Fusion 360 is your cloud-based CAD/CAM solution but also a design visualization tool to cater to your rendering and even your animation needs. I am going to showcase some of the capabilities, tip and tricks of Fusion 360 which will add a new diverse element to your designs and how you present your models to clients, customers and colleagues.
To begin we will open the Rendering workspace in Fusion buy hitting the dropdown and selecting Render.
Our Render workspace adds in a different scene and view of our assembly compared to pour model workspace.
Model Workspace
Render Workspace
At the bottom of your screen you should see the render gallery, Fusion automatically create 3-4 renders of the model in the background when you are working on the model. By clicking on these we can get a preview of the render.
The Preview of the render give the options to re-render in a different scene or settings, render as a Turntable or Motion Study, change exposure, download to your local drive and share externally.
Choosing the Render as Turntable Option brings up the Render Settings Dialog Box, where I can control Output type, Image Size, Aspect Ratio, Frames and Quality. The settings I choose determine the number of Cloud Credits it will take to complete the rendering.
Once I hit the Render button, my render is sent to the cloud to process, I can see the progress of my render in the Gallery at the bottom of the screen.
We hope you enjoyed this blog on how you can utilize Fusion 360 as your design visualization tool.
In our next blog we will look at the use of animation in Fusion 360 but for more information please contact us by clicking HERE and requesting to speak with our Fusion 360 Specialist!
