{"id":313,"date":"2014-05-16T16:59:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T16:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/fusionnews-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news\/"},"modified":"2016-03-17T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:40:41","slug":"fusionnews-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/fusionnews-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FusionNews: A weekly roundup of community + industry news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FusionNews is evolving to highlight the key things that happened over the past week in the Fusion 360 Community and also cover key news from the industry.\u00a0 New posts every Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If we missed something or if you have some news or a project to share, post in the comments below or email Shannon.mcgarry@autodesk.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Ideas: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/Fusion-360-IdeaStation-Request-a\/NPT-pipe-threads\/idi-p\/5021080\" target=\"_blank\">NPT Pipe Threads <\/a><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Request to add NPT pipe threads to the thread options dialog box.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/Fusion-360-IdeaStation-Request-a\/add-quot-remove-not-wanted-quot-option-to-solid-split-command\/idi-p\/5024506\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRemove Not Wanted\u201d Option<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently accepted idea to add \u201cremove not wanted\u201d option to solid split command.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Share your ideas, product requests and vote for features that you want to see implemented on <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/Design-Differently\/Have-an-idea-for-Fusion-360\/ba-p\/4450661\" target=\"_blank\">IdeaStation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Fusion Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/Design-Differently\/What-is-the-Fusion-360-team-up-to\/ba-p\/5026502\" target=\"_blank\">What is the Fusion Team up to?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prabakar and the Fusion team share the new features and an overview of what to expect in the next product update.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/Design-Differently\/Tip-Tuesday-how-to-apply-as-built-joints\/ba-p\/5029750\" target=\"_blank\">How To Apply As-Built Joints<\/a><br \/>\nKeqing Song, Fusion Product Manager, shares some tips to how to assemble components using as-built joints in Fusion 360 in a video tutorial.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery Spotlight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Brass Microscope - Gary Butcher\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/100966i45700D2610AB7F38\/image-size\/large?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Brass Microscope - Gary Butcher\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/projects\/brass-microscope-and-other-stuff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brass Microscope<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/users\/gary-butcher--2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gary<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/users\/gary-butcher--2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Butcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turian - Gary Butcher\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/100968i45E7E9C643E47AF0\/image-size\/large?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Turian - Gary Butcher\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/projects\/turian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Turian<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/users\/riccardo-bozzolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Riccardo Bozzolo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rolex - Liang Liu\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/100970i54A783DD45F37215\/image-size\/large?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Rolex - Liang Liu\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/projects\/rolex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rolex<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/users\/liang-liu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Liang Liu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Clock Radio - Tanner Reid\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/100972i620803F2A74E1152\/image-size\/large?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Clock Radio - Tanner Reid\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/projects\/clock-radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clock Radio<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/users\/tanner-reid--2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tanner Reid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Industry News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.autodesk.com\/in_the_fold\/2014\/05\/accelerating-the-future-of-3d-printing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Accelerating the Future of 3D Printing<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Autodesk introduces the first open source software for 3D printing and a new 3D printer<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blueprint.shoplocket.com\/stories\/andrew-huang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andrew \u201cbunnie\u201d Huang<\/a><br \/>\nShopLocket chats with the founder of Bunnie Studios and former lead hardware engineer at Chumby<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackthings.com\/lametric-story-build-a-look-and-feel-prototype-before-the-crowdfunding-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LaMetric Story<\/a><br \/>\nBuild a prototype before crowdfunding campaign<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lineshapespace.com\/energy-generating-soccer-ball-is-building-a-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How an Energy-Generating Soccer Ball Is Building Business and Rescuing Resource-Poor Families<\/a><br \/>\nUncharted Play shares how they went from a class project to a real soccer ball with a portable generator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the new format?<\/p>\n<p><em>Got something for next week\u2019s recap? Email Shannon McGarry at<\/em> Shannon.mcgarry@autodesk.com<em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>FusionNews header image courtesy of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/projects\/brass-microscope-and-other-stuff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Gary Butcher<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"Fusion News Blog Header.jpg\" align=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/100964iFB54F7D7C2CA56B7\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"Fusion News Blog Header.jpg\" \/><\/P><P><SPAN style=\"line-height: inherit;\">&nbsp;A weekly recap of the happenings around the Fusion 360 community and news about manufacturing innovators.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fusion","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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