{"id":195,"date":"2015-02-13T14:28:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T14:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/fusionnews-for-the-week-of-213-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T10:16:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:16:07","slug":"fusionnews-for-the-week-of-213-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/fusionnews-for-the-week-of-213-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FusionNews for the week of 2\/13: A weekly roundup of community + industry news"},"content":{"rendered":"

FusionNews highlights the key things that happened over the past week in the Fusion 360 Community and news from the industry. New posts every Friday.<\/P>

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From the Fusion Team<\/H2>

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TIP \u2013 <\/STRONG>Fusion 360 Modeling Best Practices<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Here are some great tips for keeping things fast and tidy when working with complex designs.<\/P>

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TIP \u2013 Fusion Tips & Tricks – Lofting<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Check out this video on how to create lofts.<\/P>

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GETTING STARTED \u2013 How to learn Fusion 360 CAM – Basic<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Learn how to get started with CAM using this 5 chapter video series.<\/P>

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DESIGN CHALLENGE \u2013 Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Design a sustainable product using Fusion 360 for your chance to win up to 4K USD!<\/P>

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COMPETITION \u2013<\/STRONG> The AlphaLab Gear National Hardware Cup<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Have a startup idea? Pitch it to the panel of expert judges at your local techshop for your chance to win 50K!<\/P>

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CAST YOUR VOTE \u2013 Autodesk 2014 Inventor of the Year<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

It\u2019s time again for the Autodesk Manufacturing community to select the 2014 Inventor of the Year from among the dozen companies featured as 2014 monthly Autodesk Inventing the Future<\/A> honorees. Voting has kicked off here<\/A>.  <\/P>

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The Inventing of the Future honoree with the highest number of votes will receive the Inventor of the Year honor. Voting is under way and closes March 13 at 5 p.m. Pacific time. You can view more details on the honorees in Autodesk\u2019s In the Fold blog here<\/A>.<\/P>

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EVENTS<\/H2>

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ONLINE EVENT \u2013 Fusion 360 Live Classroom: Assemblies & Motion<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Join us on February 17th<\/SUP> at 1:00pm PST to learn how to work with assemblies inside of Fusion 360.<\/P>

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LIVE EVENT \u2013 Design Differently with Autodesk Fusion 360<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/P>

Are you in or around the Eugene, OR area? Join us at Lane Community College on February 18th<\/SUP> at 6pm PST to get a hands on test drive of Fusion 360. RSVP to www.COATSKYLE@aol.com<\/A><\/P>

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Gallery Spotlight<\/H2>

We love to see what users are designing with Fusion360! Share your designs with the Fusion community on the Gallery<\/A>.<\/P>

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 Sun Dial<\/A> by Timothy Copeland<\/A>           Grill<\/A> by Seema Jaisinghani<\/A>       Air Compressor<\/A> by Ratchanon Keawmanee<\/A><\/P>

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News from around the manufacturing innovation space<\/H2>

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What you need to know about the smart home revolution<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

How much do you really need to worry about these smart devices when it comes to your privacy?<\/P>

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Watch The New Phorm iPad Mini Case Generate Physical Keys Out Of Thin Air<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Just hit a switch on the back of the case and physical keys appear.<\/P>

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Graphene structures created with 3D printing<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Researchers in London have created a graphene composite paste that can be 3D printed.<\/P>

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GM Commits to Produce Chevrolet Bolt Electric Car<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

GM takes the Bolt to production in hopes of challenging the status quo for electric vehicles.<\/P>

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The four main roadblocks holding up self-driving cars<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

What are the main problems keeping self-driving cars off the road?<\/P>

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Your Ideas from the Fusion IdeaStation<\/H2>

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We take your suggestions very seriously so please share your ideas<\/A> and vote for new features \/ enhancements to help us share future product updates.<\/P>

We received 18 new ideas this week! Here are a few of them. Be sure to check them all out and vote for those you would like to see implemented. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!<\/P>

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Driven Dimensions<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Request to be able to toggle a dimension from a parametric driving dimension to a \u201cdriven\u201d (reference) dimension.<\/P>

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Show contacts\/joints under browser component<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Request to be able to easily see what components relate to what joints.<\/P>

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Export Bodies as IGES\/STEP<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Request to have the ability to export a body for machining or molding quoting.<\/P>

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Tell us about yourself<\/H2>

Have a story to share? We would love to hear more about you and how you’re using Fusion 360! Shoot me an email at shannon.mcgarry@autodesk.com.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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