If you use AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, Fusion360, Vault, or pretty much any of the main stream Autodesk products, you will have at some stage used an Autodesk cloud service. To help understand any planned maintenance or outages, Autodesk have created a "Health Dashboard", which shows the current status of all cloud services, as well as... Continue Reading →
Fusion 360: T-Splines Valentines Day Heart
Something a little different, how about a heart modelled in Fusion 360 T-Splines! Here's the workflow: Start with a T-Splines Box Set the Display Mode to Box Display (Alt+1) Add 2 new edges on the top face (insertion side = both) Delete the 2 bottom edges (this gives us a Vee-shape) Move the edge... Continue Reading →
Autodesk University 2018 Review
I was fortunate enough to visit Autodesk University in Las Vegas this year, and I had a really good time networking with industry peers, meeting my new colleagues from our European teams, and catching up with a few key Autodesk folks. My favourite classes and meetings at AU, are always the ones that I can't... Continue Reading →
Units Matter: Here’s how to set them
In 1996 the inaugural Tri-Nations rugby tournament was played between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand won the trophy that year, but the story behind the massive trophy is rather interesting. According to a 2013 article on stuff.co.nz, the trophy now lives at the Palmerston North Rugby Museum. Taking up the most space... Continue Reading →
Understanding Units in Fusion 360
Setting your Units of Measure in Fusion 360 is really easy. When you first install the software, you will see a pop up in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, asking you to choose your preference for "Default Units" as well as "CAD Experience" To change the units later on, simply go to... Continue Reading →
Generative Design comes to PDMC
Product Design and Manufacturing Collection subscribers now have access to the Generative Design tools in Fusion 360 Ultimate. Generative Design uses Cloud Credits for processing, these credits would need to be purchased in addition to your PDMC subscription. Check out the tweet below from Fusion 360, follow the link through to all of the details.... Continue Reading →