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Bucks University Students Thrive Using Fusion 360

Bucks University Students Thrive Using Fusion 360

Customer challenge

A new course to join the university recently was ‘Production Design’ headed up by the talented Karen Roch – who has a wealth of knowledge in all things film, cinema, and prop making. The Production Design course at Bucks University teaches students how to embrace their creative side and develop the skills they require to bring productions and performances to life. Karen Roch, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of this new course at the University, was insistent that her students use the best software and technology to enhance their learning experiences. Reaching out to her contacts in the film industry, it all pointed in one direction. Autodesk Fusion 360 was being used in many big feature films in the US filmmaking industry, and for them was a game-changer for set design and prop making.

Project goals

Buckinghamshire New University needed a software that was easy to learn and enabled students to still have their 'creative flair' whilst still bringing their production designs to life. The ideal software package needed to work seamlessly with their 3D printers too, so that the students could then print out their designs once completed.

Solution

Autodesk Fusion 360 was the perfect solution for Buckinghamshire New University due to it's intuitive platform and ease of use. Karen (course leader) attended a number of Fusion 360 training courses with the Cadspec team in Derby, covering everything from 3D Modelling to generative design. Her experience of training with Cadspec was nothing but positive, and she imparted this knowledge then on to her students.

Business outcome

The students at Bucks New University are using this software to design sets for a wide variety of projects leading towards their dissertation in their final year. It enables them to design sets and props and send their Fusion files to their 3D Printer for faster prototyping and demonstrations.

Conclusion

Enabling students to use state-of-the-art design software and 3D printing, makes the Production Design Course at Bucks University already very advanced – but Karen Roch believes this is only the start. She commented: "I had a vision straight away this was the way forward. It is just a matter of time before Fusion is the go to application. What’s great about Fusion compared to other competitive software’s is that it is constantly updated. This is what students need. Give it a few years and this will be the film industry standard software."

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 5
  • 2021-06-15

    Autodesk solutions

  • Fusion 360
  • Product Design & Manufacturing Collection

    Services provided

  • Product Training
  • Technical Support
  • Software Asset Management & Usage

    Customer industry

  • Design & Manufacturing
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