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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<\/SPAN><\/P> TIP \u2013 <\/STRONG>Back to Basics \u2013 Kitchen Faucet Design<\/A><\/P> Get back to basics in the Fusion 360 sculpting environments with this faucet design by Curt Chan, one of our Fusion 360 Technical Evangelists.<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> ANNOUNCEMENT \u2013 <\/STRONG>Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge<\/A><\/P> Design an awesome sustainable product using Fusion 360 for your chance to win 4K USD!<\/P> <\/P> ANNOUNCEMENT<\/STRONG> \u2013 MyMiniFactory Academy and Fusion 360 \u2013 3D Design and Printing<\/A><\/P> If you are in the London area, don\u2019t miss this chance to enter the MyMiniFactory Academy to become a pro in 3D design and 3D printing.<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> ANNOUNCEMENT \u2013 <\/STRONG>Hackster Announces 3D CAD Initiative With Fusion 360<\/A><\/P> We\u2019ve partnered with Hackster to help hardware hackers turn their ideas into marketable products.<\/P> <\/P> USER SPOTLIGHT \u2013 <\/STRONG>Safe-T<\/A> Wind<\/SPAN><\/P> Today\u2019s most visible wind turbines stand as tall as skyscrapers. Energy utilities must make heavy investments not only to build them, but also to route the electricity they produce from remote locations to the cities that need the energy. But imagine instead a small, safe, inexpensive wind turbine \u2014 the size of a large beach ball \u2014 that could be installed on most any flat surface. That\u2019s the vision of Charles Valenza, co-founder of Sacramento-based <\/SPAN>SAFE-T Wind Systems<\/A>. Read all about it on here on the Design Differently blog<\/A>!<\/P> <\/P> ONLINE EVENT \u2013 <\/STRONG>Fusion 360 Live Classroom: The Basics<\/A><\/P> Join us on January 20th<\/SUP> at 1:00pm PST and get introduced to Fusion 360. We will walk you through a complete modeling task, sculpting and surfacing modeling strategies and more.<\/P> <\/P> <\/P> ONLINE EVENT \u2013 <\/STRONG>A New Way to Visualize Your Designs in Fusion 360!<\/A><\/P> Join us on Tuesday, February 3rd<\/SUP> at 1:00 PST to learn how to turn your designs into life with the new Fusion 360<\/P> Interactive Rendering Beta.<\/P> <\/P> LIVE EVENTS \u2013 <\/STRONG>Autodesk Fusion 360 \u2013 Basics \u2013 TechShop Pittsburgh<\/A> \u2013 January 21st<\/SUP> at 6:30 pm<\/P> <\/STRONG>Autodesk Fusion 360 \u2013 Basics \u2013TechShop San Francisco<\/A> \u2013 January 21st<\/SUP> at 5:00pm<\/P> Autodesk Fusion 360 \u2013 Basics \u2013 TechShop San Jose<\/A> \u2013 January 23rd<\/SUP> at 6:30pm<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> If you\u2019re near one of these areas, join us at TechShop to get started in Fusion 360 by learning about direct and parametric modeling, dimensioned sketches, T-spline sculpting, creating assemblies and rendering.<\/P> <\/P> LIVE EVENT \u2013 Design Differently with Autodesk Fusion 360<\/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> <\/P> We love to see what users are designing with Fusion360! Share your designs with the Fusion community on the Gallery<\/A>.<\/P> <\/P> <\/P> Food Processor<\/A> by Jennifer Lin<\/A> Electric RC Car<\/A> by David Barrett<\/A> Wooden Clock<\/A> by Robby Wellden<\/A> <\/P> <\/P> How a man used 3D printing to help treat his wife’s brain tumor<\/A><\/P> Michael Balzer used 3D printing and imaging to help doctors in removing 95% of his wife\u2019s brain tumor.<\/P> <\/P> The Fitness Gear You Actually Need in 2015<\/A><\/P> Check out a few new tools that will help you stay in shape in the coming year.<\/P> Buckle up: The connected-car revolution is almost here<\/A><\/SPAN><\/P> Hear more about some of the connected-car technology that was unveiled at CES 2015.<\/P> <\/P> Startup funding hit $47B in 2014, surpassing dot-com bubble levels<\/A><\/P> Venture capital funding for mobile applications helps end 2014 with a huge influx of money for startups.<\/P> <\/P> Reverse sunglasses outfitted with LED lights chase the winter blues away<\/A><\/P> Slide the frames on these glasses and they will power up six LED lights that will make it appear the sun is shining regardless of how gloomy it is outside.<\/P> <\/STRONG><\/P> <\/P> <\/P> We take your suggestions very seriously so please share your ideas and vote for new features \/ enhancements on the IdeaStation<\/A>. <\/P> We received 23 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> Toggle Dimension visibility during sketching<\/A><\/P> Request to have the ability to toggle the dimension visibility on and off while sketching.<\/P> <\/P>EVENTS<\/H2>
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