I have to say, your style of teaching is much more favorable than other tutorials I've watched. They jump right into making a 3d model, but you break down everything you do and explain the whys. I've tried sketchup, 3ds max, blender, and never seemed to understand 3d software. The newer version of 360 is much different than yours, but it's been a huge help to me nonetheless.
I've taken SEVERAL Fusion 360 courses, prior to this one. I finished each one confused and not knowing how to really begin a design. This is the first course which really made sense and gave me the basics to create a design. Well Done !
Paul, I am upside down from you! I am a 75 year old mechanical engineer who spent so much of my career as an exec that I never got hands-on with CAD. Your Fusion Lesson 1 and 2 are wonderful. They got me out of the frustration loop. I also have an Arduino project on my list (to operate the mechanisms I build from my Fusion Designs). I am going to be following you for a long time. Thank you so much!
Thanks Paul, for this flawless presentation. I have fussed with trying to learn Fusion 360 for two years and even with Fusion's excellent tutorials was still in the dark until I found your videos. You are a master teacher and I deeply appreciate you taking the time to teach Fusion so us old guys (professional designer for over 55 years) can get in on the fun. I never dreamed I would see the day that I could design as fast as I could think and then print it out in 3D. My design life started out ink on mylar and I became a master at it. But in comparison, a complicated design that used to take me 40 hours to conceive, rough in and then ink accurately now takes 40 minutes and can be done with perfect precision. I am so excited.
IM 52 years old and decided I wanted to learn how to print 3d. Paul what an amazing lesson. my son is a math teacher and it impressed him can't wait till I master lesson 2. half way there
These are the best lessons available on internet, even better than paid ones , lot of people know a lot but very few who know a lot and can Actually Teach ...
Arduino,Machine Learning and Fusion 360...you have been like a friend for me who just teach me what i need to know in a way i just get it!! Blessed to have a teacher or a friend like you in this platform.Thank You so much!
I'm running into the same. They really need to update the info, the transition is killing me as a beginner. Even the Autodesk tutorials (however terrible I find them) are outdated. Thank God for Paul. These are far better for my old brain. ;)
I know absolutely nothing about 3D drawing or printing. I'm starting both at the same time. Yes, I'm running the latest version of Fusion 360 (4.5) and there are things a little bit different on the menus from the videos. I just keep clicking on different options until I find the one that matches what Paul is using. Yes, a little confusing at times but I manage to get through a 30 minute video in only about an hour and a half! I'm very happy at the end of the video that what I see on his monitor is identical to what's on my monitor. Paul, you're a great teacher!
You're an excellent teacher Paul. I would love to see an updated version of this series. the software has definitely changed a bit in the last 5 years. never the less, keep up the amazing work!
Thank you, Paul. I've found several good videos of the basics of Fusion, but they all pale compared to yours. I guess being a math teacher was an asset. I'm a 74 yo retired electrical engineer, and like you, I started with Autocad many years ago (Acad 10 - DOS version) and quickly gave up. When I retired, I wanted to learn SketchUp, but for the simple woodworking projects I made, hand drawn sketches were lots faster. Then when I bought my 3D printer, I started using TinkerCad. However, since I wanted something a bit more robust, I decided to give Fusion a chance. So, finding your videos was a God-send as you really had the right approach to help me. Many thanks.
I am relatively fluent with Rhino3D and started using (paid for) Fusion 360 a month ago. I have been tearing my hair out trying to understand it's interface - communicating with various very nice and helpful Autodesk tech support folks in the process. They always refer the Autodesk tutorials, which didn't seem to answer my questions. After watching a few of your tutorials I sent an email to Autodesk suggesting they hire you to create their learning materials. Great job Paul. Keep making these videos!
Thanks for the kind words. I actually think it helps to be a little slow at this. The problem is the autodesk folks are such geniuses, they have forgoten what it is like to be a new learner. They are really great guys, but maybe so far advanced they have forgotten how to get people started.
Even people like me who have significant experience in this realm (check out my web site - my name) might have difficulty (give up) when confronting the (currently) non-obvious interface of Fusion 360. I am glad that you are "slow". Your previous frustrations are helping many people use this powerful tool and be more creative. Also, if you don't already do so, before publishing a video, you also might want to pass a draft by few folks like me to help bring them to "absolute perfection". : )
I'm an electrical engineer, just learning modern 3D CAD software. I totally agree with many comments - Paul, you are an excellent instructor - teaching the how and why AND when things go wrong, how to get back. ...if things aren't right, how to get them right. I've watched a lot of software how to videos. The worst ones tell you what the software can do without telling you what they're doing while they drive the software. That's useless. The thought process method of instruction is so complete - circumspect. THIS is how instruction is done!!
BOOOM! What a guy. This was once complete confusion & the ability to simplify all that confusion and break it down to digestible info that i can replicate, Hat off to ya' Mate BOOM.
Hello Paul. First let me congratulate you on your teaching style. I had to learn to program PLCs and again after successfully passing a low level micro processor course and achieved a 98% pass only to become totally confused at the next level because the instructor could not teach properly. I had to quit that class and find another. These guys knew what they were trying to teach, and sadly had been at it for some years, but they were only there for the pay check. I was advised not to join those classes but I thought the informant was biased. How right he was. You my friend are so easy to understand. Man you're a breath of fresh air. Congrats once again. Thank you.
Paul, You are a lifesaver. I am coming from Acad, and Fusion 360 is foreign. The fact that you take time to show us where the clicks are and to explain what's happening shows you as a natural born teacher. The AutoDesk tutorials go too fast for a complete beginner. The fact that the equivalent of polyline is botched was a big mistake by AutoDesk. I am looking for that workaround now. Hopefully, I will find it in your lessons. I will support you when my startup takes off. ur de best! Brian
I’m really just doing a 2d layout of an instrument panel that I will send the file to cut aluminum, and I really was having trouble grasping the basics of navigation, selection, dimensioning, etc. This was the tutorial that made it all come together. A simple, practical example and the right pacing. No fluff. Thank you!!
A great way to learn the software, Thank You Paul I am 70 and had trouble trying to digest all of the other you-tube videos and draw something. Your method is working, I did what you did, and created my first 3D object. Now I feel I can learn more watching your videos.
You are a fantastic teacher. I was struggling for 2 days ....just watching one after another tutorials; totally overwhelmed and understanding nothing. Till i came across ur video.....2 videos in, with atleast the basics clear.... im already feeling somewhat confident. Thanks so much
Hi Paul, This tutorial has saved my life! I was at the point of throwing the whole lot onto the scrap heap of "Failed Ideas and Projects," however my wife showed this (Lesson 1) video to me and after watching for 30 seconds I hit the Subscribe button. These are such grass roots lessons which have taken me from Whoa to Go. Thank you.
I went through at least five other training sessions on RUclips for Fusion 360. All confused me by jumping around, not realizing that menus may be different, not taking into account moves that might seem basic but if the viewer doesn't know them, they get lost, and many more issues. Some feel they can teach when they really cant. Applaud them for trying, but until I found your 1st lesson last night, I was totally lost. Though I'm on the latest version of Fusion 360, I was able to find where the functions that you used were moved to and see the differences in the version you used compared to the one I'm using. This is the first course that is making sense. Great detail and still very relevant for learning Fusion 360 today. Thank you. Excellent instruction. Especially nice considering I've never had any luck at learning CAD/CAM design software before.
I will admit Fusion 360 is one of the hardest things I ever tried to learn. Seriousely, over 20 years, I tried like a dozen times to learn some version of autocad or another. The thing was, the instructors were all speaking a different language. And, they assumed I already knew that language. Then, many of the tutorials, it was more like the instructor was trying to show off what he could make Fusion do, but not giving me any ability to do what he was showing. These videos of mine are a little stale at this point, and I will do a new series in the next month or so.
Love this basic tutorial. I started with all 3 parts of 'Fusion 360 for absolute beginners' by Lars Christensen which taught me a lot and I was able to design my first project through it, but now I am looking for more detailed information. So far this series is great. Boom!
After seeing just two videos it's clear I am going to learn fusion 360! With Mr. McWhorter's method I could see that there is no way I will die trying, which could probably happen if I never knew about his lectures. Thank you Mr. McWhorter for these great quality contents.
it was so frustrating going through the lesson but the reward of seeing the object built was so so rewarding. thank you so much for the instructions. Toronto
Paul thanks for explaining Fusion 360. I have tried for years to learn just a basic CAD program but could never remember all the moves needed to make a simple drawing. You put into a perspective with hands on illustrations so we can work with you on every drawing. Best set videos I have viewed.
I've stumbled upon your Arduino course (old version) a couple of years ago and I was blown away by your style of teaching. I am "old school" you always say, but to me, the is perfect way to learn: clear explanations, real life examples, repetition of important concepts and hands on exercice. I was looking for a Fusion360 course online and, lo and behold, Master McWhorter is at it again ! I know this will be the best course I can find online :) Thank you so much for your amazing work and your passion for teaching.
This lesson is fantastic, even 3 years later. The Fusion360 UI has changed a good bit between when this video came out and when I am watching it, but I was able to find the tools eventually and make the glasses case!
I love this video. I’ve watched countless fusion 360 videos memorized a good amount of the functions. Which is fine if I want to copy a beer bottle design while doing a follow along. You on the other hand have so far taught me how to think like an engineer
I just want to take a moment and say THANK you for these videos. I have been crippled by Tinkercad for a while and really wanted to move over to Fusion 360. Thanks to your videos I will never touch Tinkercad again. Your teaching method is GREAT!! Every now and then I have to figure out where you clicked if something new but you still get an A+. I look forward to becoming very proficient.
In case you may not already be aware you can right click on an existing sketch in the model tree and pick edit to edit that particular sketch in your model tree.
There are teachers, good teachers and brilliant teachers, you are brilliant. I was lucky enough to have brilliant maths, physics and mechanics teachers, unfortunately that was 62 years ago but I still enjoy learning from a master. Best regards from England.
I am just getting into Fusion 360, 3D printing for 3 years. I have been using Tinkercad successfully, but the rudimentary additive/subtract trial and error method is time consuming. Your teaching style is great and looking forward to following your lessons with two laptops side by side for the best hands on learning experience. Your student were lucky to have you as a teacher.
Just completed Lesson 2, can't thank you enough. Never having used CAD before I now am going to repeat lessons one and two with my own object and see how it turns out. Thanks again!
Oh my gosh! I download this software a year ago. I pounded my chest with 15 years of experience with Coreldraw (self taught) and making a good living with it. Quickly I was defused with frustration. So 2018 come around and I found Paul McWhorter, two lessons in so far and boom I"m getting it. WOW! I got to get a CNC or a 3D printer so I can screw up some material..lol. But hey..Thanks!
After watching and giving up on a few other so called "beginner" Fusion 360 tutorials (that still assume you know the basics), finding your in depth basic tutorial made the process so much easier to understand and follow. That's why i also love your Arduino tutorials also. Thanks Paul.
Absolute ledge bag! I began learning arduino programming and programming in general a couple of years ago with Paul. Then bought a 3d printer and shortly afterwards discovered these vids. So happy!
Your explanations and logical approach to using Fusion 360 are outstanding. Your manner of speaking and explanations are congruous to how I teach my medical students and patients difficult concepts with plain english. Thanks for the wonderful series and the time you have taken to do so. It is evident that you enjoy what you are doing; the mark of an excellent teacher.
Thanks for this series I'm still messing up my starting plain somehow but that's no big deal. I LOVE that you are doing a tutorial without questions from us the students. Questions from others make it really confusing. The way you are doing it takes me from start to finish with little to no side tracks.
When I started mine, my Z axis was not set as up/down. I had the click on my name in the upper right corner, click preferences, and on the first screen that pops up, click "Default Modeling Orientation " to select "Z up"
You are a brilliant teacher. May I just mention for the benefit of my fellow students that the short cut "E" gives instant access to "EXTRUDE". I managed to get to the end and learnt a lot along the way. Thank you.
Paul, I have been looking at Fusion 360 introductory tutorial after tutorial, and unfortunately, they all so far assumed too much, didn't explain well enough. In your series I have finally found what I need. The level of detail and explanation you provide is phenomenal. Thank you very much! I am understanding at last.
Thank you Paul. Your step by step instruction, at a pace that does not frustrate a beginner like me, is invaluable to people just starting out in CAD. I appreciate your patience and attention to detail. I hope you will continue creating lessons that are easy to understand, and at a pace that makes learning 3D printing achievable.
You have a wonderful way of breaking down the steps so I can understand. I been a 2D graphic designer for many years and I've struggled to venture out to 3D. You have been the best source in teaching myself Fusion 360. Thank you so much.
Hi Paul, like you many of us have been trying to learn this program. I started tinkering with Fusion 360 about a month ago, after being pretty good with SketchUp. One tip that I learned that you may find helpful concerns getting back into the editing mode of a sketch. At about the 21 minute point in this video you were trying to get back into the sketch to edit it buy initiating the rectangle command (even though you didn't want to create a rectangle.) A simpler way to get back in the editing mode is to use the time line at the bottom left of the screen. You can see the icon on the time line for the different sketches (as well as other actions). Just right click on any sketch icon on the time line and click edit sketch and your in! Thanks again for your videos. They have helped me a lot. Especially the Linux videos for the RP!
What you are saying is correct, and I will admit, I am not completely comfortable with the timeline yet, so do not automatically default to that option. One of the skills I need to still develop is taking advantage of that feature.
I have used other 3d programs like Maya and MasterCAM so I thought I could jump into Fusion without any help. Nope. I was so wrong. I got frustrated and quit for a while. Then I saw "Learn Fusion 360 or die trying" and I knew this was the mentality I had to adopt or else I would never learn this powerful tool. Thank you! You are so good at teaching! What used to take me hours to MacGyver together in Tinker CAD now takes me minutes in Fusion.
I got hooked on your Arduino series a while back. Loved it! Now I start looking for fusion 360 tutorials, and BOOM! Paul does it! You sir, have a gift. Thank you
Great lessons - very concise and superbly paced. Furthermore, don't ever stop yelling out "Boom" in your tutorials. It helps convey your enthusiasm Paul. Thank you.
About the boom part . . . people either hate it or love it. You would not believe the hate mail I get. But, when you sign up for completely free lessons, you really have to take the good with the bad. Thanks for the encouraging word
Hey Paul, just want to say thank you for these videos. I was one of those guys that ran out the room with my hands in the air till today, I am finally starting to understand F360 thanks to you, your method of teaching is so understandable it is making this program so much more enjoyable. I had been trying to learn this for a few months to no avail up until today, I am so glad I found your tutorials. Thank you again - new subscriber :D
I hated fusion first, but then your lessons made me fall in love with it. This is by far the best tutorial video that I have seen till now. Thanks a lot! We are here to learn ;)
Hi Paul. You are so correct about the way you are doing this. I have tried on and off to get going with Fusion360 for about 6 months and I was one of the ones that would just hit a wall because I could not find my way around. I don't know why AutoDesk would not do this video but I am glad you did. Much Appreciated! Can't wait to move to the next one.
I really don't know how anyone taking Mr. McWhorter's classes could possibly have failed. Unless they didn't speak English. Mr. McWhorter's presentation is flawless. However, I wish he would explain more about the palette and why it's different than the one I downloaded. Other than that, if an ol' timer like me can understand his presentation, anyone can. Great job.
You need to switch over to my new Fusion 360 class on this channel. It has the new version of Fusion 360, better studio and production quality, and I know a lot more now.
Wanting to get into CAM with today arrived little CNC and so I started again to take a look at Fusion360. Did this already 2 years ago just for modeling for my 3D-printer and made some progress but forgot almost all due to not using. Now with CAM on my list of interests I am doing a second try. Thanks for your very good Tuts. Very helpful. 🙂
Hi Paul, these really are the ideal videos for learning f360. Your tempo, your style and your attention to "think first - click second" workflow works perfectly for me. I cannot thank you enough for this series. Outstanding work here sir.
Hi Paul, I recently stumbled upon your lessons, and I feel extremely lucky. Best part is the unedited parts where you make mistakes such as forgetting to minimize yourself, or leaving one of the rectangle lines of wrong size. You eventually get to it, but such things teaches us that not everyone is perfect. I just started this series and I am hoping to finish watching all and learning (or die trying :)). Best regards!
Hi Sir, I have to pause the video and come here to tell how much I am grateful for your tutoria, this is really the best of best tutorial for the absolute beginner who wants to get a hang of 3d design software. Die trying... I like your encouragement too...
Great series Paul!!! I hope you don't stop until you've taken us through every nook and cranny of this program. I knew there had to be someone on the web who spoke my language. Glad I finally found you. You're on a roll. Don't stop until you get all the way to the end and we'll be right there with you.
Completed my first project thanks to you Paul. Now I need to get a 3D Printer so I have somewhere to keep my glasses, at least, that is my sales pitch to my wife! Thanks again.
Fantastic lesson explanations Paul....very clear teaching..with no ambiguity....in my earlier experiments I was a bit frustrated when extruding offsets...suddenly everything disappeared...at around 17 minutes you give the answer. Very well done!
Just a tip Paul, you should make thickness of the walls to be multiples of your extrusion width. In slic3r, this is normally 0.45mm for 0.2mm layers with a 0.4mm nozzle. Wall thickness of 1.8mm would print nicely with 2 perimeters. Or not.. The choice is entirely yours :) Great video series.
ive been wanting to learn 3D modeling for a while, mostly JUST for 3d printing and CNC plasma tables. im only on video 2, but wow this has got to be the best tutorial ive seen, and ive looked at a lot of them! thank you Paul!
Thank you Paul for a very informative and pleasurable lecture. Your teaching method is clear and concise and your are prepared to share your mistakes, which to me is the key to learning the true way to make progress as we all fall into these pitfalls and it’s important to learn how to climb out of them.That’s the reason you are so successful in getting people to stick with it, and make the lessons so exciting and achievable. Many thanks for being so open and not editing out the ruffles which so many do in their RUclips sessions.
Where other apparently good tutorials are about to get the design done and giving some important tips, your tutorials are actually about learning how to do things from the beginning and explaining why so. Thanks teacher.
Great lesson. As others have said, Autodesk changed the "model" workspace to "design" workspace and in the process reworked a lot of the interface in sketching. I was impressed that the 3d printing custom export you showed let me choose the cura.exe (version 4.5.0 as I write this) slicer and the model opened up for slicing!
Paul I am using an updated version of Fusion 360 and after some exploring it works very well. Lessons are very good and presented in such a way to instill confidence to a novice like me. Thank you
Great videos! I want to add something though. When you want to go back into sketch mode to change the dimensions, just doubble click "Sketch1". Press "stop sketch" when finished . I don't know if there is a special reason why Paul does it in his way.
I guess it doesn't matter as long as it works. Thanks for making these videos! I am studying as a design engineer , and both your Fusion 360 and arduino videos are really helping me out this semester. Keep up the good work :-)
I am finally starting to navigate through this software. I was ready to give up trying. Great tutorial series. The GUI has changed slightly since this video but still able to make great progress. Thank you!
Not sure if it has been already mentioned, as the list of comments is quite long, but for anyone who wants to export each part separately (especially if you are not directly connected to your printer), for example if you want to print the top in one color and the body in another, or if you want to avoid long print hours for both in one go, just right-click on each body separately in your Browser menu and select Save as STL. Then you can import each stl into your own slicer of choice like Cura.
Thanks so much for this video! I will normally study new software at lynda, but your video was much much better than the beginner lesson I found at lynda. Everything in your lesson worked quite smoothly, even though I'm using software (October 2019) that is 2 years newer. I did have to right click instead of dropping a menu for a couple actions...but I have myself a sunglasses case model, customized to my glasses size. Fusion is sooo much better than sketchup. With that improvement comes complexity...but it's all do-able.
Best tutorial series for any software program, or virtually anything else I've ever encountered. Thank you so much for producing such high quality content!
Another great series! Just FYI, the most recent version (installed yesterday) has different menu structure and apparently doesn't work exactly as it used to. For example, I can't get the dimensions to reappear. So I'm encouraging you to do an updated tutorial series. This one is great - I've managed to learn more in 2 lessons than in all of the other times I tried. Thanks.
Hi Paul! You are awesome. You make this so easy to understand. I cannot believe i created my first project. I'm following these lessons and i'll go through each one. Thank you so much!
@@paulmcwhorter Oh that's great! I'll check. I want to create a flowerpot mould with a 2 part casing. I hope by the end of these lessons i'll be able to do that and create any design i can imagine! Thanks once again.
Paul wonderful tutorial. I watched this about a year ago but forgot a lot. I went back to rewatch your entire tutorials as a refresher. Here is the new problem we are all having. Fusion has changed the interface. Now I have no way of figuring out how to perform the Rectangular Pattern shown in this lesson. Can you or someone please let us know the new way to use the Rectangular Pattern. The old version the one you filmed two years ago was so easy now I can't figure this out at all. I know others must be having the same problems. From what I have been reading is there is actually two versions of the Rectangular pattern. One in sketch mode and the other is in SOLID mode. Thank you and everyone for your input.
Hi Paul, thank you for the effort you put in these videos. I'm sure they've upgraded since you made them but between you and google I survived and completed the project, I bought a course on this, and I was really pulling my hair out from day 1, being a teacher you came across brilliantly and explained things really well. The updates have changed the menus slightly but the shortcuts are still the same
I have to say, your style of teaching is much more favorable than other tutorials I've watched. They jump right into making a 3d model, but you break down everything you do and explain the whys. I've tried sketchup, 3ds max, blender, and never seemed to understand 3d software. The newer version of 360 is much different than yours, but it's been a huge help to me nonetheless.
I have a new set of fusion 360 lessons on the channel with the updated fusion. Check out the new lessons.
Ditto to the comment above, these tuts hit with more precision.
I've taken SEVERAL Fusion 360 courses, prior to this one. I finished each one confused and not knowing how to really begin a design. This is the first course which really made sense and gave me the basics to create a design. Well Done !
Boom! This is how a teacher should actually teach, nice, slowly, chill and short
@@Killerjack007 Ya he is an excellent cool teacher !!!
Paul, I am upside down from you! I am a 75 year old mechanical engineer who spent so much of my career as an exec that I never got hands-on with CAD. Your Fusion Lesson 1 and 2 are wonderful. They got me out of the frustration loop. I also have an Arduino project on my list (to operate the mechanisms I build from my Fusion Designs). I am going to be following you for a long time. Thank you so much!
Thanks Paul, for this flawless presentation. I have fussed with trying to learn Fusion 360 for two years and even with Fusion's excellent tutorials was still in the dark until I found your videos. You are a master teacher and I deeply appreciate you taking the time to teach Fusion so us old guys (professional designer for over 55 years) can get in on the fun. I never dreamed I would see the day that I could design as fast as I could think and then print it out in 3D. My design life started out ink on mylar and I became a master at it. But in comparison, a complicated design that used to take me 40 hours to conceive, rough in and then ink accurately now takes 40 minutes and can be done with perfect precision. I am so excited.
Thanks for the kind words!
23:28 - I found right-clicking "sketch1" and clicking on "edit sketch" was the easiest way to get back to our sketch view :)
thank you! The new version of 360 apparently doesn't have the sketch dropdown on the toolbar. This has been driving me nuts.
You can doubleclick the sketch in the sketchtree
thanks
You can also edit from the timeline (at the bottom left)
Thank you for this, man.
IM 52 years old and decided I wanted to learn how to print 3d. Paul what an amazing lesson. my son is a math teacher and it impressed him can't wait till I master lesson 2. half way there
These are the best lessons available on internet, even better than paid ones , lot of people know a lot but very few who know a lot
and can Actually Teach ...
I learned more in two hours of your practical videos than I did in ten hours of other training... Excellent job...
Arduino,Machine Learning and Fusion 360...you have been like a friend for me who just teach me what i need to know in a way i just get it!! Blessed to have a teacher or a friend like you in this platform.Thank You so much!
More difficult than I expected since mine is a newer version and a different layout, but I persevered
I'm running into the same. They really need to update the info, the transition is killing me as a beginner. Even the Autodesk tutorials (however terrible I find them) are outdated.
Thank God for Paul. These are far better for my old brain. ;)
I know absolutely nothing about 3D drawing or printing. I'm starting both at the same time. Yes, I'm running the latest version of Fusion 360 (4.5) and there are things a little bit different on the menus from the videos. I just keep clicking on different options until I find the one that matches what Paul is using. Yes, a little confusing at times but I manage to get through a 30 minute video in only about an hour and a half! I'm very happy at the end of the video that what I see on his monitor is identical to what's on my monitor. Paul, you're a great teacher!
@@LB-xl5dq haha...quite familiar with my situation...but worthy
I watched your videos and "BOOM" I understood Fusion 360 ! Great tutorials, the best I have seen....
You're an excellent teacher Paul. I would love to see an updated version of this series. the software has definitely changed a bit in the last 5 years. never the less, keep up the amazing work!
You're excellent at how you've managed to layout this complex program into a easy to follow tutorial. Thank you so much!!!🙂
I learnt Arduino from him,then python,then IMU,visual python,now fusion 🙂.The man is everything 🙏
Thank you, Paul. I've found several good videos of the basics of Fusion, but they all pale compared to yours. I guess being a math teacher was an asset. I'm a 74 yo retired electrical engineer, and like you, I started with Autocad many years ago (Acad 10 - DOS version) and quickly gave up. When I retired, I wanted to learn SketchUp, but for the simple woodworking projects I made, hand drawn sketches were lots faster. Then when I bought my 3D printer, I started using TinkerCad. However, since I wanted something a bit more robust, I decided to give Fusion a chance. So, finding your videos was a God-send as you really had the right approach to help me. Many thanks.
I am relatively fluent with Rhino3D and started using (paid for) Fusion 360 a month ago. I have been tearing my hair out trying to understand it's interface - communicating with various very nice and helpful Autodesk tech support folks in the process. They always refer the Autodesk tutorials, which didn't seem to answer my questions. After watching a few of your tutorials I sent an email to Autodesk suggesting they hire you to create their learning materials. Great job Paul. Keep making these videos!
Thanks for the kind words. I actually think it helps to be a little slow at this. The problem is the autodesk folks are such geniuses, they have forgoten what it is like to be a new learner. They are really great guys, but maybe so far advanced they have forgotten how to get people started.
Even people like me who have significant experience in this realm (check out my web site - my name) might have difficulty (give up) when confronting the (currently) non-obvious interface of Fusion 360. I am glad that you are "slow". Your previous frustrations are helping many people use this powerful tool and be more creative. Also, if you don't already do so, before publishing a video, you also might want to pass a draft by few folks like me to help bring them to "absolute perfection". : )
I'm an electrical engineer, just learning modern 3D CAD software. I totally agree with many comments - Paul, you are an excellent instructor - teaching the how and why AND when things go wrong, how to get back. ...if things aren't right, how to get them right. I've watched a lot of software how to videos. The worst ones tell you what the software can do without telling you what they're doing while they drive the software. That's useless. The thought process method of instruction is so complete - circumspect. THIS is how instruction is done!!
BOOOM! What a guy. This was once complete confusion & the ability to simplify all that confusion and break it down to digestible info that i can replicate, Hat off to ya' Mate
BOOM.
This video is so unbelievably helpful, even 6 years later. Thanks @Paul
Hello Paul. First let me congratulate you on your teaching style. I had to learn to program PLCs and again after successfully passing a low level micro processor course and achieved a 98% pass only to become totally confused at the next level because the instructor could not teach properly. I had to quit that class and find another. These guys knew what they were trying to teach, and sadly had been at it for some years, but they were only there for the pay check. I was advised not to join those classes but I thought the informant was biased. How right he was. You my friend are so easy to understand. Man you're a breath of fresh air. Congrats once again.
Thank you.
Paul, You are a lifesaver. I am coming from Acad, and Fusion 360 is foreign. The fact that you take time to show us where the clicks are and to explain what's happening shows you as a natural born teacher. The AutoDesk tutorials go too fast for a complete beginner. The fact that the equivalent of polyline is botched was a big mistake by AutoDesk. I am looking for that workaround now. Hopefully, I will find it in your lessons. I will support you when my startup takes off. ur de best! Brian
This man has been teaching for a long LONG time. I grew up with teachers and can always spot on. Thank you for teaching sir
I’m really just doing a 2d layout of an instrument panel that I will send the file to cut aluminum, and I really was having trouble grasping the basics of navigation, selection, dimensioning, etc. This was the tutorial that made it all come together. A simple, practical example and the right pacing. No fluff. Thank you!!
A great way to learn the software, Thank You Paul I am 70 and had trouble trying to digest all of the other you-tube videos and draw something. Your method is working, I did what you did, and created my first 3D object. Now I feel I can learn more watching your videos.
You are a fantastic teacher. I was struggling for 2 days ....just watching one after another tutorials; totally overwhelmed and understanding nothing. Till i came across ur video.....2 videos in, with atleast the basics clear.... im already feeling somewhat confident. Thanks so much
Hi Paul,
This tutorial has saved my life! I was at the point of throwing the whole lot onto the scrap heap of "Failed Ideas and Projects," however my wife showed this (Lesson 1) video to me and after watching for 30 seconds I hit the Subscribe button.
These are such grass roots lessons which have taken me from Whoa to Go. Thank you.
I went through at least five other training sessions on RUclips for Fusion 360. All confused me by jumping around, not realizing that menus may be different, not taking into account moves that might seem basic but if the viewer doesn't know them, they get lost, and many more issues. Some feel they can teach when they really cant. Applaud them for trying, but until I found your 1st lesson last night, I was totally lost. Though I'm on the latest version of Fusion 360, I was able to find where the functions that you used were moved to and see the differences in the version you used compared to the one I'm using. This is the first course that is making sense. Great detail and still very relevant for learning Fusion 360 today. Thank you. Excellent instruction. Especially nice considering I've never had any luck at learning CAD/CAM design software before.
I will admit Fusion 360 is one of the hardest things I ever tried to learn. Seriousely, over 20 years, I tried like a dozen times to learn some version of autocad or another. The thing was, the instructors were all speaking a different language. And, they assumed I already knew that language. Then, many of the tutorials, it was more like the instructor was trying to show off what he could make Fusion do, but not giving me any ability to do what he was showing. These videos of mine are a little stale at this point, and I will do a new series in the next month or so.
Love this basic tutorial. I started with all 3 parts of 'Fusion 360 for absolute beginners' by Lars Christensen which taught me a lot and I was able to design my first project through it, but now I am looking for more detailed information. So far this series is great. Boom!
From Arduino to Fusion360, you really are the best mentor out there!! Thank you for these videos :)
After seeing just two videos it's clear I am going to learn fusion 360! With Mr. McWhorter's method I could see that there is no way I will die trying, which could probably happen if I never knew about his lectures.
Thank you Mr. McWhorter for these great quality contents.
it was so frustrating going through the lesson but the reward of seeing the object built was so so rewarding. thank you so much for the instructions.
Toronto
Wauw, love this guy. Finally a Tutorial that brings me somewhere!!!!
Paul thanks for explaining Fusion 360. I have tried for years to learn just a basic CAD program but could never remember all the moves needed to make a simple drawing. You put into a perspective with hands on illustrations so we can work with you on every drawing. Best set videos I have viewed.
I've stumbled upon your Arduino course (old version) a couple of years ago and I was blown away by your style of teaching. I am "old school" you always say, but to me, the is perfect way to learn: clear explanations, real life examples, repetition of important concepts and hands on exercice. I was looking for a Fusion360 course online and, lo and behold, Master McWhorter is at it again ! I know this will be the best course I can find online :) Thank you so much for your amazing work and your passion for teaching.
Lesson #2 still knocking it out of the park, thank you! Less than 30 minutes to create a functional object ready to print, that is impressive.
You are the very BEST, I tried to follow many on RUclips without any success but you addressed the issues just in two lessons. Thank you so much!
This lesson is fantastic, even 3 years later. The Fusion360 UI has changed a good bit between when this video came out and when I am watching it, but I was able to find the tools eventually and make the glasses case!
And Boom!!!, I've found Paul McWhorter. I'm sure he is the best😍🤩❤❤
I love this video. I’ve watched countless fusion 360 videos memorized a good amount of the functions. Which is fine if I want to copy a beer bottle design while doing a follow along. You on the other hand have so far taught me how to think like an engineer
I am making a new improved version. Check out the playlist on my channel for the new Fusion 360 lessons
I just want to take a moment and say THANK you for these videos. I have been crippled by Tinkercad for a while and really wanted to move over to Fusion 360. Thanks to your videos I will never touch Tinkercad again. Your teaching method is GREAT!! Every now and then I have to figure out where you clicked if something new but you still get an A+. I look forward to becoming very proficient.
Outstanding lessons Paul. I have watched many Fusion 360 videos and yours are by the far the best!! Keep it up. I am finally catching on.
Great! Next lesson is really important. Learning and understanding constraints is the key. So, pay attention to upcoming lesson 4
Agreed! Thank you Paul. Amazing videos. I am extremely grateful too.
I'm trying 360 now but why do my sketches appear/reappear on my screen? Something does not seem right.
In case you may not already be aware you can right click on an existing sketch in the model tree and pick edit to edit that particular sketch in your model tree.
There are teachers, good teachers and brilliant teachers, you are brilliant. I was lucky enough to have brilliant maths, physics and mechanics teachers, unfortunately that was 62 years ago but I still enjoy learning from a master. Best regards from England.
Thanks for the kind words!
Great teacher. You make things very easy to understand. Thank you for taking your time with these videos.
Thanks for the feedback . . . glad to hear the videos are useful.
I am just getting into Fusion 360, 3D printing for 3 years. I have been using Tinkercad successfully, but the rudimentary additive/subtract trial and error method is time consuming. Your teaching style is great and looking forward to following your lessons with two laptops side by side for the best hands on learning experience. Your student were lucky to have you as a teacher.
Just completed Lesson 2, can't thank you enough. Never having used CAD before I now am going to repeat lessons one and two with my own object and see how it turns out. Thanks again!
Oh my gosh! I download this software a year ago. I pounded my chest with 15 years of experience with Coreldraw (self taught) and making a good living with it. Quickly I was defused with frustration. So 2018 come around and I found Paul McWhorter, two lessons in so far and boom I"m getting it. WOW! I got to get a CNC or a 3D printer so I can screw up some material..lol. But hey..Thanks!
Boom!
After watching and giving up on a few other so called "beginner" Fusion 360 tutorials (that still assume you know the basics), finding your in depth basic tutorial made the process so much easier to understand and follow. That's why i also love your Arduino tutorials also. Thanks Paul.
Absolute ledge bag! I began learning arduino programming and programming in general a couple of years ago with Paul. Then bought a 3d printer and shortly afterwards discovered these vids. So happy!
Your explanations and logical approach to using Fusion 360 are outstanding. Your manner of speaking and explanations are congruous to how I teach my medical students and patients difficult concepts with plain english. Thanks for the wonderful series and the time you have taken to do so. It is evident that you enjoy what you are doing; the mark of an excellent teacher.
A teacher that really brings it in a verry good and understandeble way, grtz from The Netherlands
Thanks for this series I'm still messing up my starting plain somehow but that's no big deal. I LOVE that you are doing a tutorial without questions from us the students. Questions from others make it really confusing. The way you are doing it takes me from start to finish with little to no side tracks.
When I started mine, my Z axis was not set as up/down. I had the click on my name in the upper right corner, click preferences, and on the first screen that pops up, click "Default Modeling Orientation " to select "Z up"
You are a brilliant teacher. May I just mention for the benefit of my fellow students that the short cut "E" gives instant access to "EXTRUDE". I managed to get to the end and learnt a lot along the way. Thank you.
Paul, I have been looking at Fusion 360 introductory tutorial after tutorial, and unfortunately, they all so far assumed too much, didn't explain well enough. In your series I have finally found what I need. The level of detail and explanation you provide is phenomenal. Thank you very much! I am understanding at last.
Thank you for the kind words.
Thank you Paul. Your step by step instruction, at a pace that does not frustrate a beginner like me, is invaluable to people just starting out in CAD. I appreciate your patience and attention to detail. I hope you will continue creating lessons that are easy to understand, and at a pace that makes learning 3D printing achievable.
Be sure to check out the new Fusion 360 class on this channel.
You have a wonderful way of breaking down the steps so I can understand. I been a 2D graphic designer for many years and I've struggled to venture out to 3D. You have been the best source in teaching myself Fusion 360. Thank you so much.
Hi Paul, like you many of us have been trying to learn this program. I started tinkering with Fusion 360 about a month ago, after being pretty good with SketchUp. One tip that I learned that you may find helpful concerns getting back into the editing mode of a sketch. At about the 21 minute point in this video you were trying to get back into the sketch to edit it buy initiating the rectangle command (even though you didn't want to create a rectangle.) A simpler way to get back in the editing mode is to use the time line at the bottom left of the screen. You can see the icon on the time line for the different sketches (as well as other actions). Just right click on any sketch icon on the time line and click edit sketch and your in!
Thanks again for your videos. They have helped me a lot. Especially the Linux videos for the RP!
What you are saying is correct, and I will admit, I am not completely comfortable with the timeline yet, so do not automatically default to that option. One of the skills I need to still develop is taking advantage of that feature.
I have used other 3d programs like Maya and MasterCAM so I thought I could jump into Fusion without any help. Nope. I was so wrong. I got frustrated and quit for a while. Then I saw "Learn Fusion 360 or die trying" and I knew this was the mentality I had to adopt or else I would never learn this powerful tool. Thank you! You are so good at teaching! What used to take me hours to MacGyver together in Tinker CAD now takes me minutes in Fusion.
I got hooked on your Arduino series a while back. Loved it! Now I start looking for fusion 360 tutorials, and BOOM! Paul does it! You sir, have a gift. Thank you
Check out the new Fusion 360 playlist. These are older lessons.
Finally someone I can understand & that speaks Old Dude!! Thank you for these lessons.
Great lessons - very concise and superbly paced. Furthermore, don't ever stop yelling out "Boom" in your tutorials. It helps convey your enthusiasm Paul. Thank you.
About the boom part . . . people either hate it or love it. You would not believe the hate mail I get. But, when you sign up for completely free lessons, you really have to take the good with the bad. Thanks for the encouraging word
Hey Paul, just want to say thank you for these videos. I was one of those guys that ran out the room with my hands in the air till today, I am finally starting to understand F360 thanks to you, your method of teaching is so understandable it is making this program so much more enjoyable. I had been trying to learn this for a few months to no avail up until today, I am so glad I found your tutorials. Thank you again - new subscriber :D
I hated fusion first, but then your lessons made me fall in love with it. This is by far the best tutorial video that I have seen till now.
Thanks a lot!
We are here to learn ;)
Hi Paul. You are so correct about the way you are doing this. I have tried on and off to get going with Fusion360 for about 6 months and I was one of the ones that would just hit a wall because I could not find my way around. I don't know why AutoDesk would not do this video but I am glad you did. Much Appreciated! Can't wait to move to the next one.
I really don't know how anyone taking Mr. McWhorter's classes could possibly have failed. Unless they didn't speak English. Mr. McWhorter's presentation is flawless. However, I wish he would explain more about the palette and why it's different than the one I downloaded. Other than that, if an ol' timer like me can understand his presentation, anyone can. Great job.
You need to switch over to my new Fusion 360 class on this channel. It has the new version of Fusion 360, better studio and production quality, and I know a lot more now.
Wanting to get into CAM with today arrived little CNC and so I started again to take a look at Fusion360. Did this already 2 years ago just for modeling for my 3D-printer and made some progress but forgot almost all due to not using. Now with CAM on my list of interests I am doing a second try.
Thanks for your very good Tuts. Very helpful. 🙂
Thank you very much for telling me how to use Fusion 360, it is a good start and I have printed my first fusion product! You are an amazing teacher!
Hi Paul, these really are the ideal videos for learning f360. Your tempo, your style and your attention to "think first - click second" workflow works perfectly for me. I cannot thank you enough for this series. Outstanding work here sir.
Hi Paul,
I recently stumbled upon your lessons, and I feel extremely lucky. Best part is the unedited parts where you make mistakes such as forgetting to minimize yourself, or leaving one of the rectangle lines of wrong size. You eventually get to it, but such things teaches us that not everyone is perfect. I just started this series and I am hoping to finish watching all and learning (or die trying :)).
Best regards!
FANTASTIC. I love these videos because he is a veteran teacher. SUPER CLEAR. Precise instructions.
Hi Sir, I have to pause the video and come here to tell how much I am grateful for your tutoria, this is really the best of best tutorial for the absolute beginner who wants to get a hang of 3d design software. Die trying... I like your encouragement too...
OK, glad you are benefiting from these videos. Thank you for the kind words an encouraging message.
Great series Paul!!! I hope you don't stop until you've taken us through every nook and cranny of this program. I knew there had to be someone on the web who spoke my language. Glad I finally found you. You're on a roll. Don't stop until you get all the way to the end and we'll be right there with you.
Good Deal! I really love this program and will keep the seires going. Got some good videos coming up so stay tuned.
Completed my first project thanks to you Paul. Now I need to get a 3D Printer so I have somewhere to keep my glasses, at least, that is my sales pitch to my wife! Thanks again.
Paul, I'm only on lesson two, but thank you, thank you, thank you. You are a GREAT teacher!
Fantastic lesson explanations Paul....very clear teaching..with no ambiguity....in my earlier experiments I was a bit frustrated when extruding offsets...suddenly everything disappeared...at around 17 minutes you give the answer. Very well done!
Just a tip Paul, you should make thickness of the walls to be multiples of your extrusion width. In slic3r, this is normally 0.45mm for 0.2mm layers with a 0.4mm nozzle. Wall thickness of 1.8mm would print nicely with 2 perimeters. Or not.. The choice is entirely yours :) Great video series.
ive been wanting to learn 3D modeling for a while, mostly JUST for 3d printing and CNC plasma tables. im only on video 2, but wow this has got to be the best tutorial ive seen, and ive looked at a lot of them! thank you Paul!
Glad I could help!
Thank you Paul for a very informative and pleasurable lecture. Your teaching method is clear and concise and your are prepared to share your mistakes, which to me is the key to learning the true way to make progress as we all fall into these pitfalls and it’s important to learn how to climb out of them.That’s the reason you are so successful in getting people to stick with it, and make the lessons so exciting and achievable. Many thanks for being so open and not editing out the ruffles which so many do in their RUclips sessions.
It shows you are a teacher! Thanks for the great lesson, sir.
Where other apparently good tutorials are about to get the design done and giving some important tips, your tutorials are actually about learning how to do things from the beginning and explaining why so. Thanks teacher.
Thank you Paul! You're doing a great job! I love how you explain everything. You can see that you're enjoying doing this.
I'm switching over from 123 to Fusion 360 and these lessons are really helpful. Great job!
Great lesson. As others have said, Autodesk changed the "model" workspace to "design" workspace and in the process reworked a lot of the interface in sketching. I was impressed that the 3d printing custom export you showed let me choose the cura.exe (version 4.5.0 as I write this) slicer and the model opened up for slicing!
I appreciate the pacing of the lesson and pointing out common errors that would otherwise frustrate me if they weren't pointed out!
Paul I am using an updated version of Fusion 360 and after some exploring it works very well. Lessons are very good and presented in such a way to instill confidence to a novice like me. Thank you
I can fly in Fusion 360 and I even learned something today. This is wonderful software! Use it for 3D printing and CAM working on a CNC table.
Great videos! I want to add something though.
When you want to go back into sketch mode to change the dimensions, just doubble click "Sketch1". Press "stop sketch" when finished .
I don't know if there is a special reason why Paul does it in his way.
Special reason is . . . that is the only way I know how to do it. I am not an expert, so just show a way that works, it is not always the best way.
I guess it doesn't matter as long as it works. Thanks for making these videos! I am studying as a design engineer , and both your Fusion 360 and arduino videos are really helping me out this semester. Keep up the good work :-)
I am finally starting to navigate through this software. I was ready to give up trying. Great tutorial series. The GUI has changed slightly since this video but still able to make great progress. Thank you!
Thanks Paul as Colin said mine appears to be a newer version but with a bit of stop and start I have managed to follow you so far.
Not sure if it has been already mentioned, as the list of comments is quite long, but for anyone who wants to export each part separately (especially if you are not directly connected to your printer), for example if you want to print the top in one color and the body in another, or if you want to avoid long print hours for both in one go, just right-click on each body separately in your Browser menu and select Save as STL. Then you can import each stl into your own slicer of choice like Cura.
Very good suggestion, wish I had mentioned that in the video.
Thanks so much for this video! I will normally study new software at lynda, but your video was much much better than the beginner lesson I found at lynda. Everything in your lesson worked quite smoothly, even though I'm using software (October 2019) that is 2 years newer. I did have to right click instead of dropping a menu for a couple actions...but I have myself a sunglasses case model, customized to my glasses size. Fusion is sooo much better than sketchup. With that improvement comes complexity...but it's all do-able.
Best tutorial series for any software program, or virtually anything else I've ever encountered. Thank you so much for producing such high quality content!
What a great teacher! This is what we call a teacher by profession. A very big thank you to Paul McWhorter
Another great series! Just FYI, the most recent version (installed yesterday) has different menu structure and apparently doesn't work exactly as it used to. For example, I can't get the dimensions to reappear. So I'm encouraging you to do an updated tutorial series. This one is great - I've managed to learn more in 2 lessons than in all of the other times I tried. Thanks.
Hi Paul! You are awesome. You make this so easy to understand. I cannot believe i created my first project. I'm following these lessons and i'll go through each one. Thank you so much!
I have re-made these fusion 360 lessons. Check out the new playlist on this channel.
@@paulmcwhorter Oh that's great! I'll check. I want to create a flowerpot mould with a 2 part casing. I hope by the end of these lessons i'll be able to do that and create any design i can imagine! Thanks once again.
Paul, i hope you are doing well still! This set of how to use Fusion it's amazing! Thanks your hard work!
Paul wonderful tutorial. I watched this about a year ago but forgot a lot. I went back to rewatch your entire tutorials as a refresher. Here is the new problem we are all having. Fusion has changed the interface. Now I have no way of figuring out how to perform the Rectangular Pattern shown in this lesson. Can you or someone please let us know the new way to use the Rectangular Pattern. The old version the one you filmed two years ago was so easy now I can't figure this out at all. I know others must be having the same problems.
From what I have been reading is there is actually two versions of the Rectangular pattern. One in sketch mode and the other is in SOLID mode.
Thank you and everyone for your input.
I always use the S key to bring up the search instead of looking up what is not there anymore.
This series is great! Quick tip, try right clicking and dragging. It's auto desks intended work flow.
Hi Paul, thank you for the effort you put in these videos. I'm sure they've upgraded since you made them but between you and google I survived and completed the project, I bought a course on this, and I was really pulling my hair out from day 1, being a teacher you came across brilliantly and explained things really well. The updates have changed the menus slightly but the shortcuts are still the same
Paul, I think you have the best videos for starting someone in Fusion 360. Again thank you.
Thanks Paul. Just bought a3D printer and have set it up and am learning Fusion 360. Great tips. I like your teaching style!