Explore the Fusion user interface

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Autodesk Fusion’s intuitive interface is comprised of the application bar, different workspaces, toolbars, and the canvas.

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From the application bar, select Data Panel to show or hide the data panel.

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In the data panel, access your team's projects and designs, manage design data, and collaborate with others.

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You can also access sample projects.

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Expand the File menu to create, open, upload, save, export, recover, 3D print, and share designs.

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To create a new design, open a new tab.

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Click Extensions to manage your access to Fusion extensions.

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Select Job Status to view the status of any current jobs, Fusion update status, and your online or offline status.

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In the Notification Center, find tips and messages related to your work.

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From Help, access learning content, documentation, quick setup, community resources, technical support, diagnostic tools,

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and information about the Fusion installation.

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Select Quick Setup.

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From this dialog, quickly configure your default units and navigation settings.

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Close the dialog.

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Click My Profile to access your account, change your Fusion preferences, switch your current team, or update your profile.

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For instance, select Preferences.

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Then, from the Preferences dialog, General page, enable Show tooltips.

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Click Apply and then close the dialog.

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Now, hover your cursor over a command from the ribbon.

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A tooltip displays providing a short description of the command.

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Fusion capabilities are grouped into purpose-driven workspaces.

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To switch workspaces, expand the Workspace menu.

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The tools in each workspace are organized as tabs in the toolbar according to design objectives.

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Some tools are available across multiple workspaces.

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The Design workspace lets you create and edit solid, surface, and T-Spline model geometry, driven by 2D sketch geometry.

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From the Create panel, access sketch and form commands.

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In the Sketch contextual tab, create and modify 2D sketches that drive the 3D geometry of your design.

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From the Generative Design workspace,

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simultaneously generate multiple CAD-ready design solutions based on manufacturing and performance requirements.

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In the Render workspace, create photorealistic images of your design.

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From the Animation workspace, create 3D exploded views and animations of your design,

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then share them with collaborators and clients to help them understand and evaluate the design.

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In the Simulation workspace, set up studies to simulate how your design performs under various conditions, analyze the results,

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and make informed decisions about design changes.

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In the Manufacture workspace, create toolpaths to produce your design using a variety of manufacturing processes.

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In the Drawing workspace, document manufacturing specifications using integrated associative drawings

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and animations for parts and assemblies.

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Once you have a workspace open, like the Design workspace, notice the toolbar is divided into tabs, organizing tools into logical groupings.

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Each tab is divided into panels.

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From the Solid tab, expand the Create drop-down to view a full menu of the tools contained within the Create panel.

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Contextual tabs only become active in context to the command you invoke.

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They are not visible until the command they are associated with is selected.

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For example, from the Create drop-down, select Create Sketch.

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In the canvas, pick a work plane.

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The Sketch contextual tab opens with tools to create and modify your 2D sketches.

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When you click most commands, a dialog opens so you can configure settings.

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In this example, the Sketch Palette opened.

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To preserve some space in the canvas, click the arrow to collapse the dialog.

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Click Finish Sketch to close the dialog entirely.

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Right-click anywhere in the canvas to access the marking menu,

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which contains frequently used commands and an overflow menu with navigation tools and shortcuts.

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The browser lists your document settings, named views, and all of the elements in your design.

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For instance, origins, joints, components, sketches, and bodies.

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Click the arrow next to a component to collapse or expand its contents.

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You can also toggle the visibility of objects OFF or ON.

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Back on the canvas, notice the ViewCube.

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Select one of the faces, corners, or edges of the ViewCube to navigate to predefined views,

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or click the Home icon to return to the default home view.

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You can also control the perspective and set custom views from the ViewCube’s drop-down menu.

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From the Navigation bar, use the navigation tools to orbit your design, focus on specific details, zoom, pan, and switch to multiple views.

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You can also change the visual style or environment and adjust grid settings.

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The timeline shows all the operations performed in your design.

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Right-click an operation to change or delete it.

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Drag operations to change the order in which they are calculated.

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Use the Play Forward and Backward buttons to step through each operation in your design.

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Select the gear icon to turn design history on or off, toggle component color swatches, and show or hide inactive features.

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Fusion’s intuitive user interface makes it easy to work on your designs.