{"id":8666,"date":"2017-11-08T12:13:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T20:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=8666"},"modified":"2017-11-08T12:15:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T20:15:55","slug":"quick-tip-composite-connectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-composite-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Composite Connectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully everyone has had a chance to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/composite-connectors-design-lightweight-structures\/\">blog post from earlier this week<\/a>, where we introduced a great new addition to our app store called &#8220;Composite Connectors&#8221;. In that article, the developers did an incredible job explaining how to use it, WHY you should get this app, and demonstrated technical specs designers and engineers love to have access to. If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, take a look now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, with that article fresh on my mind, I set out to make a QUICK TIP to <em>show<\/em> it in action (for those of us that learn by watching). Take a look in the following video, where I use it to construct a drone landing pad:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QUICK TIP: Composite Connectors\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J2VO1QzvPYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you like that model, make sure to see it &#8211;and many other kits&#8212; that are available in the DIY section of their <a href=\"https:\/\/overnightcomposites.com\/collections\/diy-projects\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before I part, I want to thank their team for adding another well executed app to the store. What they were able to make highlights some incredible capabilities our API integration can do for vendors looking to get their parts used in design&#8230;and purchased!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>~Aaron<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come learn about a new app: Composite Connectors. 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