Design Now: Design a Drone
Learn how to design your own drone in Autodesk Fusion 360 through our three-part webinar series. Watch a webinar recording and download the step-by-step guides to learn more.
Lesson 1: Sketching
In the first Design Now drone webinar, we'll guide you through the process of sketching the component plate, which is the base for a drone.
Skills: Fusion 360 navigation and interface, using the browser and the timeline, changing your preferences, 2D sketching, 2D editing, construction lines, extruding, and inserting a file into a design.
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Lesson 2: Modeling
In the second Design Now drone webinar, we'll guide you through the process of creating a tool path to machine the base plate, as well as an STL file for 3D printing. We'll also change the original Fusion 360 model and add the fuselage.
Skills: Working with planes, sculpt mode, loft command, t-splines, 3D printing, CAM, and simulation.
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Lesson 3: Rendering
In the third Design Now drone webinar, we'll guide you through the process of choosing the materials for the fuselage and making a final rendering of the drone.
Skills: Joints, finish fuselage, material selection, model properties, and rendering.
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