What is Autodesk Fusion?

A Next-Generation, Data-Driven Platform That Brings Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing Together

Fusion™ eliminates the daily disruptions encountered during product development and effectively overcomes the bottlenecks caused by traditional CAD, CAE, CAM, and data management tools. By unifying all processes under a single roof, it enables teams to work faster, more efficiently, and in an integrated manner.

  • On-demand, cloud-based access to all technologies needed during the development process
  • Seamless collaboration among all teams and stakeholders from design to manufacturing
  • Open, fast, and smooth communication throughout the product lifecycle

Why Should You Use Fusion?

Fusion integrates design, engineering, and manufacturing processes into a single platform, enabling users to develop products faster and more efficiently. Here are some key advantages that Fusion offers:

Unifies All Processes Under One Roof

Fusion combines CAD, CAM, CAE, and data management into one platform, allowing you to manage all your processes smoothly from design to manufacturing.

Cloud-Based Access and Collaboration

Thanks to its cloud-based structure, you can access your designs from anywhere and collaborate with your teams in real time. This allows you to advance your projects quickly, regardless of time and location constraints.

Flexibility and Customization

Fusion offers customizable tools for engineers and designers from various industries. Additionally, advanced features like generative design and simulation enable you to create innovative and sustainable solutions.

Efficient Communication and Integrated Workflows

Easily communicate and share data among all teams and stakeholders. This reduces errors during the development process and prevents time loss.

Comprehensive Simulation and Testing

Perform simulations that match real-world conditions to test the performance of your designs in advance. This feature allows you to optimize your products before bringing them to market.

Fast and Easy Learning Curve

With its user-friendly interface and comprehensive training materials, you can quickly adapt to Fusion 360 and start your projects in a short time.

Highly Compatible Manufacturing Features

Optimize your designs directly for manufacturing and obtain outputs compatible with CNC machines and 3D printers.

Fusion accelerates your innovation by offering a smarter, faster, and more efficient product development process. It is an ideal platform to take your work to the next level.

3D Design and Modeling Capabilities

Sketching

Create precise and parametric sketches with sketch constraints, dimensioning tools, and a comprehensive set of drawing tools, easily edit them, and build a solid foundation for your design process.

Model Editing

Easily edit or repair geometries imported from different CAD formats. Make design changes flexibly and quickly without being constrained by a history-based feature tree.

Mesh Modeling

Edit, repair, and reshape scans or mesh models imported in STL, OBJ, and similar formats. Effectively manage mesh data for processes ranging from reverse engineering to prototyping.

Freeform Surface Modeling

Create organic and complex subdivided surfaces with T-Spline technology; shape and edit these surfaces easily using intuitive push-pull methods. Achieve maximum flexibility in industrial design and concept development workflows.

Rendering

Create photorealistic renders using your local computer or cloud infrastructure. Visualize your designs with high-quality visuals to enhance presentations and facilitate client communication.

PCB Design Integration

Synchronize two-way changes in your electronic designs with mechanical models seamlessly and in real time using the compatible workflow provided by Autodesk EAGLE. This integration ensures uninterrupted collaboration and design accuracy between electronic and mechanical teams.

Sheet Metal

Design sheet metal parts suitable for bending, cutting, and folding operations. Create production-ready models with ready-made flange, bend, and joint tools; obtain flattened views and manufacturing outputs. Safely simulate real production processes digitally.

Assembly

Combine design components using different assembly strategies such as bottom-up, top-down, or middle-out. Use motion analysis tools to pre-test mechanical interactions, collisions, and functionality in assemblies.

Surface Modeling

Create and edit complex parametric surfaces to repair geometries, patch missing areas, or generate unique designs. Shape your designs with high accuracy to achieve functional surfaces that comply with industrial standards.

Manufacturing Capabilities

Production Development

Combine Fusion’s CAM capabilities with 5-axis programming, toolpath optimization, process automation, in-machine verification, and many other advanced manufacturing technologies to make your production processes more efficient and error-free. Achieve superior performance and flexibility at every stage from design to production.

2.5 & 3-Axis Milling

Integrate Fusion 360’s CAM capabilities with 5-axis programming, toolpath optimization, process automation, in-machine verification, and other advanced manufacturing technologies to optimize precise milling operations on 2.5 and 3 axes. These features provide higher accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility in your production processes.

3+2 Milling (5-Axis Positioning)

Combine Fusion 360’s CAM capabilities with 5-axis programming, toolpath optimization, process automation, in-machine verification, and other advanced manufacturing technologies to make 3+2 milling (5-axis positioning) more efficient and precise. This feature facilitates the machining of complex geometries while ensuring maximum accuracy and flexibility in production.

4-Axis Milling

Use your machine’s rotary axis for indexed or continuously rotating toolpaths for complex geometries. This method offers high accuracy and efficiency for multi-surfaced parts while providing flexibility and speed in the production process.

5-Axis Simultaneous Machining

Mill complex geometries with high precision, avoid potential collisions, and achieve excellent surface quality with simultaneous 5-axis machining. This process optimizes tool lengths, enables faster and more efficient production, and minimizes error risks.

Probe Adjustment

Use in-machine touch probes to quickly and accurately adjust work offsets, speed up setup, and increase accuracy. This technology reduces errors and significantly improves production efficiency.

Turning

Identify model, stock, tool, and fixture errors or collisions for 2D turned parts. Verify turning toolpaths using stock simulation to prevent potential mistakes during production and improve process accuracy.

Mill-Turning

Combine milling and turning operations without changing machines to produce more complex and multi-step parts. This integrated approach accelerates production while delivering finished parts with high precision.

Water Jet, Laser Cutting, Plasma Cutting

Generate flattened toolpaths for sheet metal components for water jet, laser, or plasma cutting machines. Transition directly from solid model features to production, managing cutting operations more efficiently and accurately.

Free Post Library

Publish full NC (Numerical Control) programs in seconds using our extensive library of open-source, fully customizable post processors. Free and easily accessible post-processing solutions accelerate workflows and enable error-free production.