Adventures with Fusion

Design Edition

Adventures with Fusion, Design Edition is a 20 week lesson plan to teach student the basics of Autodesk Fusion 360.

  • Weeks 1-10 focus on most of the most commonly used tool and skill within the Design Tab.

  • Week 11-14 address how to assembly part within Fusion. It also addressed the basics of making those part move within the assembly constraints.

  • Week 15-20 address the basics of creating a Drawing of their Part in the drawing Tab.


Week 1 Intro to Fusion.pdf

Week 1

This weeks Fusion Monday covers the basics of creating 3D shapes in Fusion. Covers setting up a sketch, using rectangle and circle shapes and turning these shapes into 3D models. Also address file management within the fusion data panel.


Week 2- Chamfer & Filet.pdf

This weeks Fusion Monday covers the basics of using lines to create 3D shapes. Filet and Chamfer, will be addressed. Given the filet and Chafer are tools that work both within the sktech and can be Features, how and when to use each will be taught.


Week 3- Subtractive & Profile .pdf

This weeks Fusion Monday covers the basics of using subtractive modeling will be show. This is cutting form a preformed solid. Dimensioning wiht angles will also be covered as well as a more advaneced extruding methods.


Week 4- Revolve, Shell & Decal.pdf

Week 4

This weeks Fusion Monday covers the Revole feature to create cylindrical shapes. It renforecs angle, touches on tangent constraint, and demos how to use decals to make parts look properly branded.

Week 5- Geometric Constraints .pdf

Week 5

This weeks Fusion Monday covers the geometric constrains. Within the sketch the constrains tab, has many tools that will help to get your sketches fully consrained with limited uses of demention, that clutter up your sketch environment. Week 5 also address how to upload a file into fusion.

Download this File for Week 5

W5 Geometric Constraints

Week 6- Patterning.pdf

Week 6

This weeks Fusion Monday covers patterning. Fusion offers both circler and liner patterning. Both within the sketch envorment and within the feather. Week 6 will teach how to create pattern in both.

Week 7- Holes.pdf

Week 7


Week 8- Loft, Shell, Sweep.pdf

Week 8


Week 9- Emboss TPlan & angle Plane.pdf

Week 9


Week 10- Loft, Shell, Sweep.pdf

Week 10


Week 11- Basic Joints.pdf

Week 11


Week 12- Revolve Joint and Copy Component docx.pdf

Week 12


Week 13- Pin In Slot.pdf

Week 13


Week 14- Shock.pdf

Week 14


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Week 17


Week 18


Week 19


Week 20