Preferences control default settings in Fusion. Any changes you make to the preferences are saved with your Autodesk ID and are loaded when you sign into Fusion on another machine.
In the top-right corner, on the Application bar, click My Profile.
Select Preferences.
Review these three commonly adjusted preferences.
Set your desired general preferences.
General: Settings common to the Fusion application and workspaces, such as versioning (saving), pan, zoom, and orbit.
General > API: Control behavior for scripting and programming.
General > Design: Control settings for the Sketch, Solid, and Surface tabs and the Form contextual environment in the Design workspace.
General > Render: Control settings for the Render workspace.
General > Manufacture: Control settings for the Manufacture workspace.
General > Drawing: Set defaults for newly created drawings. Select the Enable Cloud Libraries check box to have an access to the cloud libraries in the Data Panel Homepage.
General > Simulation and Generative Design: Control settings for the Simulation workspace and the Generative Design workspace.
Tokens & Cloud Credits: View balances for the token and cloud credit accounts available to you, select the default account to charge, and view the cost of tasks.
Material: Set the default physical material and appearance.
Mesh: Control the preferences for inserting a mesh.
Graphics: Preferences for the graphics display.
Network: Proxy settings for network access.
Data Collection and Use: Control the types of data that Fusion collects to better the product.
Unit and Value Display: Control the precision and display of units.
Unit and Value Display > Simulation and Generative Design: Control how output values are displayed for simulations and generative designs.
Default Units > Design: Set the default units for the design environments.
Default Units > Manufacture: Set the default units for the Manufacture workspace.
Default Units > Simulation and Generative Design: Set the default units for the Simulation and Generative Design workspaces.
Preview Features: Try out new functionality while it is still in a conceptual stage.
Review other preferences pages.
Click OK to accept the changes and close the dialog.
Adjust the Pan, Zoom, Orbit shortcuts setting to match the pan, zoom, and orbit mouse shortcuts from any of the following programs.
Zoom: Roll the middle mouse button
Pan: Shift + middle mouse button
Orbit: Middle mouse button
Zoom to box: Ctrl + Shift + middle mouse button (Windows) or Command + Shift + middle mouse button (MacOS)
Rotate about X: Shift + alt + left mouse button (Windows) or Shift + Option + left mouse button (MacOS)
Rotate about Y: Shift + alt + middle mouse button or Shift + Option + middle mouse button (MacOS)
Rotate about Z: Shift + alt + right mouse button or Shift + Option + right mouse button (MacOS)
When new features are released as preview functionality, you can enable them through the Preferences dialog.
If you want to reset all of the preferences to the default settings, click Restore Defaults in the lower left of the Preferences dialog.