{"id":5715,"date":"2017-04-21T05:28:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T12:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=5715"},"modified":"2017-04-21T06:13:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:13:09","slug":"fusionnews-week-421-weekly-roundup-community-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/fusionnews-week-421-weekly-roundup-community-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FusionNews for the week of 4\/21: A weekly roundup of community news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FusionNews highlights the key things that happened over the past week in the Fusion 360 Community. New posts every Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1435\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fusionteam-e1475241829978.png\" alt=\"Fusionteam\" width=\"600\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fusionteam-e1475241829978.png 600w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fusionteam-e1475241829978-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fusionteam-e1475241829978-591x86.png 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>From the Fusion 360 Team<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/april-19-2017-update-whats-new\/\">April 19, 2017 Update \u2013 What\u2019s New<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new update has landed! Check out the better online\/offline toggle, improved sketching, unified rendering engine, as well as goodies in 2D drawings and HSM CAM.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-edge-selection-compare-edit\/\">Quick Tip: Edge Selection and Compare &amp; Edit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having trouble getting the right selection on your CAM toolpath setup? Or need to edit one of the 100\u2019s of parameters at once? Then check out this tip.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/time-machine-spark-award-winning-clock-designed-manufactured-fusion-360\/\">Time Machine is an Award Winning Clock Designed and manufactured with Fusion 360<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Autodesk and LUNAR design collaborated to re-think traditional clocks. The result was Time Machine \u2013 an unorthodox three-dimensional time telling device.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WRhM0815g4M\">Joints \u2013 3 Things Beginners Need to Know<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New to Fusion 360? Learn about creating components, grounding, and general joint theory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/events-e1475242046977.png\" alt=\"events\" width=\"600\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/events-e1475242046977.png 600w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/events-e1475242046977-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Events<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/events?categories%5B%5D=meetup\">Live: Fusion 360 Meetup:<\/a> Join us for one of our upcoming meetups in LA, Knoxville, Nashville, Saint Louis, Portland or Miami. <a href=\"https:\/\/fusion360.autodesk.com\/events?categories%5B%5D=meetup\">Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2ccertified.org\/connect\/design-challenge\">Design Challenge<\/a>: Put your Fusion 360 skills to great use and design a cool product to eliminate the concept of &#8220;waste&#8221;. Last day to enter is May 14<sup>th<\/sup>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2ccertified.org\/connect\/design-challenge\">Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/1554814277043269634?source=FN\">Online: HSM Project Day in Fusion 360:<\/a> Join us on April 27<sup>th<\/sup> at 1 PM EDT as we go on a journey programming and making a part using various features of Fusion 360! <a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/1554814277043269634?source=FN\">Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Gallery Spotlights<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Gallery42117.jpg\" alt=\"Gallery42117\" width=\"600\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Gallery42117.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Gallery42117-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/projects\/91387\/microphone-shock-mount?searched=\">Shock Mount<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/users\/JHBHR4KTEGW9\">Anuar Mata<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/projects\/51356\/off-road-skate-board?searched=\">Off-Road Skateboard<\/a> by\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/users\/RGM6PL9WKQW7\">Shubham Mittal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/projects\/91442\/self-powered-motor?searched=\">Self-Powered Motor<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/users\/ZYHALUCPRXW8\">Tz-Cheng WU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IdeaStation-300x261-copy-e1475242554596.png\" alt=\"IdeaStation-300x261 copy\" width=\"600\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IdeaStation-300x261-copy-e1475242554596.png 600w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IdeaStation-300x261-copy-e1475242554596-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Your Ideas from the Fusion 360 IdeaStation<\/h2>\n<p>We take your suggestions very seriously as they help to shape Fusion 360, so please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/ideas\/v2\/ideaexchangepage\/blog-id\/125\/tab\/most-recent\">share your ideas<\/a>\u00a0and vote for new features \/ enhancements you would like to see. Here are a few submissions from this week:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/ideastation-request-a-feature-or\/auto-trace-around-an-image\/idi-p\/7017021\">Auto trace around an image<\/a> &#8211; This really useful if you&#8217;re dealing with logos that people send you and you want to transfer them into your sketch quickly. It saves having to manually trace round an inserted image.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/ideastation-request-a-feature-or\/checkbox-in-the-fusion-installer-to-download-all-materials\/idi-p\/7021505\">Checkbox in the Fusion installer to download all materials<\/a> \u2013 It would be nice if the Fusion installer had a checkbox we could check that would download all the materials on install.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/ideastation-request-a-feature-or\/create-drawing-views-from-local-not-global-coordinate-system-or\/idi-p\/7026458\">\u00a0Create drawing views from local, not global, coordinate system (or similar ref)<\/a> \u2013 Drawings of individual components are currently created using its global orientation in the model. This has serious issues. You need a local, fixed orientation (not merely a view) to create stable drawings from.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a story to share? We would love to hear more about you and how you&#8217;re using Fusion 360! Shoot me an email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Shannon.McGarry@autodesk.com\">Shannon.McGarry@autodesk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FusionNews highlights the key things that happened over the past week in the Fusion 360 Community. 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