Designing for 3D Printing with Fusion 360

If you use fusion360 here's a course I took to help get familiar

https://www.udemy.com/course/designing-for-3d-printing-with-fusion-360/

The course is regularly on sale for $10.

You can def find free resources but it can be difficult to find one comprehensive course that covers this topic so thoroughly and specifically. Also, paying for it makes me have some skin in the game and motivation to commit.

The first step of replicating anything in CAD is learning how to measure. Get calipers, they can capture 90% of what you need

Purchased this course in udemy... https://www.udemy.com/course/designing-for-3d-printing-with-fusion-360/learn/

I took a course on Udemy that was very good. https://www.udemy.com/course/designing-for-3d-printing-with-fusion-360/learn/

If you aren't familiar with udemy make sure you don't pay full price. Courses are always on sale for <$20 if you google around. It was worth that price. I have also seen the same content on skillshare if you have a subscription to that.

This is a pretty decent intro course on Udemy that worked well for me. There are also tons of Youtube videos.

There are thousands of youtube videos

As well as paid courses

Fusion also includes some Training within the program, though I'm unsure if it's included with free versions.

I know this is off the mark a bit but maybe a part of the problem is the resources you've prepared? Udemy has excellent, easy to follow courses for a variety of disciplines. Here's a great Fusion 360 course for making 3D models for 3D printing: https://www.udemy.com/course/designing-for-3d-printing-with-fusion-360/

And here is another, very engaging course in Blender which feels a lot like a mentorship experience: https://www.udemy.com/course/blendertutorial/

Another thing to keep in mind is that over-planning can be a productivity killer. People often get so wrapped up in building the perfect plan and following it to a T that by the time it's actually time to get to work, they're exhausted and lose motivation.

Learning can be a messy process. Actually, it's usually most productive when it's a messy process. I know my advice is unsolicited, but if I were you, I would just start by watching some YouTube videos, looking up some interesting 3D modelling & printing projects, maybe grab a course on Udemy and follow along.

Don't sweat it. Just remember that learning something new is a marathon, not a race. Most days you will feel like you haven't made measurable progress, and it's not until you look back on your progress, or build something amazing that you realize how far you've come.

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Personally I'm the kind of person who likes to learn as they go so I just played around with the software and looked up guides on how to do specific things when ran into them. There's so much you can do with it. Way more than I would need to know as a hobbyist so learning the basics and looking up specific techniques as I needed them worked best for me.

Autodesk makes a bunch of free tutorials for their own software and even provides certifications. Maybe just start with the basics there. https://www.autodesk.com/certification/learn/course/fusion360-intro-to-3d-modeling-associate

I've also seen this free course talked about but haven't tried it myself https://productdesignonline.com/fusion-360/

And if you don't mind spending a little money here is a course specifically with the 3d printing in mind. https://www.udemy.com/course/designing-for-3d-printing-with-fusion-360/