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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TIP \u2013 <\/STRONG>Walking on Clouds \u2013 moving data from Inventor into Fusion 360 via Autodesk 360<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Here are great step-by-step instructions on how to transfer data from Inventor 2015 into Fusion 360 via Autodesk 360.<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> TIP \u2013 Fusion 360 Modeling Best Practices<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Check out these best practices to keep things quick and tidy when working with complex models.<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> TIP \u2013 How to manually clear the upload dialog in Fusion 360<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Learn how to clear the upload dialog if you want to remove any \u201cstalled\u201d uploads.<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> 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! Entries must be submitted by March 15th<\/SUP>, 2015.<\/P> <\/P> COMPETITION \u2013 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> <\/P> 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<\/P> dozen companies featured as 2014 monthly Autodesk Inventing the Futur<\/A>Preview<\/A>e<\/A> honorees. Voting has kicked off here<\/A>. Please take a few minutes to vote and let us know who you think should receive this award! Voting closes March 13 at 5 p.m.You can view more details on the honorees in Autodesk\u2019s In the Fold blog here<\/A>.<\/P> <\/P> <\/P> ONLINE EVENT \u2013 Fusion 360 Live Classroom: The Basics<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Join us on March 10th at 1:00pm PST to learn how to get started with Fusion 360.<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> LIVE EVENT \u2013 Hardware Workshop – Boston<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Are you a hardware<\/STRONG> startup going from an idea to successfully shipping your first product? If so, be sure to register for this 2 day workshop<\/STRONG> on February 26th<\/SUP> and 27th<\/SUP>.<\/P> <\/P> ONLINE EVENT \u2013 Fusion 360 API Webinar<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Join us on March 25th<\/SUP> at 9:00am PST to hear more about the programming capabilities of Fusion, including the new Add-In functionality that is coming.<\/P> <\/P> RECORDED WEBINAR \u2013 Interactive Rendering: A New Way to Visualize Your Designs in Fusion 360<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> If you were unable to attend our Interactive Rendering webinar a few weeks ago, be sure to check out this live recording to see how to bring your designs to life using Fusion.<\/P> <\/P> <\/P> We love to see what users are designing with Fusion360! Share your designs with the Fusion community on the Gallery<\/A>.<\/P> <\/P> Coffee Mashin<\/A> by Vlad Kindysov<\/A> Toy Car<\/A> by Devis Bandiera<\/A> Guitar<\/A> by Marvin De Luna<\/A><\/FONT><\/P> <\/P> <\/P> 6 ways people are using aerial drones for good<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Aerial robots are now flying beyond conflict zones. Learn more about how they are being used for good.<\/P> <\/P> Turn your phone into a computer mouse with Remote Mouse<\/A><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P> Remote Mouse lets you use your iPhone, Android or Windows Phone as a touchpad to control your onscreen cursor.<\/P> <\/P> Microsoft Launches HoloLens To Take On The Oculus Rift<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Check out this virtual reality-style headset that projects digital images on the reality world.<\/P> <\/P> How big companies can innovate<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Here from these leaders as to why there\u2019s no reason big players can\u2019t develop the next big thing.<\/P> <\/P> The New Industrial Revolution: can Manufacturing learn a Lesson from Farm-to-Table?<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> The way we interpret \u201cindustrial\u201d is going to change dramatically<\/P> <\/P> <\/P> <\/P> 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> <\/P> Add in thickness measurement to help in 3D printing and manufacturing<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P> Request to have a tool that allows you to see places where the thickness is less than a specified measurement.<\/P> <\/P>Events<\/H2>
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