{"id":409,"date":"2015-12-14T06:52:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T06:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:16:12","slug":"learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Fusion 360 just got a little easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><DIV>Over the past few months, we\u2019ve been taking action on what you\u2019ve been telling us in the community forums and in person:&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV><UL><LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 20px;\">There are many ways to create&nbsp;geometry in Fusion 360\u2014just tell me the right way to do it<\/SPAN><\/LI><LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 20px;\">Publish step by step work flows so we can see what works and why\u2014and explain the why<\/SPAN><\/LI><LI><SPAN style=\"line-height: 20px;\">Video tutorials often go too fast for people who are new to Fusion or to 3D CAD tools<\/SPAN><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><DIV>To address the needs you\u2019ve called out, we decided to focus on three things.<\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\"><STRONG>1.<\/STRONG> We\u2019ve updated our <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-CC9A8E39-356C-43EA-9EDD-0E9C1321E0F2\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">Basic Training<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\"> material and re-launched it in easy-to-follow web pages. This should help you get oriented faster on best practices for <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-5E1FD01F-A66E-4E94-9D70-58CD55D3BF0C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sketching<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">, <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-B384F8E5-2911-4E98-BD01-345303AE7CA8\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">sculpting<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">, <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-6A7FA744-15AF-46F0-8558-932FF89135D7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">building assemblies<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">, <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-834C5728-53CA-41BA-AF07-2DC992A568AD\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">rendering<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">, <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-73B3C46A-05B4-4F4A-BB07-239346556923\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">creating drawings<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">, using CAM, and <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 18px;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-FB95A5B3-90CB-413A-A4FA-8E7823064817\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">managing your design data and collaborating with team members<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">, not to mention other key workflows.<\/SPAN><\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp; &nbsp;<IMG style=\"line-height: 18px;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Learning Fusion just got easier 1.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/206453i294D06DD60D87D4C\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"Learning Fusion just got easier 1.png\" \/><\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\"><STRONG>2.<\/STRONG> We&#8217;re in the middle of a project with the expert team at <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solidprofessor.com\/training-plans\/autodesk-fusion-360\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">SolidProfessor<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">&nbsp;to build a comprehensive set of video lessons and hands-on exercises. You can dive right into topics that will help you solve an immediate need, or you can follow them end-to-end to build skills, best practices\u2014and confidence. This material&nbsp;will&nbsp;help you become&nbsp;production ready in all Fusion 360 workspaces. <\/SPAN><\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">Our first set of lessons covers <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-5E1FD01F-A66E-4E94-9D70-58CD55D3BF0C\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">sketching<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">, where you can dig&nbsp;into specific topics like <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-C782E899-3202-426A-9B98-7DD7CCF80CF8\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">circular paterns<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\"> or <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-BF6D00B3-DBC4-456F-B591-01FBFD174475\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">automatic sketch constraints<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">, or you work through&nbsp;the whole program from <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-77275F36-81D1-49DD-B83A-1036C958B538\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sketch philosophy and considerations<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\"> to <\/SPAN><A style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"http:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/learning\/learning.html?guid=GUID-50A4B34F-FEBC-4FCE-BB41-00157ACCE901\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fully defining sketches<\/A><SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\">.<\/SPAN><\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp; &nbsp;<IMG style=\"line-height: 1.2;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Learning Fusion just got easier 2.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/206454i6899858C34B15DDE\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"Learning Fusion just got easier 2.png\" \/>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV>Our next set of comprehensive lessons will cover&nbsp;joints and assemblies, and we&#8217;ll publish that in late January. The full scope of end-to-end training material will be complete in June.<\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV><STRONG>3.<\/STRONG> Inside of the Fusion 360 product experience itself,<SPAN style=\"line-height: 18px;\"> we\u2019re&nbsp;updating tips inside of command palettes as well:<\/SPAN><\/DIV><DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp; &nbsp;<IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"Learning Fusion just got easier 3.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/206455i26C6B38FC5CB02C5\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"Learning Fusion just got easier 3.png\" \/><\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV><DIV>Delivering&nbsp;in-product learning&nbsp;will continue to&nbsp;expand and help you shorten&nbsp;the time between questions that come up&nbsp;and answers that help you build mastery of Fusion 360.<\/DIV><DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><DIV><STRONG>Special thanks<\/STRONG> go to <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/3087469\">@jasonharrelson\ufeff<\/a> kicking off a thread that gave us more insight into how you learn to use software and what you need to be successful with Fusion 360. In the coming months you\u2019ll see us systematically close the gaps you called out in \u201cLearning Fusion is like riding a bike backwards.\u201d&nbsp;Thanks to the rest of you who chimed in as well: <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/2599021\">@kb9ydn\ufeff<\/a>, @PhilProcarioJr , <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/3298700\">@Zephyr958\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/3250891\">@rbtyod\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/1227769\">@Oceanconcepts\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/3310372\">@TMC.Engineering\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/885768\">@DonCheke\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/2815263\">@daniel_lyall\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/1086768\">@cekuhnen\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/2768685\">@TrippyLighting\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/132758\">@maruska\ufeff<\/a>, @roambotics_scott , <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/2804667\">@fishtruk\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/3396367\">@quiviran\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/1863107\">@CGPM\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/2481183\">@CadZebra\ufeff<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/3382000\">@aaronjlavender\ufeff<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/user\/viewprofilepage\/user-id\/3388342\">@nadovich\ufeff<\/a>.<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><P><SPAN><IMG border=\"0\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-16 at 9.24.42 AM copy.png\" src=\"http:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/207070i172728A5C2E5958F\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" title=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-16 at 9.24.42 AM copy.png\" \/><\/SPAN><\/P><P><SPAN>Over the past few months, we\u2019ve been taking action on what you\u2019ve been telling us in the community forums and in person&#8230;<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"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":[12],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Learning Fusion 360 just got a little easier - Fusion Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Learning Fusion 360 just got a little easier - Fusion Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the past few months, we\u2019ve been taking action on what you\u2019ve been telling us in the community forums and in person...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fusion Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-14T06:52:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-15T10:16:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/placeholders_2@2x.jpg?fit=1594%2C904&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1594\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"904\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"StephenWolf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"StephenWolf\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Learning Fusion 360 just got a little easier - Fusion Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Learning Fusion 360 just got a little easier - Fusion Blog","og_description":"Over the past few months, we\u2019ve been taking action on what you\u2019ve been telling us in the community forums and in person...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/","og_site_name":"Fusion Blog","article_published_time":"2015-12-14T06:52:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-03-15T10:16:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1594,"height":904,"url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/placeholders_2@2x.jpg?fit=1594%2C904&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"StephenWolf","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"StephenWolf","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/"},"author":{"name":"StephenWolf","@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ad8a35809dc964cb3fb2ff9837a627e7"},"headline":"Learning Fusion 360 just got a little easier","datePublished":"2015-12-14T06:52:35+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-15T10:16:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/"},"wordCount":447,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/","url":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/","name":"Learning Fusion 360 just got a little easier - Fusion Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-12-14T06:52:35+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-15T10:16:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ad8a35809dc964cb3fb2ff9837a627e7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/learning-fusion-360-just-got-a-little-easier\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learning Fusion 360 just got a little easier"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/","name":"Fusion Blog","description":"Product updates, tips, tutorials and community news.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ad8a35809dc964cb3fb2ff9837a627e7","name":"StephenWolf","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ADSK-LOGO-150x150.pngcd7bc5eed7b842e50f5e494314f29c83","url":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ADSK-LOGO-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ADSK-LOGO-150x150.png","caption":"StephenWolf"},"url":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/author\/stephenwolf\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}