Tutorial Vids on Fusion and Illustrator

We will use Autodesk's 360 Fusion for most of our 3D modeling and printing. For our 2-Dimensional work, we'll mainly use Adobe Illustrator. 360 Fusion is free for students. Hooray! Adobe Illustrator is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud. ISM did some wheelin'-and-dealin' to allow all of us to now download and use all Adobe Apps. Double hooray. Both these pieces of software will work on Mac or PC.

Most of the vids below are made by me, specifically for our projects. However, sometimes I was able to find vids made by others that were just as helpful.

360 Fusion


  1. Here is a link to download 360 fusion.

  2. Here is a link to lots of Fusion vids made by Autodesk.

  3. Intro to Fusion Vid, by Dingrando

  4. Using Bodies, origin, and Move function

  5. Renaming Bodies, more on the Move Function

  6. Tutorial Vid on Why to Build with Panels in Fusion. by Dingrando

  7. Vid: HOW to Build with Panels in Fusion by Dingrando

  8. How to use "Shell" and "Split Body" to create panels by Dingrando

  9. Vid: How to Export as STL and 3D Print from Fusion*by Dingrando . --* Note: "3D Print" command has moved. It's now under "File."

  10. Finger Joint Box Part 1 First Panel by Dingrando

  11. Finger Joint Box Part 2, Second Panel by Dingrando

  12. Finger Joint Box Part 3, Third and fourth Panel by Dingrando

  13. Finger Joint Box Part 4, Bottom Panel by Dingrando

  14. Finger Joint Box Part 5, Exporting sketches as dxf by Dingrando

  15. Vid 1 on how to create an orthogonal drawing from Autodesk

  16. Vid 2 for orthogonal from Autodesk

  17. Starting your Orthogonal and Correct Alignment of Views by Dingrando

  18. Orthogonal Custom Table Creation by Dingrando . (add rectangular dimension as a 4th column).

  19. Inserting 3rd Angle Projection Symbol and Precision of measurements by Dingrando

  20. Intro to 3D Modeling - 19 videos by Autodesk.

  21. Embossing Text on curved surface.

  22. Using the REVOLVE tool. Also here is a using the Revolve / Shell tool to make a bottle.

  23. How to 3D print using XYZWare. by Dingrando

  24. Creating a Crosslap Stool Base by Dingrando

  25. Creating legs of Housing Joint Stool by Dingrando

  26. Adding Brace to housing joint stool by Dingrando

  27. Leg Making for a Stool in Fusion, by Dingrando

  28. X-style Base for Stool. Duplicating and naming bodies. Rotating and centering two bodies.

  29. How to Add, Modify, and Show Dimensions in 360 Fusion, by Dingrando

  30. Material Appearance and Rendering Your Design in 360 Fusion, by Dingrando

  31. Making a Dog in Fusion. by Dingrando. This vid shows how to do non-uniform scaling, fillet, copy, and move. Also turning on the origin.

  32. Using Sculpt Environment. by Dingrando. I "create form" to enter sculpt environment, and subdivide panels before editing the form.

  33. Here's part one of my version of making a dodecahedron. Here's part two. This introduces the "surface" environment and uses "patch" and "stitch" functions.

  34. Vid on How to Make Tetrahedrons and Pyramids.

  35. Bridge 1, starting.

  36. Bridge 2: Adding two beams to bridge rail.

  37. Bridge 3: Making beams more awesome.

  38. Bridge 4: Copying and Pasting Beams

  39. Three panels of a box, built as components.

  40. Five panels as components, adding property information.

  41. Orthogonal creation using components.

  42. Joint Origins and Revolving Joints

  43. Animating your Revolving Joint

  44. Putting a lid on a box to open and close with a joint

  45. Importing Components to Fusion

  46. Modify and Scale Imported Components

  47. Join Imported Components to others

  48. Using the Hole Tool

  49. Creating sketches (from a face) and exporting as .dxf




Adobe Illustrator.


Here is a link to download Adobe Illustrator. You will need to create an account using your school email.

Link to many official Illustrator Tutorials by Adobe.

Is your Illustrator File ready to Laser Cut? by Dingrando

Modifying a Slicer .eps file in Illustrator for laser cutting.

  1. Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator (and laser cutting) by Mr. Carl.

  2. The Shape Builder Tool by Mr. Carl.

  3. Fill and Stroke for Laser Cutting by Mr. Carl.

  4. Text to Outlines for Laser Cutting by Dingrando

  5. Anchor Points and Direct Selection Tool by Dingrando

  6. Turning your hand sketch in an Illustrator file by Mr. Carl

  7. Placing .dxf sketches into Illustrator by Dingrando


Slicer (Plug-In to Fusion)

  1. Setting Up Material Size in Slicer. This allows you to use sheets of cardboard of a size that matches our laser cutter.

  2. Slicing Up a 3D Model. I take a 3D model in 360 Fusion into Slicer and generate the 2D .eps files for the laser cutter.

  3. Origami 101: (Fusion, slicer, and Illustrator): This vid shows how to make a simple box, use slicer for folded panels, and put into illustrator for printing.