{"id":964,"date":"2016-03-11T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=964"},"modified":"2016-03-15T17:02:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T17:02:15","slug":"fusionnews-week-311-weekly-roundup-community-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/fusionnews-week-311-weekly-roundup-community-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FusionNews for the week of 3\/11: 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 decoding=\"async\" title=\"Picture1.png\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/207394iCB7FB6F4E95E0DCE\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Picture1.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>From the Fusion 360 Team<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/design-differently\/march-9-2016-product-update-what-s-new\/ba-p\/6207311\" target=\"_blank\">March 9, 2016 Product Update &#8211; What&#8217;s New<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out what we&#8217;ve improved in Simulation, Sketching, Rendering, Display, and CAM in this update!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/design-differently\/fusion-360-street-team\/ba-p\/6046499\" target=\"_blank\">Fusion 360 Street Team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No matter how hard you try to create a program, website, video, blog, discussion forum that fits the needs of everyone&#8230; sometimes just connecting you to an expert makes all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/design-differently\/other-machine-rethinks-engineering-education-with-fusion-360-amp\/ba-p\/6206968\" target=\"_blank\">Other Machine Rethinks Engineering Education with Fusion 360 &amp; Desktop CNC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ezra Spier, Vice President of Software Product at Other Machine Co., shares how he\u2019s seen Fusion 360 used in the world of engineering education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/design-differently\/fusion-360-partner-ngrain-putting-ar-and-vr-to-work\/ba-p\/6205507\" target=\"_blank\">Fusion 360 Partner: NGRAIN Putting AR and VR to work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NGRAIN and Fusion 360 make it possible to leverage existing 3D content and make it an asset for use in the field.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/design-differently\/you-re-looking-at-fusion-360-wrong-and-i-completely-understand\/ba-p\/6203384\" target=\"_blank\">You&#8217;re Looking at Fusion 360 Wrong&#8230; And I Completely Understand Why<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How do you describe something that is part freeform surfacing, 3D CAD, 2D Drawings, Rendering, Simulation, and CAM? Challenge accepted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/design-differently\/quick-tip-hidden-body-pt-2-amp-apps\/ba-p\/6069229\" target=\"_blank\">QUICK TIP: Hidden Body (pt 2) &amp; Apps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this QUICK TIP, I&#8217;ll show you why I was wrong last week, and where you can go to get tons of great apps &amp; extensions to help you in your designs!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Events<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nyccnc.eventsmart.com\/events\/nyc-cnc-training-class-march-15-17-weekday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Live: NYC CNC Training Class (15-17th March 2016)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This three day class will be focused on the operation and use of CAD, CAM and CNC milling machines! Focus will be Fusion360 CAD &amp; CAM and use of Tormach CNC mills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nyccnc.eventsmart.com\/events\/nyc-cnc-training-class-march-15-17-weekday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Register now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/4623116913512403457\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">Webinar: Working with Drawings <\/a>(15 Mar. 2016)<\/p>\n<p>In this webinar we will be guiding you through the ins and outs of the Fusion 360 Drawing environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/4623116913512403457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Register now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Gallery Spotlights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"untitled-5-3500-3500.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/224131iC46F8B92151C257C\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"untitled-5-3500-3500.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"assembly-final-v31-3500-3500.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/224132i43FDAB5DD5A29B4D\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"assembly-final-v31-3500-3500.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"raasrendering-9c2a6e20-b8ab-461e-9af3-544a5d6bf23a-3500-3500.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/224133i6F6E6D4AB2F4EE71\/image-size\/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"raasrendering-9c2a6e20-b8ab-461e-9af3-544a5d6bf23a-3500-3500.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/projects\/37366\/ord-bot-3d-printer\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">ORD Bot 3D printer<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/users\/5XL6PPVB6UCQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u0410lexander Laktionov<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/projects\/37376\/dual-horizontal-steam-engine\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dual Horizontal Steam Engine<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/users\/6LGWNMGRQW42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ali Iwidat<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/projects\/37797\/inline-6-cylinder-engine-block\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inline 6-cylinder Engine block<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/users\/QBJGLBS4ZXH5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pablo Diaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Your Ideas from the Fusion 360 IdeaStation<\/strong><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Picture2.png\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.i.lithium.com\/t5\/image\/serverpage\/image-id\/207395i489200E7E8DFD27F\/image-size\/medium?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1\" alt=\"Picture2.png\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\" target=\"_blank\">share your ideas<\/a>\u00a0and vote for new features \/ enhancements you would like to see. Here are a few from this week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"link_54fdc35145e482\" class=\"lia-link-navigation idea-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/ideastation-request-a-feature-or\/keyboard-shortcuts-to-toggle-through-variants-originally-from\/idi-p\/6210568\" target=\"_blank\">Keyboard shortcuts to toggle through variants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With each subsequent press of a shortcut key\u00a0it would\u00a0toggle\/cycle through the variants of selected feature\u00a0cycling through all options in a continuous loop in case you overshoot it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"link_54fdc35145e482_8\" class=\"lia-link-navigation idea-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/ideastation-request-a-feature-or\/international-date-amp-time-format\/idi-p\/6201500\" target=\"_blank\">International Date &amp; Time Format<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tying the date &amp; time format into the default unit\u00a0preferences. Fusion is now starting to grow reasonably well outside of the USA and this would be very useful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"link_54fdc35145e482_36\" class=\"lia-link-navigation idea-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/ideastation-request-a-feature-or\/add-material-selections-for-photopolymer-resins-for-use-with-sla\/idi-p\/6207835\" target=\"_blank\">Add material selections for photopolymer resins for use with SLA printers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It would be nice\u00a0to be able to select materials that match those used in SLA printers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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:Justin.Hoey@autodesk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Justin.Hoey@autodesk.com<\/a><\/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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