The Latest Updates to 3D Sculptor
You can quickly create complex, organically shaped 3D models in the browser-based design tool, 3D Sculptor. Because 3D Sculptor is easy to learn and use, you can start with a 3D shape or a 2D surface and easily push, pull, scale, crease, and bend your Sub-D model to get the…Read More
GoWesty Modernizes Classic Vans Using Fusion 360
« Back to Blog home page GoWesty makes and sells parts for 1968-2003 Volkswagen Buses, Vanagons and Eurovans. The Los Osos, California based company originally operated as a vintage Volkswagen repair and restoration shop coupled with a parts retail shop, but with the advent of the internet, their business model…Read More
Thinking Out-Of-The-Box with Generative Design
« Back to Blog home page How often have you been asked to “think out-of-the-box” on a specific design problem? All too often, we find ourselves limited by our training, “rules of thumb,” heuristics, past design history, our own biases, corporate rules, or the most dangerous phrase in business: “We…Read More
A Conversation With Factor[e] Ventures’ Industrial Design Lead Jordan Westerberg
« Back to Blog home pageImage courtesy of Factor[e] Ventures and Arch Systems. Freelance designers: it’s probably safe to say you start to feel the pressure when you’re juggling a few projects at once, right? Well, imagine just for a moment that instead of a freelancer, you’re an in-house designer…Read More
Hector Silva Has Students Redesign Everyday Experiences During Remote Learning
« Back to Blog home page Even though we’ve been spending all this time at home, the relationships we have with our belongings haven’t evolved much. We still interact with the items we use every day without thinking much about their impact on us. Hector Silva is a design educator…Read More
SOCIAL STAFF PICS – AUGUST 2020
Another month is in the books, and what a beautifully creative month it has been. All of you, members of the SketchBook community, have once again demonstrated immense creativity, talent, and inspiration. Our Staff Picks for the month of August show passion across a diverse range of interests, and it…Read More
Michael DiTullo Shares His Design Process in Fusion 360
« Back to Blog home page The final smartphone renders. Michael DiTullo recently released a three-part video series with Autodesk and Wacom that shows how he takes a concept design from thumbnail sketch to final render using Fusion 360 on a Wacom Cintiq Pro. DiTullo is the epitome of a…Read More
Product Information Management: The Business of Data
« Back to Blog home pageRegardless of size – you should build your business on Fusion 360. The Business Of Fusion 360 It’s safe to say that if you clicked on this post, you are probably one of the following, a business owner, manager, someone who is hoping to turn…Read More
How, When and Why to Use Class A Geometry in Fusion 360
« Back to Blog home page“There are no beautiful surfaces, without a terrible depth.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Class A geometry was originally an automotive industry term that refers to a surface, or series of surfaces, that have curvature and tangency alignment. It’s an ideal method when working on the aesthetics…Read More
Collaboration In Fusion 360 | Part 3 | Impact for Every Project Size
« Back to Blog home page For Project Managers Fusion 360 has and will continue to de-centralize the product design and manufacturing industries by empowering companies and users to work remotely without impacting efficiency and throughput. Follow along this three-part series to see how you can deploy Fusion 360 as…Read More
Collaboration In Fusion 360 | Part 2 | Impact at Every Stage
« Back to Blog home page For Managers I’ll be sharing three tools that a company of 1 to 100+ can employ in Fusion 360 that will increase productivity 10x. From consumer electronics to furniture, architecture, and manufacturing, these workflows can be used no matter what vertical you’re working in.…Read More
Collaboration In Fusion 360 | Part 1
« Back to Blog home page For Designers and Engineers Even before a global pandemic, access to platforms that successfully enable remote cross-team, cross-departmental collaboration has been an asset. Rarely have we seen platforms that de-silo engineering and product design fields into a single tool. Recently many companies have seen…Read More
Our Top 5 Surfacing Tips and Tricks for Class A Geometry
« Back to Blog home page Ah surfacing, the old faithful friend of any industrial designer, and the kind of person who’s ears perk up anytime someone says “Class A geometry,” but what are they? Why are they here, and what on earth are they for in Fusion 360? Ultimately…Read More