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In this lesson we take a tour
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of the Autodesk Fusion user interface
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and don't mind the 3D printed computer
fan grill project you see in the middle.
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The purpose is just to have something there,
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so you have something to look at
when we take the tour.
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The tour will be like going around window
shopping in a new city without entering
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any of the stores,
museums, restaurants, or
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if you're old enough, bars.
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It can be frustrating,
but we are just learning
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to find our way around in this lesson.
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Let's start with the data panel.
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There is an application bar
in the top of your screen.
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The first button will show or hide
the data panel.
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It's hidden by default.
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You can access your own projects, teams,
designs, design data and collaborate.
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Collaborate with others from here.
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Next you have the file menu.
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You create new designs, new drawings, open
save and export projects, and more,
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from here.
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The save button will allow you
to save an untitled design
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or save a new version of your design.
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The icon is a floppy disk.
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Some people in the modern
workplace have never seen one. Too young.
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Undo and redo will undo or redo
your actions.
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The x will close to your design, and the plus
sign will create a new design.
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Yes, you recognize a lot of standardized
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functionality
from other computer programs.
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Extensions are a set of advanced
3D design and modeling tools.
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Find out more under each extension.
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Job status allows you to see things
like Fusion
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update status
and online or offline status,
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and
relevant notifications are shown here
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if there are any.
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Help gives you access to areas
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like documentation,
the community and support.
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And finally,
you have your profile where you access
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Your Autodesk account.
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You can adjust your Autodesk preferences,
which for example can be useful
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if you migrate from another program
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from another CAD program that is.
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Let's look at the toolbar.
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First you have the workspace picker
and different workspaces.
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What you see in the toolbar depends
on the workspace you currently work in.
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We will spend most our time, but not all
our time, in the design workspace
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in this course.
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Each workspace is organized in tabs.
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The tabs contain
groupings of related tools and commands.
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You recognize this structure
from many computer programs,
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including different CAD software.
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Some commands
will activate contextual tabs.
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For example, when I activate create sketch,
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a contextual tab with a tool set of
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contextual commandos appears to the right
of the regular toolbar.
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The contextual tab goes away
when you exit
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the contextual environment.
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The browser lists objects in your assembly.
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You find document settings
and objects such
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as joints, components,
sketches, and bodies.
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Some, but not all of them, visible
in this design.
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We'll cover them later.
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You can control the visibility
of your objects from here.
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Right click on the browser
to display additional options.
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You can left click
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in the browser
or directly on the objects in the canvas
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when you want to select them.
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The view cube is a great aid
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when you want to look at your design
from different perspectives.
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Press the home button to return safely
to a preset perspective
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that includes your entire design.
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Right click
on the canvas to access the marking menu.
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Sometimes called the right click menu,
you can expect to find frequently
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used commandos in the wheel
and additional commands
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in the menu below.
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You find commands
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used to orbit, look at, pan zoom,
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fit on screen, display settings,
grid and snap settings and viewports
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in the navigation bar.
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The timeline
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list commands performed in your design.
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Remember what we said earlier
about components?
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Each component has its own timeline.
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Use the buttons to go backwards
and forwards
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in your design history.
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You can right
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click operations in the timeline
when you want to make changes.
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Make a change and later actions
in the timeline will be affected.
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Parametric modeling
allows you to change the order
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in which your operations are calculated,
simply by rearranging the order.
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This was a
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quick tour of the Autodesk Fusion
user interface.
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Don't worry
if there is a lot of new information.
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And don't be mad at me
for not going more in depth yet.
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We're building a framework
and the big picture here,
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and we will go more in depth
on different sections later in the course.