Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Blog Post #8: 3D Modeling with Fusion 360


Object #1: Tutorial Object

I'm not gonna lie -- I found Fusion 360 to be more confusing than TinkerCAD or FreeCAD. I had to attend both lectures and re-watch the videos to really get all the details of how to do each object. I find that if I'm even a little behind, it's impossible to work on catching up while also following the demonstration going on at the same time. For example, I had already taken screenshots and put the first two objects in this blog before attending class the second time and realizing we needed to use Capture Screen (so I redid all the screen captures).  Even the rendering was confusing, as I missed the slider with the "Excellent" and "Final" at first, but picked up that detail in the second lecture. I eventually figured it all out through repetition and trial and error. Here is my tutorial object...

Object #2: Lampshade

Here are two views of my lampshade (from the top and the bottom) ...




Object #3: Flask



Object #4: Bowler Hat




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