HELP ME

[Anonymous]

Hi, I’m new to Fusion 360, and I have to say, this program is a piece of crap. I made a box, and I can’t even edit it! And when I click delete, guess what!? I can’t even delete it! What am I supposed to do with an un editable and un deletable box!? I thought this was supposed to be easy!I can’t even make the width bigger or smaller, or change any dimensions whatsoever! I broke my glass table out of frustration

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[jeff_strater]

See the attached video for direct answers to your questions regarding Box.  I would strongly recommend you look at some of the intro materials for Fusion here:  http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/, or follow the instructions in the "Getting Started" tutorials accessed here:

Screencast on Box manipulation:

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@Anonymouswrote:
Hi, I’m new to Fusion 360,....

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If you File>Export and then Attach your *.f3d file here - someone will create a video demonstrating how to accomplish these simple tasks using your file.

Personalized instruction.  Can't beat that!

[TrippyLighting]

@Anonymous Maybe you want to take a step back and consider that this is not for you!

You downloaded a piece of software that took one of the biggest software companies in the world years and  millions of dollars to develop. That company decided to make this software  free for hobbyist. All you have to do os to watch a hour of video tutorials particularly aimed at beginners.

If you did watch these tutorials and still cannot manage to edit a box then this is clearly not for you.

If you did not even watch any of the tutorial material that also took quite a while to develop and that again was made available to you at no cost other than an hour of your time, then you have absolutely no business opening your foul mouth.

[chrisplyler]

I am not obliged to be diplomatic because I work for Autodesk like Jeff.

I am not even personally inclined to be somewhat civil like Peter.

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[Discussion_Admin]

Hi all,

Please remember these are professional forums and as such deserve a professional decorum when participating.

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[Anonymous]

this discussion is so funny

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[Anonymous]

Sorry all, I was just frustrated about the program, and I couldn’t handle the stress of using it. I’m only 14, and I had to use this to make a simple model of a lego piece, and I couldn’t even do that. I felt really useless and angry, thus part of my dads table broke. I tried to find solutions, but couldn’t find any and I took my anger to the program, not myself. Now that I look back at it, I feel like a complete idiot, and I will try to control my anger next time I can’t do something. Sorry for wasting all of your time. This post really doesn’t matter anymore, it makes me ashamed of what I’ve done to you all, so if anyone would delete it, I give my thanks, but if you want to keep it up, that’s fine with me. Thanks for your time anyway.

[Fueler]

A lego piece would have been way too complicated on my first day. Maybe my first ten days.

Anything worth learning is started at step 1, master it, step 2, rinse and repeat. When you graduate you will be a wizard.

Often you have to fail before you can win.

[TrippyLighting]

Don't wait until you get angry and frustrated. Trying to figure things out yourself is fine, but you have to learn when you're hitting a wall and then come to the forum equipped with the right tools.

Share your model and maybe create a narrated screencast. And don't worry about the screencast having to be all polished. I've got almost 500 and they still stink 🙂

Also, there is no reason for you to feel useless. Rome was not built in one day and trying to learn CAD has driven plenty of grown man to insanity. It's not a easy thing to learn despite what many sales video's are trying to tell you.

[Anonymous]

@jeff_strater

Thank you for the video guide, I still can’t find the edit feature option. I make the box and it doesn’t show up, and in the bottom left corner, it just says sketch one, and edit feature still doesn’t show up. I right clicked everything too and I still can’t get it. Thanks for trying though.

[jeff_strater]

@Anonymous,

We'll need to see more info to be able to help you, I'm afraid.  Can you download Autodesk Screencast here:  screencast, and use it to record what you are seeing?  You can use any video recording technology, but Screencast is pretty easy to use, I've found.  There is probably just one or two things that are in your way.

Jeff

[laughingcreek]

I hope your not giving up yet!  Learning to create 3d model is a worthy endeavor.  I think  if you take it in small bites, you will find plenty of help on this forum.

First piece of unsolicited advice- Fusion is a parametric modeler.  The approach to using a Parametric Modeling program is going to be unlike any other program you have ever used.  You won't really understand what that means just yet, but tick it away in your brain, because you will eventually.

Here is a screen cast of making a lego.  also attached the resulting file.

take a look and start asking questions.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, I managed to figure it out, and make a 2x1 LEGO brick on my own, but I had to switch to my windows computer instead of my Mac. Thank you.

[TheCADWhisperer]

Let's take a look at it and see how you did.

Can you File>Export and then Attach your *.f3d file here for best practices tips and tricks?