{"id":96,"date":"2015-03-06T14:26:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T14:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fusion360.wpengine.com\/fusionnews-for-the-week-of-36-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:16:05","slug":"fusionnews-for-the-week-of-36-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/fusionnews-for-the-week-of-36-a-weekly-roundup-of-community-industry-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FusionNews for the week of 3\/6: A weekly roundup of community + industry news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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From the Fusion Team<\/H2>

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TIP \u2013 <\/STRONG>Manage Project Data and Collaborate with A360 – Pt. 2<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Manage your Fusion 360 project data and collaborate all within a Web Browser using A360.<\/P>

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INSIDE VIEW – Behind the Scenes: How we Test Fusion?<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Get a behind the scenes look into how to the team performs a comprehensive set of tests to model end-user experience.<\/P>

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USER SPOTLIGHT \u2013 Model of the Month – February<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Congratulations to Ryan Cazin and his Twin Cylinder Engine design. Learn more about Ryan and check out his design.<\/P>

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DESIGN CHALLENGE \u2013 Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Design a sustainable product using Fusion 360 for your chance to win up to 4K USD! Entries must be submitted by March 15th<\/SUP>, 2015.<\/P>

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COMPETITION \u2013 The AlphaLab Gear National Hardware Cup<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Pitch your startup idea to a panel of expert judges at your local techshop for your chance to win 50K!<\/P>

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EVENTS<\/H2>

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ONLINE EVENT \u2013 Fusion 360 Live Classroom: The Basics<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Join us on March 10th at 1:00pm PST to learn what you need to know to get started using Fusion 360.<\/P>

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LIVE EVENT \u2013 Hackster.io Hardware Weekend<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Come celebrate the Hackster community & hack the future of Hardware at one of these Hackster.io Hardware Weekends events near you.<\/P>

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ONLINE EVENT \u2013 Fusion 360 API Webinar<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Join us on March 25th<\/SUP> at 9:00am PST to hear more about the programming capabilities of Fusion, including the new Add-In functionality that is coming soon.<\/P>

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Gallery Spotlight<\/H2>

We love to see what users are designing with Fusion 360! Share your designs with the Fusion community on the Gallery<\/A><\/STRONG>.<\/P>

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Copernican Planetary Orrery<\/A> by Cole Smith<\/A>       Stirling Engine<\/A> by Michael Oakley<\/A>               Chopper Blender<\/A> by Trupti Pomaje<\/A><\/P>

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News from around the manufacturing innovation space<\/H2>

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Hypnotic Robot 3-D Prints Like a Spider<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

LEI YU IS, a Ph.D. candidate at Tsinghua University in Bejing, along with a team of engineering students spent 32 weeks on a robot that could 3-D print its own plastic shell.<\/P>

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Volvo Brings Cloud To The Car To Transmit Safety Data Automatically<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Volvo has new ideas for a new generation of connected cars.<\/P>

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Fitbit acquires FitStar for personalized workouts<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

The FitStar app allows you to craft customer exercise programs based upon your body data and activity history.<\/P>

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Heat-gathering concept tire charges electric cars on the go<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Goodyear has a concept tire that would feed an electric car’s batteries while driving down the road.<\/P>

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Samsung\u2019s Gear VR slated for full release by the end of the year<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

This virtual reality headset is slated to be released during Samsung\u2019s next product release cycle.<\/P>

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Your Ideas from the Fusion IdeaStation<\/H2>

We take your suggestions very seriously as they help to shape Fusion 360, so please share your ideas<\/A> and vote for new features \/ enhancements you would like to see.<\/P>

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We received 25 new ideas this week and here are a few of them. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!<\/P>

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Sketching on curved surfaces<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Request to be able to sketch on a non-flat surface.<\/P>

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3D PDF format export including decals for Autodesk Fusion 360<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Request to have the ability to export 3D files, all decals and color information into a 3D PDF format.<\/P>

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Simplified Lighting\/Shading in CAM mode<\/A><\/STRONG><\/P>

Request to improve the lighting\/shading setup when in CAM mode.<\/P>

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Tell us about yourself<\/H2>

Have a story to share? We would love to hear more about you and how you’re using Fusion 360! Shoot me an email at shannon.mcgarry@autodesk.com<\/P>

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