{"id":4060,"date":"2016-09-23T10:53:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T17:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2016-09-23T10:53:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T17:53:12","slug":"foundational-concepts-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/foundational-concepts-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundational Concepts Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago, a number of Autodesk employees and Fusion 360 community members entered into a discussion regarding our &#8220;Tutorials &amp; Philosophy&#8221;. In that discussion, seen and linked below, we realized that although our lessons are typically informative (although not perfect),\u00a0we were glancing over some very important concepts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, we&#8217;ve been working to right this with a series we&#8217;re calling &#8220;Foundational Concepts&#8221;. 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