Week 6 was a really interesting class! We had Autodesk come in to the class and give us an intro to using Fusion 360. Because I’m an industrial design student, I have been using 3D modeling programs for a few years now. For ID, the standard program is SolidWorks, which is seemingly very similar to Fusion 360. SolidWorks, however, is a little less approachable than Fusion seems to be. Fusion has a lot of handy keyboard shortcuts that SolidWorks doesn’t, which is something that will be so helpful when using it as a design tool. I also love that Fusion is available for Mac, because SolidWorks is only available on PC.
We had a tutorial that went through how to make a phone holder. He showed us how to take a sketch into the 3D form using dimensions, cutting and extruding, shelling, and using fillets. I really like 3D modeling, so I am excited to use that skill in this class.
Later in the class we worked in our group a bit farther exploring more about what we know about our opportunity areas, filling out a worksheet that details more about what we already know.
I am looking forward to being in the FabLab for the next few weeks and beginning to iterate designs for our project.
Hi Kate!
As an industrial design student myself I agree, Fusion 360 is a much more friendly program to start with! SolidWorks is for sure the advanced version of Fusion, however, it is awesome that Fusion if free! It will allow people who are curious to explore the world of 3D modeling.
I am also looking forward to the FabLab! From what I heard it should be really awesome
Bella