Add a Wiki box

[Anonymous]

Hi All,                                                                                                                                             Dec 14, 2015

I am new to the CAD world and have been using Fusion 360 for about two months. The reason I am using Fusion 360 is the 1 year free subscription that is offered to start up users. I am using Fusion 360 to design a new rack for my Toyota Tundra truck. 

To teach myself how to use Fusion 360 I referred to many YouTube videos that are posted by Fusion 360 evangelists and other advanced users. There is no question the videos are very helpful. However, after going over about 20 videos, it is hard for me to remember where I saw what. If I want to refer back to a video that I watched before, I do not remember which video it was.

To remember what I watched I started adding the video links, the Fusion 360 commands and the minute timestamp (MinuteMark) of the video (for a given command) to a table in a word document. By now I have 9 pages of Fusion 360 commands in a table that is attached. If I want to go back to the usage of a command, first I find it in my table and click on the link, and advance the YouTube video to the MinuteMark (shown in first column of my table) to see the usage of that command again.

My Suggestion:

I am suggesting to add a “Wiki” box to the bottom of the screen right next to the ViewPorts. If a user wants to know what a command does, for example command “Combine”, he should be able to type Combine in Wiki box, and

• First the following should pop up “MODEL --> MODIFY --> Combine (8/22)”, that tells the user where to find the Combine on the menu. I noticed many times even the advanced users and evangelists did not remember where a certain menu item was. This should help.
• The pop up should show all available options, for example if I type Mirror in Wiki box, it should pop up the following,
  • Mirror                  MODEL --> SKETCH --> Mirror (17/22)
  • Mirror Duplicate  SCULPT --> SYMMETRY --> Mirror Duplicate (3/6)
  • Mirror Internal     SCULPT -->SYMMETRY --> Mirror Internal (1/6)
  • Mirror Symmetry SCULPT --> SYMMETRY --> Box (1/12)
• Next it should give the user the option to go to YouTube links, something like Youtube Links hot link,
  • If user click on YouTube Links, the links will pop up another screen that has a table of all links and the MinuteMarks for that command. For example if I am looking for Combine, it should pop up,

Combine (& Cut)	MODEL --> MODIFY --> Combine (8/20)	Video Name
25:00	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPpbaKqTS2c	Shape it Up! (Food Processor / Nozzle)
02:55	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz59S6CL7l0	How to design grip inserts (Utility Knife)
03:40	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz59S6CL7l0	How to design grip inserts (Utility Knife)
19:30	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwLiuGDvW-w	Designing sunglasses, Fusion 360 - Creating lenses - 3/3

• Now the user can choose what video to watch.

• The number in front of the command, for exmpal Combine (8/22), is the position of that command in the menu. Combine is the 8th item under MODIFY that has 22 items.

Since this databank is added in Wiki (and on the cloud), anyone who has the privilege can go to the Wiki and add (correct or delete) information for a given command or menu item. This way the information will be up to date all the time.

I attached the word doc for the commands from YouTube videos that I watched so far. Hope it helps. 

Regards,

Saied Tamaddon 

Cell: (949) 939-6730

Email: Saied_Tamaddon@yahoo.com

[keqingsong]

Thank you for putting this together, we greatly appreciate your hard work and for the detailed idea submission. We will definitely look at how we can use this content on our learning site for all our users. 

[keqingsong]

Hey there, we are going to archive this idea. With that said, this is a good idea and we are going to add this to our list of prioritized projects and refer to it as we are developing in-product learning that is more in-context to what tools you are using.