Fusion 360 for Makers

1 The Fusion 360 Interface

In this chapter we’ll explore Fusion’s interface, navigate it, make some sketches and solids, save and upload a file, and discuss where files are stored.

We downloaded Fusion in the preface. On a Mac, launch it from the Applications folder; on a PC, click its desktop icon. A window will appear, asking you to sign in (Figure 1-1). If you haven’t made an Autodesk account yet, go to accounts.autodesk.com and do so.

Figure 1-1: The Fusion desktop icon and sign-in screen

The Interface

Figure 1-2 shows the interface. ...