3D CAD with Fusion 360 — Fundamentals
Curated: learn parametric 3D CAD in Fusion 360 from the most popular free beginner course, prove it by generating a fitted enclosure in Forge's 3D part designer, and get certified. The first module of the CAD track.
Learn Fusion 360 in 30 Days for Complete Beginners
Product Design Online (Kevin Kennedy) · video · ~12h · Free · English
Why we picked it: Widely regarded as the most popular free Fusion 360 course on the internet — Kevin Kennedy's 'Learn Fusion 360 in 30 Days' has run since 2019 and is the community's default recommendation for absolute beginners (Product Design Online, 5M+ channel views). It is project-based: each day builds one real part, teaching the four tools used in ~90% of designs (sketch, extrude, shell, fillet) before layering in constraints and true parametric modelling. That project-per-day structure is exactly the mindset we want for designing enclosures and printable parts.
- the Fusion interface and the sketch → feature workflow
- 2D sketching: lines, splines, dimensions
- sketch constraints (coincident, parallel, tangent, etc.)
- the core solids: extrude, revolve, sweep, loft
- shell and fillet for real enclosures and parts
- parametric modelling with named user parameters and equations
- the timeline and editing features after the fact
- modelling manufacturable parts (toy block, trays, bottles, enclosures)
Study guide
Open the study guide →1 study section · what to focus on + prove it in Forge, then take the check.
Forge practical
Build it in Forge Design · 3 checks · auto-verified from your design
Start the practical →