Home tab reference

The Home tab is a central location where you can view and access your data. It is designed for multiple Autodesk products, so you will have a consistent way of accessing your work.

To have the Home tab open by default whenever you start Fusion, go to Profile > Preferences > General and check the Start Home tab at startup box.

1. Access the Home tab.

2. Switch between hubs in Fusion.

3. Access contextual controls for the hub switcher.

4. Open or create projects.

5. View recent data, projects, My Fusion, and sample files.

   My Fusion is your customized shortcuts area. See Start Fusion and the Fusion web client.

6. Switch between List View and Grid View. Sort projects.

7. Search () and filter ().

8. Customize columns (available in List View only).

9. Show properties of a selected component.

Access the Home tab

In the Application bar, click the Home tab .

Switch between hubs in Fusion

1. In the top-left corner of the window, click the down icon to expand the list of hubs.
2. Click the hub you want to switch to.

You can belong to multiple hubs. You can switch the hub you are working in to open a project created in it, or create a new project within that hub.

Access contextual controls for the hub switcher

Click the More menu to the right of the hub switcher to access more controls.

You can select the following options:

• Reload: Refreshes the list of projects.
• New or join: Creates a hub or join an existing one.
• Hub settings: Shows settings for the current hub in a web browser (for hub administrators or owners).
• Members and roles: Shows members and roles for the current hub in a web browser (for hub administrators or owners).

Open or create projects

Click Open to open an existing project or New to create a project within your hub.

View recent data and projects

The Recent option is selected by default, showing your recently worked-on projects.

To navigate within projects:

1. On the left side of the window, click Projects.

   A middle panel opens containing a list of projects that you are a member of.

   

2. Browse through the projects until you find the project or component you want to work with.

Switch between List View and Grid View

Above the list or grid of projects, click List View or Grid View .

• List View: Shows data in a columned list.

  

• Grid View: Shows thumbnail previews of your data.

  

Tip: Double-click an item to open it. To see a context menu, right-click the item, or hover over the item and click the More menu to the right.

Sort projects

In Grid View, click to expand the Sort menu and change sort criteria. You can also click Up Arrow or Down Arrow to change sort order.

In List View, click the column heading on the header row above the list of projects to sort the projects.

In both views you can sort your projects by the following properties:

• Name
• Location
• Date modified
• Last opened

Search and filter

While in Recent or Projects view, you can search for components by entering key words in the Search box. The type of data you can search for depends on which view you're in.

Recents

In Recents, Search will find matching component names.

1. Click Filter icon to show options for narrowing search results:

   • Date Modified

   • File Types

   • Milestone types (only in Recent)

     

     Note: If you're working in a hub with collabortive editing, the term Milestones has been changed to Versions. You can now filter by Version, Historical Version, Revision, and Historical Revision. Check for this icon next to the hub name to confirm collaborative editing is available. Learn about collaborative editing.

2. Click Clear filters to clear your selections.

Projects

In Projects, you have more control of where and what you want to search for. By default, Fusion looks for files and folders in the current hub.

Use the Search for drop-down menu to change what you search for and where. Fusion will search not just names, but also contents, including referenced components

• To reorder columns, click and drag their names within Displayed Columns.

• To hide a column, place the pointer over it and click X.

• To show a column, select it under Available Columns.

Show properties of a selected component

In the top right of the window, click Properties to see properties for a selected component.

In the lower right of the window, click Pin to pin the Properties panel.