Autodesk Fusion 360 Black Book (Colored)

I give this book high recommendations. It is valuable for learning Fusion 360. Like all books it could be better and my comments are directed to helping the authors make a good book better.The Fusion 360 program is a fantastic system with free Educational/Hobbyist licensing and reasonable pricing for commercial users.Unfortunately the Fusion 360 documentation is hundreds of short videos produced by Autodesk and dozens of users along with short single purpose notes from the same sources scattered over the internet.Printed documents can be scanned quickly to see if a section of the document applies to the problem I am attempting to solve. With video and internet notes I spend far too much time in Google trying to find the right search keywords, and watching enough of each video to see if it answers my question. This can be half of each 15 minute video. It is a slow process to find answers with video and single topic documentationThis book provides a description of every top level command and it explains some but not all of the options for the command.First the good. The book as it is today is extremely useful. I recommend the book to everyone learning Fusion 360. Future revisions of this book can become the reference manual I have wanted for Fusion 360.The portions of the book which need improvement include discussion of the effects of many of the options in command dialog boxes.For example: Reference Dimensions do not appear in the book. (At least I was unable to find them.) I wanted to find why I sometimes got the option to convert a sketch dimension to a reference dimension but usually don’t. I must be doing something differently without realizing it and I hoped to look it up.The book has a discussion of workspaces and named designs within the workspace. There does not appear to be a note that in the free versions of Fusion 360 only one Workspace is allowed.The book has an index but it is far from as useful as a good index would be.An example:The user of the index must know to look up “Sketch Dimension” in the index since the entry for “Dimension” is ONLY about model dimension. There is no index entry for "Model Dimension". The “Dimension” index entry should at a minimum have "also see Sketch Dimension" and “also see Reference Dimension” entries.I am impressed by the authors post on a discussion board that they will write a chapter on the sheet metal module and make it available to buyers of the book. The sheet metal module did not exist in the Fusion 360 version available when they wrote the book. (I am upgrading +1 star from 4 to 5 for this.)

This book not much more than a brief walkthrough of each of the functions of Fusion 360. It is probably OK for new users who want to become aware of what Fusion 360 does. I was disappointed that it contained little in the way of how to design with and get the most out of Fusion 360. I was looking for a book covering design techniques for more complex objects that would complement the range of excellent videos that already exist on the Autodesk Fusion 360 website. I was hoping it would also have, for example, tips and tricks and traps to watch out for and some trouble shooting advice. But there was almost none of that. The book will probably gather dust on my book shelf as I am already looking for a more articulate book on Fusion 360.

For the past 15 years I have purchased approximately 1 book a month through Amazon. In that whole time I have returned two books. This is one of them.Amazon chose not to publish my original review although it contained no vulgarity. I suppose it was just too blunt for tender ears. Draw your own conclusions.

If you're entirely new to CAD and or to Fusion 360, this is a great step-by-step walkthrough of the UI and the key concepts to build your first models in Fusion 360.

I must have missed something in reading the two other reviews. This book is not written to teach anyone about using Fusion 360. Rather it's a simplified list of click this, then click that instructions that navigate Fusion 360 menus. True, there are lots of figures, mostly just pictures of the menus. In many cases the figures do not match up with the the text. There are no or minimal explanations of Fusion 360 functions. This book has likely set a world record for the use of cut and paste ("the tools of this application are discussed next") appears so much as to be nauseating. The simple fact is, there is no discussion or help in LEARNING Fusion 360. Anyone can open Fusion 360, then play with the menus to get about as much help as they will get from reading this book. Finally, I get that the author's first language is not English, but it seems then, that the publisher would step up and clean up the grammar. All in all, this is the worst example of a reference book I have ever seen. Do yourself a favor. Don't waste the $50+ on this book. For me, this book is nothing more than an expensive door stop.

Excellent

Pros:- fast deliveryCons:- Poor printing quality- Book cover page's edge is poorly cut- Inside pages are photo copy quality, no color, just black and white

This book defines all of the icons and menu choices. Very helpfull for a student or novice and the new switch over user of Fusion 360. It doe's not waste time on telling how good Fusion 360 is, it is all about your knowing what the software will do. I needed this book!

This book covers everything that you need to know about Fusion 360. Plenty of photographs to accompany the text. Some chapters go into a lot of detail other don't. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because I think its slightly overpriced.

I was amazed at the size of the book for what i paid for it, will keep me busy reading for some time to come.

For someone like me learning Fusion 360 it is a great book to start with. I am a newbie 3D printer and this book helps considerably. I would recommend it over other books that I have read which are usually a discussion of various programs with little substance.

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Uma excelente literatura, que já fez diferença no nosso trabalho! Estaremos sempre atualizado nas informações. Prototipagem rápida e transformação de idéias em realidado.