Walkthrough: Create a design

A design is a 2D or 3D creation in Fusion that conveys the idea, part, or product you want to create. This topic provides the basic steps for creating a design using some modeling tools, the browser, the timeline, and workspaces.

Requirements

Before you start:

• You need to have the role of Team Member (or higher) to create and save a design. When following these steps, if you discover you are unable to save your design, contact the hub administrator or the person who invited you to the hub.

• You need to set your default modeling orientation to Y up.

  1. In the top right corner of Fusion, on the application bar, click your profile icon.
  2. Select Preferences > General.
  3. Set Default modeling orientation to Y up.

Set the active project

1. Open the Data Panel if it is not already open.

2. Click Home in the Data Panel to display the list of projects.

3. Double-click a project for which you are a member and can add content to it to make that project active.

   

   The project opens and all designs and folders that you have access to are shown.

   

Create and save a design

1. In the Application bar, click File > New...

   The What do you want to create? dialog displays.

2. In the dialog, select a design type and specify relevant details:

   • Part: Creates a design where you model a single component to manufacture or use in an assembly.
     • Select a part Type:
       • Standard: Creates a standard container for design elements like sketches and bodies.
       • Sheet Metal: Creates a component that is subject to sheet metal rules and can be used to create flat patterns.
   • Assembly: Creates a design where you create or insert other designs as external components, then define relationships between them to create an assembly.
   • Hybrid Design: Creates a flexible design where you create and model internal components, insert other designs as external components, then define relationships between them.

3. Click Create New.

   The design is created and opens in Fusion.

4. Click Save to save the design.

   The Save dialog opens.

5. In the Save dialog, in the Name text field enter My first box.

6. If you're working in a hub that has collaborative editing enabled, under Part Number, select a part number type.

   • Shared Part Number: Adds this design to a part number currently in use by one or more components. See .
   • New Part Number: Generates a unique part number for your design.

7. Set the Location to a project for which you are a member and can add content to.

   Note: If there is no active project, choose a save location now.

8. Click Save.

   

Create a Box

1. From the Toolbar, expand the Create menu, and select Box.

2. Select the XZ Plane along the bottom of the canvas.

3. Click two points to define the length and width of the box.

4. In the Box dialog, enter these values:

   • Length: 100 mm
   • Width: 100 mm
   • Height: 50 mm

5. Click OK.

   

Round the edges of the Box

1. Right-click an empty area in the canvas, then select Press Pull from the Marking Menu.

2. Click and drag across the canvas to select the entire Box.

3. Enter 8 mm for the Radius.

4. Click OK.

   

Add a hole to the Box

1. From the Toolbar, expand the Create menu, and select Hole.

2. Select the top face of the Box.

3. Drag the center of the Hole to the center of the Box.

4. Set Diameter to a value of 40 mm.

5. Change Extents to All.

6. Click OK.

   

Close and reopen your design

1. Click Save.

2. In the Save dialog, click OK.

3. Click Close X on the tab for My first box.

   

   The design is closed and you are presented with an empty design.

4. In the Data Panel, double-click My first box, or right-click on My first box and select Open.

   

Use the browser

1. Click the Hidden icon next to the Origin folder to display the origin planes.

2. Click the Visible icon again to turn the origin planes off.

3. Click next to the Bodies folder to expand the folder and show a list of all bodies in the design.

   There is one Body in this design - the box you just created.

   

Use the Timeline

1. Click Play to replay the operations in the design.
2. In the Timeline, right-click the fillet operation and select Edit Feature.
3. Change the Radius to 5 mm and click OK.

Change workspaces

1. From the Toolbar, click the Workspace menu, then select Render to switch to the Render workspace.

   The canvas appearance changes and the Timeline is replaced with the Rendering Gallery. Use this workspace to generate photo-realistic images of your design.

2. On the ViewCube, click the Top plane.

3. In the Toolbar, click Render .

4. In the Render Settings dialog, leave the settings at their default settings and click Render.

5. Wait for the Rendering Gallery to display a thumbnail of your cloud rendering. Notice the progress of the rendering that is processing.

6. Repeat these steps for several different orientations of your choosing.

   

7. Once the renderings have been processed, click on a thumbnail to display the full image in the Rendering Gallery dialog.

8. Close the Rendering Gallery dialog.

9. Return to the Design workspace.

Create a drawing

1. In the Browser, right-click My first box and select Create Drawing.

2. Select Automatic, then click OK.

   A notification shows that the drawing is being created. Monitor its progress at the bottom of the Data Panel.

3. In the notification that shows the drawing is ready, click Open drawing.

Open the design in the Fusion web client

1. In the Data Panel, click the version icon for My first box.

2. In the information panel, click View Details on Web.

   The design opens in the Fusion web client.

What next?

Throughout this help, there are tutorials to walk you through core Fusion functionality and workflows. Many of these tutorials make use of sample data found in the Samples section of the Data Panel.

For further designing practice, see the Assemblies tutorials.