3D CAD USING FUSION360

• LESSON 1: OVERVIEW AND BASIC 3D EXERCISE

• LESSON 2: MODERATE DIFFICULTY 3D GUIDED EXERCISE
(MAKING A DRONE)
• LESSON 3: FREEFORM 2D  3D EXERCISE
• LESSON 4: FREEFORM 3D (SCULTPING)
LESSON 1: OVERVIEW

1. STARTING
2. REVIEWING OF THE INTERFACE
3. BASIC EXERCISE
 WHAT IS FUSION 360?
• AUTODESK’S FUSION 360 IS A CLOUD-BASED CAD SOLUTION. OFFICIALLY RELEASED
AT AUTODESK UNIVERSITY IN 2012, FUSION 360 WAS LAUNCHED IN 2009
• USING A CLOUD-BASED DESIGN TOOL MEANS EVERY CHANGE MADE ON THE
DESIGN IS SAVED ON THE CLOUD. THERE IS ABILITY TO ACCESS EACH VERSION OF
DESIGN, SO EVERY TIME A DESIGN IS OPENED ,ONE WILL SEE WHICH VERSION IT IS.
• KEEPING THE APPLICATION ON THE CLOUD ALLOWS AUTODESK TO HELP QUICK
FIXES AND ADD NEW CAPABILITIES.
 FUSION 360

COLLABORATION DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION

ANIMATIONS DESIGNS PROGRAMMING 3D PRINTING
• ability to INTERFACE
• Composed of • Integrated via
access data animations or • a convenient • can easily Spark. Spark
and share exploded views way for integrate the can generate
designs no multiple users CAM tools of supports for
matter of your to do work on your choice. designs that
location a design require them.
together.
 STARTING
1. START FUSION 360
2. SIGN IN USING YOUR
AUTODESK ID
REVIEWING THE INTERFACE
Application bar

Toolbar Profile and help

Viewcube
Browser

Canvas and marking menu

Timeline Navigation bar and display settings

BASIC EXERCISE
1. CREATE A SKETCH
2. CLICK RECTANGLE OR
CLICK “R” TO MAKE THE
BASE.
3. CLICK EXTRUDE OR SIMPLY
CLICK “E”.
4. CLICK MODIFY AND CLICK
CHAMBER
5. MAKE ANOTHER
RECTANGLE AT THE TOP OF
THE BASE AND EXTRUDE.
6. CLICK MODIFY AND CLICK
FILLET OR SIMPLY CLICK “F”
7. MAKE ANOTHER
RECTANGLE AT THE TOP OF
THE BASE AND EXTRUDE
8. MAKE A SKETCH AND
CREATE THE LINE AT THE
FIGURE.
9. EXTRUDE OR CLICK “E” AND
CUT THE HALF OF THE
RECTANGLE.
10. SAVE YOUR WORK IN THE SPECIFIED DIRECTORY
LESSON 2: MAKING A DRONE
REFERENCE FROM: AIRGINEERS
 3. Click Create and then New Component.
1. Lets get started,
A small menu box should appear. Change
create a new design.
the component name to Chassis. Click ok.
You can do this either
two ways. You can
click on File and then
New Design or you
can click on the +
symbol.

2. Save your new

design straight
away. Give is a
suitable name
and save it in a
location
suggested by
your teacher.

4. Click Sketch and then Create Sketch. 3

orange squares will appear, these are the
planes that we can draw on. Click on the plane
between the blue and red axis, it will turn grey
when your mouse is over it. When you click on
the plane, the view will change to a birds eye
view of the work space.
 5. Click on 6. Select the square that
Sketch, you have just drawn by
Rectangle and dragging a box around it
then Center so it selects all of it.
Rectangle.
From the origin
point draw a
square
measuring 7. Click the
47mm by construction icon
47mm. located in your
sketch palette.
This will change
your square
from full lines to
dashed lines.

8. Click Sketch, then Circle and finally Center Diameter

Circle. Draw 3 circles from the top left corner of the
square you created earlier. One circle measuring 5.2mm,
the second circle measuring 6.4mm and the last circle
measuring 8.4mm.
 9. Click Create and then Extrude. Click the space in- 10. In the distance text box type in -15.5mm
between the 2nd circle and the outer circle as shown in and click ok.
the picture.

11. Click on the arrow

to the left of the word
Chassis. This will open
up the Chassis folder.

12. Click on the arrow

to the left of the word
Sketches.

13. Click on the

lightbulb to the left of
Sketch1. This will show
Sketch1.
14. Click on Create and the Extrude. Click
on the inner circle as shown in the picture.
15. In the distance box
type in -0.5mm and
click ok.

17. Click on the bottom edge. This edge will then turn blue.
Type in 0.5mm in the Radius box and click ok.

16. Click on Modify and then Fillet.

 19. Change Pattern type to Bodies. Then click on
18. Click on Create, the Motor Mounting that you have created so it
then Pattern and turns blue.
finally Circular
Pattern. A menu
window will appear.

20. Click on Axis and then click on the green axis

line. It will then show a preview of the circular
pattern.
21. In the Quantity box, type in 4 and click ok.
22. Click on Sketch and then
Create Sketch.
23. Three planes will
appear. Click on the
orange plane in between
the blue and red axis’.

24. Click Sketch and Line.

26. Click on the line
you have just drew
and click on the
construction icon
located in the sketch
palette.

25. Draw a line

from the centre 27. Click on
origin point Sketch, Arc and
measuring 19mm. then 3-Point Arc.
 29. Click on Sketch and then Offset. Click
28. Click on the top left corner of on the arc you have just created.
the square to start the arc. Then
click on the bottom left corner of the
square to mark the end point of the
arc. Finally click on the end of the
construction line you have just made.

30. Type in 0.75mm in the offset

position and click ok.

Click Sketch and offset again. Click

on the original arc you made, type
in 0.75mm again but make sure you
click the flip icon so you have an
offset line on both sides of the
original arc.
 31. Click Sketch, then
Project/Include and
finally Project.

Click on the outer circle

of the top left motor
mounting and the outer
circle of the bottom left
motor mounting.

Finally click ok.

32. Click Create and then Extrude.

Click on the 2 arc areas.
In the distance box type in -3mm.
Click ok.

It should put a
purple line around
both selected
circles.
33. Click on Create, Pattern 34. Change the pattern type to 35. Click on select Axis and click on
and then Circular Pattern. Features. the green dashed line. It should
Then click on the last icon on the give you a preview of the pattern.
timeline located at the bottom.

37. Click Modify and then

Combine.

36. Change the quantity to 4

and click ok.
38. Click on the motor mounting at the top
for the target body.
41. Click on Sketch and then
Create Sketch.

40. Click the

39. Click on the other 3 parts for the tool lightbulb to the
bodies. Click ok. left of sketch1. 42. Three planes will appear. Click
on the orange plane in between
the blue and red axis’.

43. Click on
sketch, rectangle
and then center
rectangle.
44. From the centre origin point draw 46. Click sketch, click
a rectangle measuring 20mm wide project/include and finally
and 40mm long. click project.

47. Click the inner arc

line at the top and
bottom.

These two lines will turn

purple. Click ok.

45. Click sketch and

48. Click Create and then Extrude.
offset. Click on the
rectangle you have just
created. In the offset
position box type in
1.50mm. Make sure the
red offset line is on the
outside of the blue
original rectangle
before clicking ok.
 49. Click on the 2 blue highlighted lengths. 50. In the distance box type in -3mm and then click
ok.

53. Click on orange square in between the blue

and green axis’. Click ok.

51. Underneath Chassis

is Origin. Click the
52. Click on Inspect and then
lightbulb to the left of
section analysis.
Origin to turn it on.
 55. Click on Sketch
and then Create
Sketch.

54. Click the lightbulb next to

Origin to turn the workplanes
off. 56. Click on face that is pointed to.

57. Click on sketch, then rectangle and finally 2 point rectangle.

Draw a rectangle measuring 1.5mm wide and 2.5mm high. Ensure
that the top line of the rectangle lines up with the top of the drone
chassis.
58. Click on
Sketch and then
Sketch
Dimension.
59. Firstly click on the centre origin point 62. Click the lightbulb next to the work
and then click on the left line of your analysis to turn off the section analysis.
rectangle. Drag your cursor upwards. In You will now be able to see all of your
the box type in 10mm and click enter on 60. Click Create drone so far.
your keyboard. and then Extrude.

61. Click on the rectangle you have just drawn and in the distance
box type in 20mm and click ok.
 63. Click Create and then mirror. A menu
box will appear.

Change pattern type to Features. 65. Click the

lightbulb next to
Click on the last icon on the timeline at the Sketch1 to turn the
bottom. sketch on.

66. Click on
Sketch and
64. Select the plane in Create Sketch.
between the red and
green axis’. Click ok.
67. Click on
orange
square in
between the
green and
he red axis’.
68. Click on Sketch, then Rectangle 69. Draw a
and finally 2-Point Rectangle. rectangle
above your
drone so that
the rectangle
measures
6mm high
and 1.5mm
wide.

72. Click on the origin point and

then click on left side of the 1st
rectangle your drew. Drag your
cursor upwards and type in 17mm
to move your rectangles.

70. Draw another rectangle so

that it measures 3mm high and
0.75mm wide.

Make sure your rectangles look 71. Click on Sketch

exactly like the picture above. and then Sketch
Dimension.
 76. Click on axis and then click on the green axis line you can
73. Click see coming from the centre origin point.
Stop
Sketch.

74. Click
Create
and then
Revolve. 77. Change 78. Right click on the Propeller
Operation to New housing you have just created and
Body and click ok. click Move/Copy.

75. Click on the area highlighted in blue

for the profile you are going to revolve.
 79. Change the move object to bodies and then click on the propeller housing you have just made.

80. Click on Point to Point

81. Click on the centre origin point. See

number 1 in the picture.

82. Click on the centre point of the top

motor housing. See number 2 in the picture.

83. Make sure your drone chassis looks like

the one in the picture before clicking ok.
 85. Change Pattern Type from Faces
to Bodies.

86. Click on the propeller housing.

87. Click on Directions and then click

on the blue axis.

88. Change both Quantity boxes to 2.

89. Change both Distance boxes to

47mm. Click ok.
84. Click on
Create, then
Pattern and
Rectangular
Pattern.

90. Click Save.

 94. Draw
91. Click on a circle
Sketch and from the
Create Sketch. centre
origin
point
measuring
36.5mm.
92. Click on
orange square
in between the
blue and red
axis’.
95. Click on Sketch and then offset. Click on the circle drawn in
step 94. Type in the offset position box 1.5mm. Make sure the
red circle is on the outside of the blue circle. Click ok.

93. Click on Sketch, circle and

then Center Diameter Circle.
 97. Click on the 4 inside circles shown in bold. Click Ok.

96. Click on Sketch,

Project/Include and
then Project.
 99. Click on the 4 blue
98. Click Create
parts shown in the picture.
and then Extrude.
100. In the distance box
type in 6mm.

101. Change Operation

from Cut to Join. Click ok.

102. Click Modify

and then Rule Fillet.

103. Click on the top

surface of the drone
chassis (blue highlighted
104. Type in the radius
part in the picture).
box 0.75mm and click ok.
 105. Click on 108. Draw a circle
Sketch and measuring 3mm.
Create Sketch. Make sure its on
the red axis line
and to the left of
the origin point.

106. Click on
orange square
in between the
blue and red
axis’. 109. Using the
sketch dimension
tool (Sketch, Sketch
Dimension).

Click on the origin

point and then the
centre of the circle.

Drag the dimension

up and type in
19mm.
107. Click on Sketch, circle and
then Center Diameter Circle.
 111. Select the
110. Click Create
circle you have
and then Extrude.
just created

Type in 6mm in
the distance box.

Change the
Operation from
Cut to Join.

Click ok.

113. Click on the circle that

you have just extruded.

Move the red circle so it

snaps to the centre of the
clue circle.

Change the height of the

hole to 7mm and click ok.
112. Click Create
and then Hole.
 115. Make sure the Pattern type is
114. Click
Features.
on
Create,
Click on the last 2 icons on the
Pattern
timeline located at the bottom of
and then
the screen.
Circular
Pattern.
Select axis and click on the green
axis line.

Type 4 in the quantity box.

Make sure your drone chassis looks

like the picture on the right before
clicking ok.

117. Open up the plastic folder by clicking on the little folder icon.
Drag the ABS Plastic icon onto you drone chassis.

116. Click on Modify and

then Physical Material.
 118. Turn Sketch 1 off by 119. Right click on Chassis
clicking the lightbulb. and click on Properties.
120. A box
will appear
showing
information
about your
Drone Chassis.

The piece of information you need to keep checking is the

mass.

You now need to edit your drone chassis to lower the overall
mass. Your aim is to get the mass around 4 grams.

You must think:

Do you make your drone as light as possible but will it be too
light it cant be controlled easily?
OR
Do you keep your drone slightly heavier so it is easier to control
when flying?
Save in specified folder
 LESSON 3: FREEFORM 2D  3D EXERCISE

AS DISCUSSED.
FIND 2D “LOGO” PICTURE
INSERT>INSERT CANVAS> (PUT INTO AXIS)
CALIBRATE SCALE
USE SPLINES TO TRACE OUTLINE
EXTRUDE CLOSED SURFACES
ENJOY! 
SAVE IN SPECIFIED FOLDER
 LESSON 3: FREEFORM 2D  3D EXERCISE
(FILE TYPES)
• SAVE AS .STL (ASCII & BINARY) IN LOCAL PC
• OPEN .STL FILE IN NOTEPAD AND OBSERVE DIFFERENCES.

• IN OTHER SOFTWARE YOU CAN ALSO SAVE AS .OBJ/.3MF TO NAME A FEW

 LESSON 4: FREEFORM 3D (SCULPTING)

CREATE>CREATE FORM
EXPLORE SCULPTING FUNCTIONS AND MAKE DESIRED 3D
MODEL

SAVE IN SPECIFIED FOLDER

 UNGUIDED ASSESSMENT TASK

• <INSERT EASY, MODERATE, HARD DIAMOND PICTURE>