Initials keyring

Fusion 360 tutorial

Before using these instructions, it is helpful to watch the video screencast of the CAD drawing actually
being done in the software. Click this link for the video instructions

1) Left click on ‘Sketch’ then

click ‘Rectangle’ then click on
‘2 Point Rectangle’ to select it.

2) Now select the XY plane

to work on – click this one
and the screen cube will
go to TOP VIEW

3) Click on the origin to

start your rectangle size
60mm x 30mm

4) When the measurement

box is blue, you can type
the size in, then press Tab
on the keyboard to move to
the next measurement box.

When the measurements

are correct, press Enter on
your keyboard TWICE to
finish.
5) Your rectangle will
look like this.

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 6) Select SKETCH Fillet.

Click on a side, then the

adjacent side and the fillet curve
will appear – make the radius 6.

7) After entering radius 6 for the 1st corner, move on to do the same on
each of the other corners. Then click Stop Sketch in top right of screen.

8) Select CREATE Extrude, click on the

rectangle and the Extrude dialogue box
appears. Either pull up the arrow to a height of
2mm or type 2 in this box or the Distance box on
the dialogue box.
Click OK to finish.

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 9) Select SKETCH Offset and click on
your shape – the offset curve appears.
Type -1.5 in the box here or in the
dialogue box to offset 1.5mm inside the
edge of the object. Click OK to finish.

10) Click on CREATE

Extrude or you can use
the keyboard shortcut
and just press E to
select Extrude.

11) Click on the offset edge and extrude to a height of 1.5mm.

Check the operation is on Join. Then click OK to finish

12) Your drawing should look like this.

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 13) Select SKETCH 2-Point
Circle.
Click on the face of the shape
to select it.

14) Start the first point/edge

of your circle about 1½ small
squares from the edge

15) Click to start the circle, make the diameter 4mm, press
Enter to lock the value, then Stop Sketch.

16) Click on CREATE Extrude or

you can use the keyboard
shortcut and just press E to
select Extrude.

17) Click on the circle to select it. Check that in

the dialogue box ‘Operation’ is on Cut. Then use
the arrow to pull down through the object to make
a hole. Click OK to finish.
Your drawing will look like this.

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 18) Select MODIFY Fillet or use
the keyboard shortcut F.

Click on the edge of the hole to

select it and the Fillet tool
appears.

Use the arrow to increase the

fillet radius to 1mm or just enter
1mm in the box.

Click OK to finish.

19) Select SKETCH

Text tool and click
on the face of the
keyring to select it.

20) The Text dialogue box

appears. Type in your
lettering, and change font
and size if required.

Use the handle to spin text

round and the centre handle
to move it to the correct
position.

When you are happy with it

click OK.

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 21) Click on CREATE Extrude
or just press E on the
keyboard to select Extrude.

Click on your text sketch to

select it.

Type in Distance of 1.5mm

and click OK.

Your finished drawing should

look like this.

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