Fusion 360 for industrial designers

Making products, made simple for industrial designers

Accelerate ideas and collaboration with engineering to turn concepts into profitable products.

Industrial designers work faster on a single platform

75% 

Create photo-realistic renders of your designs up to 75% faster to expedite stakeholder buy-in.


4x 

Turn your concepts into 3D models 4x faster when compared to traditional industrial design software.


60% 

Create high-quality products and accelerate time to market by 60%.


Innovation made easy for industrial designers

Quickly explore your ideas to uncover the best concepts earlier in the design process. Remove barriers to interacting with your team and get back to creating innovative products.

Cut your 3D modelling time in half

Design your way using intuitive parametric, freeform, direct and surface modelling tools for industrial designers.

Realise your design instantaneously

Reduce the impact of industrial design changes and ensure manufacturability with rapid prototyping tools all in one 3D design software.

Features

Fusion 360 features for industrial designers

3D design and modelling

Engineer products with comprehensive 3D modelling and analysis tools. Ensure products’ form, fit and function.


Sketching

Create and edit sketches with sketch constraints, dimensions and a powerful suite of sketch tools.


Direct modelling

Edit or repair imported geometry from non-native file formats. Make design changes without worrying about time-based features.


Surface modelling

Create and edit complex parametric surfaces for repairing, patching or designing geometry.


Parametric modelling

Create history-based features, including extrude, revolve, loft, sweep etc. that update with design changes.


Mesh modelling

Edit and repair imported scans or mesh models, including STL and OBJ files. 

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Freeform modelling

Create complex sub-divisional surfaces with T-splines and edit them with intuitive push-pull gestures


Rendering

Create photo-realistic images of your models, leveraging local or cloud rendering. 


PCB design integration

Synchronise bi-directional changes from electronics designs seamlessly with Autodesk EAGLE interoperability.


Sheet metal

Use 2D drawings and DXFs to create sheet metal part components and document flat patterns.

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Assemblies

Analyse assembly motion with a bottom-up, middle-out or top-down approach.


Creating thoughtful furnishings for the modern workspace

Coalesse, a division of Steelcase, has standardised Fusion 360 across its organisation to create office furnishings with the ultimate goal of maximising collaboration in the workplace.

“Love that I can model organically as if my hands were working with clay inside the computer .” 

– Fusion 360 User, G2Crowd

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

What is industrial design?

Industrial design software helps industrial designers create, analyse, visualise and communicate design intent and aesthetics before building a physical prototype. Many of the everyday products we use have been designed through industrial design software, from tablets to headphones to cars.

What programs do industrial designers use?

Industrial designers use Autodesk Fusion 360 to design, test, fabricate and collaborate with anyone, anywhere and on any device.