peek-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/behind-fusion-360s-new-interface-and-a-peek-into-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind Fusion 360\u2019s new interface and a peek into the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 28.7999992370605px;\">A large part of the recent release involved rethinking how you access and interact with your work in Fusion 360. \u00a0When talking to the community about their dashboard experience with Fusion 360, four issues came up again and again: (1) it&#8217;s painful to read all of this, (2) where&#8217;s my data, (3) where am I and where is that thing I just created, and (4) what is the connection here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 28.7999992370605px;\">No joke. \u00a0We even wrote it down in a PowerPoint slide early this year:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 28.7999992370605px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"slide.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/124077i1F3D42C51B600E31\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"slide.png\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 28.7999992370605px;\">And we reframed these painpoints into open ended questions.\u00a0 What you see in Fusion 360 today is the result of months of testing potential answers with the community, scrapping\/refining our designs, and doing it again and again until we got it right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>1. Reduce barriers<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fusion starts with an\u00a0untitled document instead of a dashboard. \u00a0No more hunting and pecking to find the create or upload buttons, and you aren&#8217;t required to save right at the start of a\u00a0new design. \u00a0With the introduction of the Data Panel you now have a home base for getting to your\u00a0existing work. \u00a0Open it up without losing sight of whatever you are currently working on. \u00a0Frequently used commands (like insert) are a right-click away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>2. Enable a visual experience<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Data Panel is focused on your work. \u00a0We stripped away everything but the most essential elements, so your designs take center stage, while retaining quick links\u00a0to richer metadata and collaborative\u00a0activity in A360. \u00a0The tabs were simplified and now a cleaned up toolbar runs across the top of your screen,\u00a0with a file menu and access to the always important save\/undo\/redo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"just_want_to_work.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/123899i777A49CA5E112D5D\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"just_want_to_work.png\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>3. Clarify Relationships<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your data is organized with\u00a0projects. \u00a0Switching between projects is easy with the menu at the top of the data panel. \u00a0Documents let you know what they are related to &#8212; for example looking at a design&#8217;s info shows all the related drawings and toolpaths. \u00a0And if you&#8217;re still having trouble locating something, search is one click away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"where_am_i_3.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/123951i6389EC4D91DF8915\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"where_am_i_3.gif\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>4. Deep, meaningful integration with the tool<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This one is a bit more abstract, but stick with me. \u00a0Prior to this update there was a hard seperation between your data (the dashboard) and the tool you used to create your data (in canvas). \u00a0Now Fusion is organized in more of a continium, with the widest lenses on your data being toward the left \u00a0and narrower lenses being on the right. \u00a0Think of where the data panel, your model, and specific command inputs are located. \u00a0Data hierarchy follows a similar pattern, with the highest details up top, and the lowest being toward the bottom. \u00a0The location of your profile data, the project switcher, individual designs, and the timeline are good examples of this. \u00a0Ultimately this new structure, combined with intelligent workflow tweaks, we believe enables a much better experience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"just_want_to_work 3.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/124395iFB6F2CB0D8BB5FFC\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"just_want_to_work 3.png\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s Next<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are more usability improvements\u00a0to the Data Panel in store, like selected states and a better project list. \u00a0Look for these in the next release. \u00a0We are planning on a full screen view of your data with support for additional collaboration and data management workflows such as making use of all the version history available in Fusion 360, comparison or difference tools, lineage tracking,\u00a0and the ability to reuse (copy, save as) data from older versions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Longer term, we are exploring methods for enabling even awesomer collaborative workflows. \u00a0Think branching for design alternatives, merging, and in general tools that help you \u00a0remember all the work\u00a0and design decisions in your team&#8217;s projects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most important thing is we are working with you, our users, <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">to get th<\/span>ere. \u00a0Hope you enjoy the current release!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Will Secor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">User Experience\u00a0Designer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"What's behind the new interface.png\" align=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/127069i2CE124748FB91313\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"What's behind the new interface.png\" \/><\/P><DIV id=\"imcontent\" dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN>In our recent Fusion 360 release, we focused heavily on the interface and how you, the user, access and interact with your work. 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