Lars, for an old guy who watches the youngsters zip around Fusion with envy, I have to say you teach very, VERY well. I was not very hopeful at the beginning but I practiced making the Absolute Beginner tutorial box several times until I knew what I was doing... and I was hooked. So thank you Lars, and also to Autodesk for making it free for enthusiast use. Seems an old dog (me) can actually learn new tricks. Next hard point is actually to transfer a 3D model and make it on my cnc OX router ( that is coming next week). I'm doing this actually as therapy for long term chronic pain.
Lars, your instructional videos are not only extremely helpful, but also the most enjoyable to watch. I only recently stumbled upon Fusion 360 and I have completely overdosed on fusion tutorials in the past 2 weeks. My subscriptions for SolidWorks and CamWorks are due end of November, and thanks to you and Fusion 360 I think I am going to bail on them after about 12-14 years of loyalty!! Thank you,
I wish every creation software had tutorials as good as yours Lars. I really appreciate how slow you go and how you repeat every command you use multiple times and speak them out even when you are doing them for the 2nd or the 50th time and talk about the intention of each. It is extremely helpful.
I've retired from a SW background. A couple years ago I started using F360. I've been fighting joints since then. Your video finally sheds light in to what is going on in F360. Thank you!
I've been programming Mastercam for past 25 years as all-axis programmer, but now i work for a company that they use Fusion 360°. Lars knowledge and his great attitude teaching online is the best i ever seen. Great software so far and I'm excited learning from Lars for sure. Thanks Lars!!!
I have never done CAD work before in my life, With around an hour and a half of video between you and NYCNC Im happy with my progress, excellent videos, very clear and easy to understand
Only 12 minutes into the video... Already feel it deserves a huge THANK YOU, like a weight is lifted off my shoulders. I too come from many many years of rigid CAD background and tried several times to use Fusion360 at home. Every time I gave up. In addition to your tutorial, your comments on how we need to think differently and how this program uses a different methodology for assembling are incredibly helpful.
Thanks for a great video. As someone that's been using 3D CAD for almost 20 years now, it's certainly hard to break the habits that have been developed in various software. Hearing your description of how typical mates are applied in say, SolidWorks (which I use daily), versus how they're applied in Fusion really helped me to wrap my brain around how to approach joints in Fusion. I was really struggling yesterday with an assembly and this video has given me a fresh perspective. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Chris. Really appreciate your comment. I understand your pain, being a past SolidWorks user myself. It takes awhile to get use to new ways of doing things :-) Hang in there. Have an awesome day! Best, Lars
Lars, hello! My name is João Carvalho. I am Portuguese In fact, I am starting with this program - Fusion 360. The program I used and still use is Inventor (in my case, the last version I installed the version / release 2020). So, I would like to thank you for this wonderful video. You were amazing with all your lessons / explanations / examples ...! Today I learned a lot from you, honestly. Congratulations on your performance. You are a true teacher in this matter, indeed. I really want to thank you for giving me this amazing lesson with Fusion 360. God bless you. My best regards from Portugal: João Carvalho.
Thanks to Lars, in 3 days I've gone from a primitive noob to: - Day 1: Firm grasp of sketching & solids - Day 2: Firm grasp of drawing - Day 3: Firm grasp of assembly Friggin thanks man. You're the best.
I greatly enjoy watching you because you go in depth and simplify things in a way that most will understand; which makes you greatly enjoyable to watch. I am not saying you are basic in what you show, but that you can break down complex (and very difficult for most) subjects and present them in such an apprehensive way. Please continue to be inspired to produce videos. -I Appreciate you!
Lars, I always recommend your videos to my friends who are afraid to start learning something as powerful and complex as Fusion 360. Your easy going demeanor and paced explanations really help it sink in as we follow along in real time with our models. Please keep up the great work!
Hi Lars, I'm brand new to Fusion 360, having used cambam in the past with my home build CNC machine. It's time to start making more complex items. I really enjoy your video's, they are great, well explained in a good speed, very understandible. Thanks!! More videos to watch.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch the videos and comment. Really happy that you find them helpful! I'll keep making them :-) Have a great day!
Mr. Christensen , Thank you for your videos! Very detailed information. Sequence of operations is great. Summary at the end, very GOOD!! You put into the videos little tidbits that others don't, this includes AutoDesk. Please keep up the good work with these types of videos. I am making a telescope utilizing Fusion 360 and 3-D printing - all parts including course and fine focusing adjuster. I have about 30 hours working with Fusion 360. I have not had any formal training with any CAD systems. I am teaching myself. I should say, you are teaching me! LOL
Thank you very much, Chris! I'm completely new to CAD (this is my 2-nd day) and your videos are extremely helpful for for me. I already manage to build by myself the detail from your lessons for beginners without watching them, as well as other different details. Now I start to learn a little more complicated things. Once again thank you very much for your time.
Hi Larsen. I would like to thank you for your presentations in all the tutorials I have watched, they are clear and detailed for me to understand and the pace is slow enough for an old over the hill person like me (I am 85 years young in March), this is so refreshing in these days of speed, I only wish your approach would rub off on other presenters out there. Another important note is the quality of the video especially the sound track which is superb, thanks again Larsen, Geoff Wheeler.
Lars, Great explanation of how to assemble parts in Fusion 360. As a Pro/ENGINEER/SolidWorks user for over 20 years, I was so confused when I tried using F360. This was very helpful, thank you!
@ 13:55 I no longer have the slider like the animation showed just previous. Now, when I click on the movable jaw, both rigid groups move together. What have you done differently?
Thanks Lars. That is going to save me so many hours of frustration! Fantastic and concise explanation of why joints are so much more powerful than mates.
Just getting to know Fusion 360 and glad I have begun by viewing these beginner videos. Thanks Lars. Very good work. Very professional and I cannot recommend anything more.
Hey Lars. Do you anything about Inventor as a CAD package? I am trying out Fusion but I see Inventor is similar. I am trying to see what the differences are and determine which is the best package for me. I used AutoCAD years ago when I worked for a company but now I am on my own and cost is an issue so Fusion seems like a great package so far. Hope you don't mind me asking . thanks.
Lars, your videos are excellent! Coming from SolidWorks experience, I was confused about Fusion 360 joints. This video made me feel extremely comfortable with them.
Lars I live by these videos thank you so much! I am a self taught drawer with a home built CNC milling machine and I would never be abe to make parts without your videos!
Thank you so much for watching the videos and take the time to comment! Really happy you find the content helpful. I'll keep it coming :-). Have an awesome day!
Still appreciating your fantastic videos. Thank you for all that you have done for the world of engineers. I always recommend your videos to every person wanting to add to their skills in the maker's community and beyond.
Instruction is good! The Joints here are not nearly as intuitive as mates in Solidworks but looks faster once you know how to use it. I'm here learning Fusion since I was trained in solidworks but can't use it in my small business since it's 5-7K a seat. Fusion is accessible, thanks!
I'm new to F360 and your videos are really helpful. I'm having trouble with this one at 13:55, though. After I complete the joint, the moveable jaw "sticks" to the stationary jaw, and the entire assembly (both jaws, the plate and the ring behind the small bit that turns), all move together, as opposed to only the jaw moving on a horizontal path. I've gone through the tutorial three times and get the same result each time...
Ouch, I am not sure. You are more than welcome to invite me to your project. Just do me a favor and send a follow-up email as I have a hard time keeping track of invites and UA-cam comments. lars.christensen@autodesk.com
Lars, when you get to 13:45 and you are making the "slider" joint, there is a problem. After creating the joint, the first "Rigid Group" and the second "Rigid Group" float freely in space when selecting the second "Rigid Group" with the mouse. I followed your instructions exactly, but at this point in the video, the parts move freely in space. I'm assuming you went back and edited the first "Rigid Group" and added the "Base" to it, thus allowing the second "Rigid Group" to slide as it does in the video. I don't believe I did anything wrong up to this point, as I did exactly what you did. Perhaps I missed something?
Great Video!! Being a 20 year Catia guy the mindset change would have been VERY difficult without your guidance! I also love videos like yours that talk you thru the steps. Cant stand the click only ones....Keep up the great work!!
Lars, you really are a great teacher is evident your experience, but most of all the passion that you put in your work, I really appreciate, the patient and the generosity of share all your knowledge and your time, you really are one of the kind I relatively new in fusion and inventor, and I became your follower, Thank you very much
Great videos. Thanks very much! One quick question about limits for you; At 15:15, rather than specifying limits as numbers is it possible to set those limits against faces of the model or something along those lines?
Hi Lars. I looked at the movement of the chuck in detail and noticed that the chuck moves the opposite way that it should. Also, the grooves in the jaws did not line up with the spindle underneath them. I was able to fix those things. I also adjusted the speed on the lower pinions, so they match the rotation of the spindle. Looks awesome now. Even though you did not show how to do these things, your tutorial inspired me to learn how to adjust and fix the model up. Thank you for the guidance!
Hi Robert. I think it depends of the part. Sometimes you just need to get some toolpaths going quickly and there is no advantage in getting it into an assembly. Then again, sometimes you might have parts laid out in fixtures where it can be a huge advantage. Especially because you can use collision detection between parts and fixtures. Hope this is helpful.
Excellent tutorial. Well paced. Deliberate where it needs to be. No nuance lost in the demonstration and explanation. One of the few channels I am subscribing to.
Thank you, sir, it's an excellent tutorial, clear voice, clear words, and teaching the stuff at an excellent pace. Thank you for the video, your channel has been extremely helpful for my Fusion 360 journey.
Another great video. I had a little trouble with setting the T holder in place. It did not look right to me or flat to the grove of the table. I tried to change the angle from 270 to 265 Deg. everything looked great. Then when i made my joint, bolt to vice i was getting a error. I had slider selected, then I remembered what I had done with the angle and changed back to 270 Deg and everything went perfect after that. Thanks Lars for taking the time to make these videos!
If I combine some objects with touching surfaces by using a rigid group, would that still dynamically update their respective positions to each other in case I change one of the grouped objects? Or would I have to rigid-joint them together to make my assembly update automatically if a body changes?
Thanks Lars, After a few attempts I finished the conduit box.I am now getting into the assembly & joints video.I googled Kurt machine vices & had to subscribe for access to their downloads. Am I on the right track ? Your tutorials are excellent buddy, keep em coming!
I just found your channel. Instant Sub. That was super useful, very clear description of what is going on. Thanks! It is 6 years later and am wondering if anything described here has changed?
Very helpful Lars, the way you reiterate each step really sinks in and it doesn't seem repetitive. It is indeed hard coming from other CAD programs to think "backwards" and go for the final position instead of trying to reduce degrees of freedom one at a time. Thank you!
Thank you for making these videos! I watched the beginner series, with no CAD experience at all. I feel like I have a MUCH better understanding. Keep up the great work!
Another banger video! As a complete beginner in any CAD software I have learned a lot from you, very grateful for all the teachings! I was wondering, in the ‘motion relation’ joints, can you set it to turn the ‘handle’ part to move the ‘jaw’ part in the vise example, or the ‘hex set screw’ to move the 3 ‘mandibles’ in the chuck example? Thank you again so much, I hope you still enjoy a Labatt’s Blue on Tuesdays !!!
Here's how I did it. You gotta create a fake "nut sleeve" inside the threaded part of the vise jaw. Let's imagine the leadscrew is 0.5" diameter and the threaded jaw hole is 1/2"-13. You gotta force the vise jaw threaded hole to be 0.6" for example than you create a fake nut sleeve that is 0.6" OD by 0.5" ID. This is way easier to do if you don't simulate threaded cylinders. The vise jaw has a negative revolve joint to the nut sleeve. Must be a negative rotation.The Nut sleeve has a slider joint in relation to the lead screw. You create a motion link between the slide of the nut sleeve and the negative revolve of the vise jaw. Then you create a motion link between the rotation of the leadscrew with the nut sleeve. What happens is the the jaw will negative "revolve" in the opposite direction of the rotation of the leadscrew simulating the effect of the jaw having a rotation limit awhile at the same time being able to slide back and forth as a function of the turn of a handle.
Your tutorials are the best. I'm a SW user but love Fusion 360. I have a problem understanding how to change the part origin from top, bottom, front or back. If you did a video, I missed it (sorry). Help, please! Thanks: Ron
Hi Lars, Your videos have keep using Fusion 360, thank you. Your intelligent, straight forward, energetic and often humorous lessons are excellent. BTW, I hope they pay you in some way and/or give you high praise, you certainly earn them. Thanks again!!! :-)
Hi, Lars, and thank you so much for another awesome tutorial! Why you a don't set contact settings to the Jaws, so they can't go through each other and stops when they are touching. Please create your brilliant videos without music
Oh Lars, Please don't start using background music! Your lessons are so great, they don't need any bells or whistles! that loop gets old and is very distracting. The tutorial is very informative though, so thanks!
I know this is a few years old and I’ve just started watching your videos and trying to learn CAD. When you were creating the slider/joint to hold the Vice in place, can you not copy paste everything you did to them to create the other one? I only ask because what if you were creating a dash for a car with many fasteners that will do the same movement? I do understand that the actual surface that the screw or bolt will join to is in a different location or even orientation.
Great videos, have watched several now, very helpful for this new to Fusion 360 user, but longtime Autocad user. I actually didn't notice the music until I read a comment about it. Keep up the great work.
thanks. sorry I asked twice. I didn't see my first post and thought I didn't get it posted correctly. My assembly in question won't be machined together as an assembly. It is a bracket assembly made of three individual simple components. I was curious of best practice. It sounds like I should save each part out into a separate file then use CAM. I really enjoy your presentations. You are a great teacher!
Thank you Robert. UA-cam has been acting up in regards comments for me also. Think it is on their end. Glad you find the videos helpful! Have a great day!
Lars, First I want to say THANKS for all your Videos! As a beginner to Fusion 360 I have learned so much from you. I drew a toolmakers vise in fusion and am having difficulty in getting the correct joint to connect the screw to the moveable jaw. I selected a cylindrical joint for the screw and then made it a motion joint and set the distance equal to the thread pitch. This works as it would in the real world. Currently the moveable jaw is set to a slider joint but I cannot get it joined to the screw and allow it to move when the screw is rotated. Any Tips would be appreciated.
Hi Scott, Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos!! Are you missing some rigid groups? You can invite me to the project and I can try to take a look as soon as I can lars.christensen@autodesk.com Best, Lars
Hi Lars, your videos are just what a newbie like me needs with fusion 360 and I enjoy your style of presentation. I made a simple model of a ring with a rod through it and made a sliding joint OK but for the life of me I can't see how you animate it once the joint has been made? Keep up the good work. Paul in the UK
Hi Paul, Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos! Go and click the model tab and you can navigate to the animation tab. In here you can set all kinds of movements. Hope this was helpful. Best, Lars
This is awesome Lars. I really appreciate the helpful tips. I was getting sooo lost trying to manipulate my models. My supervisor will be impressed too.
Hi Lars, I love your videos, they are so easy to follow. Is this video still a good way to learn about assemblies or have you made an updated version, I only ask as this is now about 3 years old and i'm sure a few things have been changed or updated?
@@cadcamstuff Thanks Lars, I haven't used CAD for years, I Graduated from University in 2005 in Digital Product Design and we used Pro Engineer 2001, I am amazed how good Fusion 360 is, and your tutorials are so informative and easy to follow. Pro Engineer was overly complicated unlike Fusion. I am now much better at CAD than I ever were before, keep up the good work, I owe you a beer!
Hi, firstly, great tutorials, I am completely new and your videos seem much clearer and easier to follow than most. The problem I seem to have is that when following along to your videos in Fusion 360, some of the actions you perform in the video don't seem to work on my computer so I can't do the things you are doing. For instance, in your conduit box exercise (beginner video 1) the screw bosses won't join to the adjoining face making it impossible to add the radius and project, I use a Mac, would this make a difference ?
Hi Andrew, That you are on a Mac should make no difference. It sounds like the screw bosses might not be touching the box body. Can you try to zoom in really close and see if you can see a gab?
Finally! A 3D modeling program that runs stable on a MacBook! Fusion 360! It hasn't crashed yet. (knock on wood) I've been waiting years for this. AutoCAD 2018 won't even get past the start up screen before I get the spinning beachball of death, "AutoCAD Not Responding". Thank you!
I've been running F360 on a MacBook 13 for a year now and absolutely LOVE it. The only gripe I have is that it saves all your models in the cloud and not on your computer. I think it is a small price to pay for such a great quality program that I can use for free on my hobbies. Lars is also absolutely terrific. I sometimes watch others but always come back to Lars for a calm, clear, very detailed explanation of how to use F360.
Great explanations of joints and joint origins. I'd been struggling trying to figure it out on my own. Can we modify a grounded part or any part for that matter after the joints have been made? For instance if we find some interference.
You're a natural teacher, thanks for these videos!
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Lars, you have by far, the best tutorials for Fusion 360. I search for your videos whenever I need to learn or refresh my knowledge.
Thanks Mr. Christensen, your HowTos are among the best HowTos on UA-cam. Keep Going.
Thank you, Arne :-) Super happy you find it helpful.
Lars, for an old guy who watches the youngsters zip around Fusion with envy, I have to say you teach very, VERY well. I was not very hopeful at the beginning but I practiced making the Absolute Beginner tutorial box several times until I knew what I was doing... and I was hooked.
So thank you Lars, and also to Autodesk for making it free for enthusiast use. Seems an old dog (me) can actually learn new tricks. Next hard point is actually to transfer a 3D model and make it on my cnc OX router ( that is coming next week). I'm doing this actually as therapy for long term chronic pain.
You are so very welcome :-) Thank you for watching!
Lars, your instructional videos are not only extremely helpful, but also the most enjoyable to watch. I only recently stumbled upon Fusion 360 and I have completely overdosed on fusion tutorials in the past 2 weeks. My subscriptions for SolidWorks and CamWorks are due end of November, and thanks to you and Fusion 360 I think I am going to bail on them after about 12-14 years of loyalty!! Thank you,
Hi Greg, Thank you for taking the time to comment! Glad you find the videos helpful!!
Have an awesome day!!
Best,
Lars
I wish every creation software had tutorials as good as yours Lars. I really appreciate how slow you go and how you repeat every command you use multiple times and speak them out even when you are doing them for the 2nd or the 50th time and talk about the intention of each. It is extremely helpful.
That is awesome to hear Blaine Brezina .Thank you for watching the videos
I've retired from a SW background. A couple years ago I started using F360. I've been fighting joints since then. Your video finally sheds light in to what is going on in F360. Thank you!
I've been programming Mastercam for past 25 years as all-axis programmer, but now i work for a company that they use Fusion 360°. Lars knowledge and his great attitude teaching online is the best i ever seen.
Great software so far and I'm excited learning from Lars for sure. Thanks Lars!!!
I have never done CAD work before in my life, With around an hour and a half of video between you and NYCNC Im happy with my progress, excellent videos, very clear and easy to understand
That is awesome to hear Matt Brown .Thank you for watching the videos.
John creates the best videos!!
Only 12 minutes into the video... Already feel it deserves a huge THANK YOU, like a weight is lifted off my shoulders. I too come from many many years of rigid CAD background and tried several times to use Fusion360 at home. Every time I gave up. In addition to your tutorial, your comments on how we need to think differently and how this program uses a different methodology for assembling are incredibly helpful.
That is awesome to hear Francis Noonan .Thank you for watching the videos
Thanks for a great video. As someone that's been using 3D CAD for almost 20 years now, it's certainly hard to break the habits that have been developed in various software. Hearing your description of how typical mates are applied in say, SolidWorks (which I use daily), versus how they're applied in Fusion really helped me to wrap my brain around how to approach joints in Fusion. I was really struggling yesterday with an assembly and this video has given me a fresh perspective. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Chris. Really appreciate your comment. I understand your pain, being a past SolidWorks user myself. It takes awhile to get use to new ways of doing things :-) Hang in there.
Have an awesome day!
Best,
Lars
Lars, hello! My name is João Carvalho. I am Portuguese In fact, I am starting with this program - Fusion 360. The program I used and still use is Inventor (in my case, the last version I installed the version / release 2020). So, I would like to thank you for this wonderful video. You were amazing with all your lessons / explanations / examples ...! Today I learned a lot from you, honestly. Congratulations on your performance. You are a true teacher in this matter, indeed. I really want to thank you for giving me this amazing lesson with Fusion 360. God bless you. My best regards from Portugal: João Carvalho.
I really appreciated your videos. You are a lot easier to follow than any of the other instructors on UA-cam.
Thanks to Lars, in 3 days I've gone from a primitive noob to:
- Day 1: Firm grasp of sketching & solids
- Day 2: Firm grasp of drawing
- Day 3: Firm grasp of assembly
Friggin thanks man. You're the best.
It's 2022 and still one of the best tutor on UA-cam! This a quite explanatory and simple. Thanks for such huge work.
I greatly enjoy watching you because you go in depth and simplify things in a way that most will understand; which makes you greatly enjoyable to watch. I am not saying you are basic in what you show, but that you can break down complex (and very difficult for most) subjects and present them in such an apprehensive way. Please continue to be inspired to produce videos.
-I Appreciate you!
+thank you dylan ottovich
Lars, I always recommend your videos to my friends who are afraid to start learning something as powerful and complex as Fusion 360. Your easy going demeanor and paced explanations really help it sink in as we follow along in real time with our models. Please keep up the great work!
Clear, concise, good voice tone and easy to listen to. I will look for your tutorials on Fusion, Tanks a lot.
Hi Lars, I'm brand new to Fusion 360, having used cambam in the past with my home build CNC machine. It's time to start making more complex items. I really enjoy your video's, they are great, well explained in a good speed, very understandible. Thanks!! More videos to watch.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch the videos and comment. Really happy that you find them helpful! I'll keep making them :-)
Have a great day!
Mr. Christensen
, Thank you for your videos! Very detailed information. Sequence of operations is great. Summary at the end, very GOOD!! You put into the videos little tidbits that others don't, this includes AutoDesk. Please keep up the good work with these types of videos. I am making a telescope utilizing Fusion 360 and 3-D printing - all parts including course and fine focusing adjuster. I have about 30 hours working with Fusion 360. I have not had any formal training with any CAD systems. I am teaching myself. I should say, you are teaching me! LOL
Thank you for watching! Happy you find the content useful👍😊
Thank you very much, Chris! I'm completely new to CAD (this is my 2-nd day) and your videos are extremely helpful for for me. I already manage to build by myself the detail from your lessons for beginners without watching them, as well as other different details. Now I start to learn a little more complicated things. Once again thank you very much for your time.
Awesome work Stefan! Thank you for taking the time to comment
Why am I always thinking of questions while watching your videos and then you go and show the answer like 10 seconds later! Great videos 👍
Hi Lars, Thanks for this great video. I learned more on this one than on all the others video found !
Thank you for watching, Max. Glad you found it helpful.
Have an awesome day!
Absolutely one of your best videos and possibly the most informative video on Fusion I've seen.
Thank you!
Great work, Lars. It is giving me the tuition I could not otherwise afford. Thanks so much!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
Have an awesome day!
I learned how to do this by watching this video, thanks so much for taking the time to do this video.
Hi Larsen.
I would like to thank you for your presentations in all the tutorials I have watched, they are clear and detailed for me to understand and the pace is slow enough for an old over the hill person like me (I am 85 years young in March), this is so refreshing in these days of speed, I only wish your approach would rub off on other presenters out there. Another important note is the quality of the video especially the sound track which is superb,
thanks again Larsen,
Geoff Wheeler.
That is awesome to hear Geoff Wheeler .Thank you for watching the videos
Lars, Great explanation of how to assemble parts in Fusion 360. As a Pro/ENGINEER/SolidWorks user for over 20 years, I was so confused when I tried using F360. This was very helpful, thank you!
Thanks. Your video is very thorough, you are easy to understand and explain things well and I learned a lot.
Thank you so much David.
Have an awesome day!
Thanks Lars! Coming from years of SolidWorks, this video really helped me to understand Joints.
That is awesome to hear Chas. Colburn .Thank you for watching the videos
Hi Lars, your lessons are clear and to the point. Thanks
Thank you so much :-)
Have a great day!
@ 13:55 I no longer have the slider like the animation showed just previous. Now, when I click on the movable jaw, both rigid groups move together. What have you done differently?
I think the real question is: what have YOU done differently?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!@@robinj6997
Thanks Lars. That is going to save me so many hours of frustration! Fantastic and concise explanation of why joints are so much more powerful than mates.
Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and comment!
Have an awesome day!
Just getting to know Fusion 360 and glad I have begun by viewing these beginner videos. Thanks Lars. Very good work. Very professional and I cannot recommend anything more.
Thank you Tim, Really appreciate your comment!
Have an awesome day!
Best,
Lars
Hey Lars. Do you anything about Inventor as a CAD package? I am trying out Fusion but I see Inventor is similar. I am trying to see what the differences are and determine which is the best package for me. I used AutoCAD years ago when I worked for a company but now I am on my own and cost is an issue so Fusion seems like a great package so far. Hope you don't mind me asking . thanks.
It's official you are Best teacher of FUSION 360 my man Lars Christensen !!
Thanks
That is awesome to hear Castelo Woshu .Thank you for watching the videos
So simple when you explain it well, as you did, has helped a lot, keep the videos coming they are really helpful.
Ron Cummings he's paid to. So I'm sure they will ;-)
Thank you, Ron!, Really appreciate you are taking the time to comment!
Have a fantastic day!
Lars, your videos are excellent! Coming from SolidWorks experience, I was confused about Fusion 360 joints. This video made me feel extremely comfortable with them.
Thank you for watching, Matthew! Very happy you found it helpful.
Have an awesome day!
Lars I live by these videos thank you so much! I am a self taught drawer with a home built CNC milling machine and I would never be abe to make parts without your videos!
Thank you so much for watching the videos and take the time to comment! Really happy you find the content helpful. I'll keep it coming :-).
Have an awesome day!
Still appreciating your fantastic videos. Thank you for all that you have done for the world of engineers. I always recommend your videos to every person wanting to add to their skills in the maker's community and beyond.
Very clear instruction with summary reviews. I have not yet found Lars' menu of all his videos.
Instruction is good! The Joints here are not nearly as intuitive as mates in Solidworks but looks faster once you know how to use it. I'm here learning Fusion since I was trained in solidworks but can't use it in my small business since it's 5-7K a seat. Fusion is accessible, thanks!
I'm new to F360 and your videos are really helpful. I'm having trouble with this one at 13:55, though. After I complete the joint, the moveable jaw "sticks" to the stationary jaw, and the entire assembly (both jaws, the plate and the ring behind the small bit that turns), all move together, as opposed to only the jaw moving on a horizontal path. I've gone through the tutorial three times and get the same result each time...
Ouch, I am not sure. You are more than welcome to invite me to your project. Just do me a favor and send a follow-up email as I have a hard time keeping track of invites and UA-cam comments. lars.christensen@autodesk.com
I had the same problem as Elle Calderone. I had to also ground Fixed body:1 to get it to work correctly.
Lars, when you get to 13:45 and you are making the "slider" joint, there is a problem. After creating the joint, the first "Rigid Group" and the second "Rigid Group" float freely in space when selecting the second "Rigid Group" with the mouse. I followed your instructions exactly, but at this point in the video, the parts move freely in space. I'm assuming you went back and edited the first "Rigid Group" and added the "Base" to it, thus allowing the second "Rigid Group" to slide as it does in the video. I don't believe I did anything wrong up to this point, as I did exactly what you did. Perhaps I missed something?
Great Video!! Being a 20 year Catia guy the mindset change would have been VERY difficult without your guidance! I also love videos like yours that talk you thru the steps. Cant stand the click only ones....Keep up the great work!!
That is awesome to hear Kevin Pennau .Thank you for watching the videos
Same! I use NX10 and the mindset is so different when constraining parts together.
35:48 I'm wondering. Is that gears work or it just animation created . I mean is there a tool to check is all that will work together without problems
Lars you have made great job. I was waching it with plesure. Well done !
Lars, you really are a great teacher is evident your experience, but most of all the passion that you put in your work,
I really appreciate, the patient and the generosity of share all your knowledge and your time, you really are one of the kind
I relatively new in fusion and inventor, and I became your follower,
Thank you very much
Thank you for the kind words, and for watching!
I only need a joint every six months or so, so I've watched this video twice per year, every year. Thanks Lars.
I came here to write that... :D
I was breaking my head on how to make the turning joint, u hinted me to the right direction, thank you :)
Designing a hovercraft lift propeller :)
Lars, you cover a lot of ground very didactically - Have been a pleasure learning with your videos about Fusion. Keep the great job up
Great tutorials Lars. Exactly what I need for learning Fusion 360.
Best video on joint I have seen. I connected a lot of dots thanks to you.
Thank you for taking the time to watch, James
Awesome! I also have been wanting the toe clamp kit...
Great videos. Thanks very much! One quick question about limits for you; At 15:15, rather than specifying limits as numbers is it possible to set those limits against faces of the model or something along those lines?
Thank you for taking the time to watch! Not if you want them to move within a specific limit.
Have an awesome day!
Hi Lars. I looked at the movement of the chuck in detail and noticed that the chuck moves the opposite way that it should. Also, the grooves in the jaws did not line up with the spindle underneath them. I was able to fix those things. I also adjusted the speed on the lower pinions, so they match the rotation of the spindle. Looks awesome now. Even though you did not show how to do these things, your tutorial inspired me to learn how to adjust and fix the model up. Thank you for the guidance!
Awesome! Good work!!
do you recommend setting up the cam in an assembly for each component or saving each component individually and running the cam on those files?
Hi Robert. I think it depends of the part. Sometimes you just need to get some toolpaths going quickly and there is no advantage in getting it into an assembly. Then again, sometimes you might have parts laid out in fixtures where it can be a huge advantage. Especially because you can use collision detection between parts and fixtures.
Hope this is helpful.
Excellent tutorial. Well paced. Deliberate where it needs to be. No nuance lost in the demonstration and explanation. One of the few channels I am subscribing to.
Thank you, sir, it's an excellent tutorial, clear voice, clear words, and teaching the stuff at an excellent pace.
Thank you for the video, your channel has been extremely helpful for my Fusion 360 journey.
You're a great teacher. Love you teaching style. Always learn a lot from your videos.
Another great video. I had a little trouble with setting the T holder in place. It did not look right to me or flat to the grove of the table. I tried to change the angle from 270 to 265 Deg. everything looked great. Then when i made my joint, bolt to vice i was getting a error. I had slider selected, then I remembered what I had done with the angle and changed back to 270 Deg and everything went perfect after that. Thanks Lars for taking the time to make these videos!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
Have an awesome day!
Best,
Lars
By far the best video on youtube covering joints in Fusion 360.
Lars, this is awesome man. I've been using parametric CAD for 21 years and the joint system here just blows me away.
If I combine some objects with touching surfaces by using a rigid group, would that still dynamically update their respective positions to each other in case I change one of the grouped objects? Or would I have to rigid-joint them together to make my assembly update automatically if a body changes?
Thanks Lars, After a few attempts I finished the conduit box.I am now getting into the assembly & joints video.I googled Kurt machine vices & had to subscribe for access to their downloads. Am I on the right track ? Your tutorials are excellent buddy, keep em coming!
Hi Peter, There are also workholding within Fusion 360.
Check out this video:
ua-cam.com/video/JWRgMsi1SqY/v-deo.html
I just found your channel. Instant Sub. That was super useful, very clear description of what is going on. Thanks!
It is 6 years later and am wondering if anything described here has changed?
Very helpful Lars, the way you reiterate each step really sinks in and it doesn't seem repetitive. It is indeed hard coming from other CAD programs to think "backwards" and go for the final position instead of trying to reduce degrees of freedom one at a time. Thank you!
Amazing work done sir!
Just watched the video to clear a doubt or two, got to learned a whole lotta new stuff too! Thank a lot.
Thank you for making these videos! I watched the beginner series, with no CAD experience at all. I feel like I have a MUCH better understanding. Keep up the great work!
Awesome to hear. Thank you for watching 👍😊
It took only 2 days to learn fusion 360. Thanks to you. Really appreciate your work your videos. Thank you vrryvery very very much for these videos.
You are so very welcome👍 Thank you for watching 😊
Absolutely helpful and informative ,and Please keep doing the good things that you are doing now ,Many thanks
Another banger video! As a complete beginner in any CAD software I have learned a lot from you, very grateful for all the teachings! I was wondering, in the ‘motion relation’ joints, can you set it to turn the ‘handle’ part to move the ‘jaw’ part in the vise example, or the ‘hex set screw’ to move the 3 ‘mandibles’ in the chuck example? Thank you again so much, I hope you still enjoy a Labatt’s Blue on Tuesdays !!!
Here's how I did it. You gotta create a fake "nut sleeve" inside the threaded part of the vise jaw. Let's imagine the leadscrew is 0.5" diameter and the threaded jaw hole is 1/2"-13. You gotta force the vise jaw threaded hole to be 0.6" for example than you create a fake nut sleeve that is 0.6" OD by 0.5" ID. This is way easier to do if you don't simulate threaded cylinders. The vise jaw has a negative revolve joint to the nut sleeve. Must be a negative rotation.The Nut sleeve has a slider joint in relation to the lead screw. You create a motion link between the slide of the nut sleeve and the negative revolve of the vise jaw. Then you create a motion link between the rotation of the leadscrew with the nut sleeve. What happens is the the jaw will negative "revolve" in the opposite direction of the rotation of the leadscrew simulating the effect of the jaw having a rotation limit awhile at the same time being able to slide back and forth as a function of the turn of a handle.
Your tutorials are really wonderful! I have a small shop using a Haas Mini MIll 2 and I am in the middle of transitioning over to Fusion 360.
Awesome! I used to run a Haas MiniMill. That was my little work horse for sure when it came to small parts run.
Have a great day!
I had no idea about rigid grouping.
I always went back and moved everything back to what I moved
This changes everything! 🙏 Thank you!
You are so very welcome 👍😊
Excellent tutorial... A lot of detail on how the program thinks.
You make it look so easy, you do explain what you are doing very well. Great job.
Thank you so much James Cullins !
I used Solid works some before and it was pretty easy to use but Fusion is much easier. Thanks so much
Great video Lars! I am a total novice, but your explanations are very clear and easy to understand! Thanks
Your tutorials are the best.
I'm a SW user but love Fusion 360.
I have a problem understanding how to change the part origin from top, bottom, front or back.
If you did a video, I missed it (sorry).
Help, please!
Thanks: Ron
Hi Ron,
Thank you for watching the videos.
Are you talking about this facebook.com/MrLarsChristensen/videos/1097917633624291/
or CAM?
Hi Lars,
Your videos have keep using Fusion 360, thank you. Your intelligent, straight forward, energetic and often humorous lessons are excellent. BTW, I hope they pay you in some way and/or give you high praise, you certainly earn them. Thanks again!!! :-)
Hi, Lars, and thank you so much for another awesome tutorial! Why you a don't set contact settings to the Jaws, so they can't go through each other and stops when they are touching. Please create your brilliant videos without music
Oh Lars, Please don't start using background music! Your lessons are so great, they don't need any bells or whistles! that loop gets old and is very distracting. The tutorial is very informative though, so thanks!
I prefer the background noise.
I know this is a few years old and I’ve just started watching your videos and trying to learn CAD. When you were creating the slider/joint to hold the Vice in place, can you not copy paste everything you did to them to create the other one? I only ask because what if you were creating a dash for a car with many fasteners that will do the same movement? I do understand that the actual surface that the screw or bolt will join to is in a different location or even orientation.
Great videos, have watched several now, very helpful for this new to Fusion 360 user, but longtime Autocad user. I actually didn't notice the music until I read a comment about it. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos and comment. Happy you found it helpful.
Have an awesome day!
Best,
Lars
thanks. sorry I asked twice. I didn't see my first post and thought I didn't get it posted correctly. My assembly in question won't be machined together as an assembly. It is a bracket assembly made of three individual simple components. I was curious of best practice. It sounds like I should save each part out into a separate file then use CAM.
I really enjoy your presentations. You are a great teacher!
Thank you Robert. UA-cam has been acting up in regards comments for me also. Think it is on their end. Glad you find the videos helpful!
Have a great day!
Very informative tutorial and I like the way and the rythm you make everthing clear.
Dear Lars, you did great Jobs - I think your tutorials belong to number 1 of the hitparade - thx - thx- thx
Thank you so much, Hans :-)
Lars, First I want to say THANKS for all your Videos! As a beginner to Fusion 360 I have learned so much from you. I drew a toolmakers vise in fusion and am having difficulty in getting the correct joint to connect the screw to the moveable jaw. I selected a cylindrical joint for the screw and then made it a motion joint and set the distance equal to the thread pitch. This works as it would in the real world. Currently the moveable jaw is set to a slider joint but I cannot get it joined to the screw and allow it to move when the screw is rotated. Any Tips would be appreciated.
Hi Scott, Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos!! Are you missing some rigid groups? You can invite me to the project and I can try to take a look as soon as I can lars.christensen@autodesk.com
Best,
Lars
Is there another video that shows how to get the stock in the vise and how to position it?
Hi Ernest, I have not created that video yet, but I will gladly add it to the list.
Have a great day!
This is extremely helpful. Thank you very much, Lars.
Wow Lars so kind of you to share the files so we can follow along side you. Thanks for the video
your explanations are so clear and patient thanks!
Nice step-by-step instruction for a beginner. Thanks Lars!
Thank you Mark Graves
Super informative, no stress applying these tutorials!
That was the ticket to my next ride. Thanks for the post, it gave me great insight.
Hi Lars, your videos are just what a newbie like me needs with fusion 360 and I enjoy your style of presentation.
I made a simple model of a ring with a rod through it and made a sliding joint OK but for the life of me I can't see how you animate it once the joint has been made?
Keep up the good work.
Paul in the UK
Hi Paul, Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos! Go and click the model tab and you can navigate to the animation tab. In here you can set all kinds of movements.
Hope this was helpful.
Best,
Lars
This is awesome Lars. I really appreciate the helpful tips. I was getting sooo lost trying to manipulate my models. My supervisor will be impressed too.
Hi Lars, I love your videos, they are so easy to follow. Is this video still a good way to learn about assemblies or have you made an updated version, I only ask as this is now about 3 years old and i'm sure a few things have been changed or updated?
I believe this video is still valid. Thank you for watching 👍😊
@@cadcamstuff Thanks Lars, I haven't used CAD for years, I Graduated from University in 2005 in Digital Product Design and we used Pro Engineer 2001, I am amazed how good Fusion 360 is, and your tutorials are so informative and easy to follow. Pro Engineer was overly complicated unlike Fusion. I am now much better at CAD than I ever were before, keep up the good work, I owe you a beer!
Hi, firstly, great tutorials, I am completely new and your videos seem much clearer and easier to follow than most. The problem I seem to have is that when following along to your videos in Fusion 360, some of the actions you perform in the video don't seem to work on my computer so I can't do the things you are doing. For instance, in your conduit box exercise (beginner video 1) the screw bosses won't join to the adjoining face making it impossible to add the radius and project, I use a Mac, would this make a difference ?
Hi Andrew, That you are on a Mac should make no difference. It sounds like the screw bosses might not be touching the box body. Can you try to zoom in really close and see if you can see a gab?
Thanks Lars, I'll give it a go. Keep up the good work, I've learnt heaps from your videos.
Finally! A 3D modeling program that runs stable on a MacBook! Fusion 360! It hasn't crashed yet. (knock on wood) I've been waiting years for this. AutoCAD 2018 won't even get past the start up screen before I get the spinning beachball of death, "AutoCAD Not Responding". Thank you!
I've been running F360 on a MacBook 13 for a year now and absolutely LOVE it. The only gripe I have is that it saves all your models in the cloud and not on your computer. I think it is a small price to pay for such a great quality program that I can use for free on my hobbies. Lars is also absolutely terrific. I sometimes watch others but always come back to Lars for a calm, clear, very detailed explanation of how to use F360.
Great explanations of joints and joint origins. I'd been struggling trying to figure it out on my own.
Can we modify a grounded part or any part for that matter after the joints have been made? For instance if we find some interference.
Thank you for this tutorial!
absolutely helpful and informative. Very simple and well done
Thank you, Sam! Glad you found it helpful!