Understand Bodies vs. Components - Fusion 360 Tutorial  

Helped a lot, i love this guys attitude and always come back to his channel when i feel like taking a recap or learning something new. From all the material on youtube about fusion i think his material is the best.When i start up my fusion i always think of silly Lars and immediately get excited to start modelling. Still working my way through all your content so please don't stop uploading new content. Keep up the good work and being a great asset to autodesk!

Hi Lars, I came upon this video when I was working on a small project and began to realize I was having difficult managing what sketches went with what components. I had started out doing everything in the main component and then moved the bodies out to their own components. Now I fully understand the structure and realize why "Rule #1 exists." Thanks for the great videos.Having you as a guide truly makes me want to delve deeper into Fusion360.

Thank you Lars! the best intro around. Instructive, useful, helpful. All's still relevant after 3 years! congratulations!

After working with Fusion for over a year, I still need to rewatch so many of these awesome videos to fix confusions I have. Thank you so much for having all of these online.

Finally. I'm a beginner to Fusion 360 and I realized (again) the truth is "you" have to watch a lot of videos, tutorials, and do a lot of "own" work to get it (while during the process being utterly confused and totally convinced You'll never get it). The old quote "You can't make things easier than they are" fits this topic. Guess I was at the right point in my learning curve to fully appreciate this. Finally I have a mental picture of what assemblies, components and bodies are - what rule ONE actually means, and where sketches fit in and how you can make the most out of the time-line. And not to forget; if you share your design it will be easier to work with if rules are obeyed. Well done Sir.

This is my second or third time watching this. I use Inventor in my job, and I have years of technique I use that are not in any books. I am trying to use Fusion 360 because I have access to it through my subscription, and I have a boatload of time thanks to COVID19. I do cringe every time you say Inventor's way of doing things is old fashion. I suppose it is because I see advantages to some of what I can do in Inventor, that I haven't found a substitute way of doing in Fusion. I did check out the joint command in Inventor since I have no choice but to learn it in Fusion, and Inventors version isn't exactly the same, slightly less functionality. I believe I am far enough along now that I won't get discouraged and put Fusion back on the shelf. I couldn't have figured it out without your videos, so thanks for your time invested in making quality videos like this.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1095">18:15</a> when you want to use components vs bodies

This actually clears things up for me from the 2016 version of this explanation - so thnak you!

Thank you. This makes Fusion make way more sense. I was missing something big coming from AutoCAD and I knew it, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. This will help me be way more proficient with Fusion 360!

I think you did a great job explaining it simply and thoroughly. As someone who is a newbie at Fusion, it can be over-whelming. Thank you for making these videos for us to freely watch. Thumbs up.

Man, you are the best! I just started a online course on Fusion last night and the instructor reference to your vids and I glad I look at your channel. You explain it very well I understand perfectly what you said and I more encouraged now about creating 3D models. It took just this video for you to show me the big big potential and power this software have, and same applies to your channel. I will be learning from you too. Thank you very much. Keep doing this please and let me know if there anything I can do to help you. Blessings

Hi Lars. Thank you for the video. Finally, someone made it clear. But, I would like to ask you if it is possible to tide up a timeline when I've started doing my project just random and now my timeline is one big mess. Thank you

I watched this video after watching one of your earlier tutorials on the same topic and it all makes sense now. Good job 👍🏻😎🇦🇺

Lars...thanks for the video, but the main question remais...when do I really need BODY and when I do component, why I cant add a HOLE form the HOLE function menu? Or Am I doing something wrong?

Love your videos. When I get stuck at something, I can always scan through your clips and find the tip to solve my issue. :) Great work!

Thanks Lars. Was confused about components but this has made it clear for me. Excellent.

Dam I cant stop watching these nor get caught up

Always love your videos, you are a great teacher. Thank you!

Thanks Lars for explaining how to remove the grid lines. This one has bugged me since I have been watching your videos. Now do you have a video that shows how to find a dimension error or warning and how to go back and correct it? On the DiResta table I got to using the Colliear feature and on the last side it wouldn't work and gave me the warning? Stuck on that one to complete the table. Please help! Tim

Hi, is there any way I can move a hole I’ve already made on a copied body? I’m doing a project which has four legs coming off a Center box, the holes to mount it all together and two of the legs have a 5mm holes 50 mm down and the other two have 5 holes 60 mm down I’ve made one leg at the 50 mm copied to get the second but unsure how to get the third and fourth without designing another leg from scratch

Thank you very much for the help! Needed this to make drawings for each components of a big structure.

the best teacher in the history of youtube thanks a lot I appreciate all that u do for us am learning like a turtle or grandma and u just good for me

You help me out much. I spend more time with you then my wife and kids, HaHa. Others can learn how to do videos from you. I had a lot of trouble with bodies and components until I watched your video several times. You crack me up some times. Thank you.

Thank you for the quality and clarity. You have made me a Fusion360 fan.

Great! Very useful given I'm a newbie to not only Fusion but CAD as well. Long time Sketchup user but now taking the full-on plunge!

excellent, I needed this to build my project out better. Should have followed the conduit box, I was missing all this logic. Thks Lars Great Job,

Great tutorial, thanks. Really would not have had a clue about this subject without such an explanatory video.

Lars! You are the MAN!! Thank you for explain so many of my questions in one video. So much help!

An extremely helpful tutorial for a complete newbie! Thank you so much! 💝

Thank you for all of your tutorial videos on Fusion 360. You have good touch and sense on teaching. It is easy to jump to any of your tutorials as you explain all the things you do. I have spend numerous of hours watching your videos. Thumbs up !

Now I understand difference. Very good explained. You are a very good teacher.

I'm creating a Speaker by Troels graversen DTQWT 12. So lets see if I get this straight. The speaker enclosure consists of bodies. the speakers/drivers are components. is that right ?

Thanks! Your presentation helped me make sense out of many issues.

Thanks! So very useful to have such a clear and easy going orientation.

Thanks. That was helpful. Just starting out and just seeing someone doing this has clarified questions I didn't even know I had yet. So yeah, solved a lot of problems before they happened. You earned a sub for this. :)

Thanks Lars. I have been working as a design engineer for 18 years in several different 3D software. SolidWorks for the last 5 years. I've just now started learning Fusion on my spare time and you make the transition alot easier with all your videos :) Regards Morten from Norway

Amazing Tutorial, you make it so easy to understand. Thank you so much.

G'day Lars. I was put onto your videos by a friend and have spent the last 2 days watching them. You sir, are a legend. I started with 123D Design, and probably because of that, have not been using F360 to anywhere near its full potential. I've learnt more in a couple of days watching your videos than I've figured out in the last 12 months. Thanks very much for your work and the way you present your information.

Thank you Lars. You are my Teacher for Fusion and I feel very lucky!

Good video Lars. I got it! Thanks for the lessons.

Makes a lot of sense (kind of) for me. Trying to migrate from SketchUp. Thank you Lars!

Thank you! I was quite understandable. Great effort! I have it more clear now.

Your explanation was very clear and concise. I enjoyed the video. Thanks!

These are the best F360 videos going.

I'm a retired SW user and Lars videos are so very helpful. At first Fusion 360 is like a foreign language. However it is becoming exciting moving forward.

Explained perfectly. I recommend you to watch all the videos of Lars Christensen.

I really like basic lessons like this. I'm new to Fusion.

Man, you are a really great teacher. Thank you very much.

Great stuff Lars. I have a question for you regarding mirroring components.Why is it that when you copy a component, you retain associativity when editing either instance, yet when you mirror the component you lose it the associative editing in the mirrored instance? I find this very annoying as I need to be able to retain this expected edibility when mirroring the component. Is Fusion able to do this?...

Rule # 1 always make new component. then save. and always know what component is active and which one your are working on. Do this always. Make it a habit. It will serve you well

Wonderful presentation. I am beginner to Fusion 360. Now I can clearly understand the body and component which is essential to build a machine design.

Omg. Awesome. And your are a darn good teacher Lars, thx Soo much!!!!

Brilliant explanations! Just starting Fusion360 today, but so far so good!

thank you for your clear explaination . It was very helpful and i learned a lot. tnx

Great job. I was confused by bodies, sketches and components but now I'm clear.

From Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia. Thanks for this useful information.

always learns more than I came for. thank u.

Awesome explanation, it clicked! Thanks

Thank you very Lars, your videos are a great help getting me started with Fusion360

You drew a circle and at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="353">5:53</a> you hit Q (press/pull) and the circle automatically rolled over from Plan/Top view to orthographic view to show the actions of Push/Pull. This is what also automatically happens in SolidWorks however my Fusion 360 stays at Plan/Top view. You didn't appear to hit any shortcut keys to make this happen so how do you make this happen?

Thanks I've watched a few on the same subject this made more sense of the concept

this is amazing and super clear explination tnak you :)

Your explanation style is amazing! You fit in the critical missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle! Keep making such videos!

Fantastic explanation. I’m new to fusion 360 and to 3d modelling and am finding your videos really helpful. I’m even starting to make some items now!!!

You might mention that you can re-name bodies and components. By default they get named Body1, Body2, ... Component1, Component2.. etc. as you create them . But you can left click on the name (e,g. on Body1), then left-click again on the name and it will let you give it the name you want, like "Cover", "Main Cylinder", "Handle", etc. I've found that this really helps me keep track of what's what. I even rename the sketches in the same way. I think it would be nice if you could RIGHT-click on the name of a body or component and there would be a RENAME option in the drop-list that appears, but there doesn't appear to be that way to do it.

Thanks for exlpanation, you make it very clear.

Again, another great video. I have been looking for advice on how to organize assemblies that have duplicates of the same component. For example, If I have an assembly which requires 25, nuts, bolts, and washers, which have been imported from McMaster-Carr. Each of these create a new component, which makes the project library long and difficult to manage. Is there a way to combine these into a more manageable unit?

Lars, Excellent explanation of an intrinsically confusing aspect of Fusion 360 workflow. In my limited experience with this software, one needs to follow along using two screens. One screen running your tutorial, the other running Fusion 360 to replicate your explanation on. Seeing, listening and doing works well, at least for me. Thanks again, Bob

Oooh that's nice! Thank you for explaining! I was making my first design in Fusion learning as I go and I just started sketching and now my project is a mess because the sketches are outside the components they belong to. :D Is there a way to fix this? If I try to just drag and drop the sketch into the component, it says that "Detect some position features may result downstream features fail after restructure" .-.

Best description of differences I’ve seen, thanks so much.

This clears up so much! Thank you.

I've had an older version of Solid Works for years. Just got Fusion 360 on advice of a friend. Solid Works "lights up" any feature in the tree that I click on in the sketch or model. This really helps determine that I'm working on the correct feature. Fusion 360 doesn't seem to do this, is there an option to make this happen?

Thank you very much Lars. Your tutorial are so clear!

Lars, It was a very clear explanation. I do have a question though . . .for my very first Fusion 360 Project I am wanting to create a component by copying a body in a different component - can I copy an body and then move it to a different component? If not then it would seem that I cannot follow best practice in creating all of the components at the start of my project - could you elucidate please :)

I think I finally figured out things I have been doing incorrectly in the past. You cleared up why I had problems trying to do things that you should not do. Thank you Lars.

Thank you Thank you for making these concepts so much clearer.

Thanks Lars! Lots of useful information.

Great job, learned a lot

This video really helped me understand the hierarchy of bodies and components!

Great video, thanks for the great explaination and tutorial!! :)

Perfectly explained- thanks a million.

Love your way of communicating with us. Very simple and straightforward. Am new from 2d cad and loving this fusion360 more and more

If I turn a body into a component, is there any way to retroactively go back and add its sketches to that component?

Thank you. Very good explained. You are a good teacher !

thanks guru... your tutorial about fusion 360 is very helpful to me.. i'm a new beginner in this software

thanks a lot, precisely what I wanted

So the assembly has 2 rectangular shapes icon, component has square icon, right?.... I did nothing to my design bodies. Only re-named them and it seems it turned it into components, because the icons changed. Now my file is assembly icon and the bodies after renaming them changed into components with square icons.

Good to have you back Lars. Very clearly explained again, sorted out a few questions for me.

I was just starting out and was starting to think I would never get the hang of it but this video fixed everything, thank you!

Thanks for that I finally understand how this all works together. Ok back to my project:)

Very good verbal descriptions and made perfect sense. Thank you!

HI Lars , what is the advantage of switching ortho with perspective on

Great video, now I understand how the whole structure works!

Fantastic! Gona try to understund when i've to use Bodies and when to use a components. But its so hard. Thank!

Thank you so much for explaining!! Greetings from Austria

Lars This make if transfer the sketch from the sketches line and drag it to the component it going to transfer everything to the component (setting, Origin and body) to that component. Thank You

Hello, I wanted to thank you for the videos beforehand, cause they're really good. I have a doubt about mirroring components. My problem is that the mirrored component lose their links to the original, so when I edit the original, the mirrored does not update. An by the way, why patterns do update when editing, but mirror does not?

Would there be a reason or situation to have some sketches in your top folder even though you are making multiple components in your project?

That was great man thank you. This was driving me nuts.

Great tutorials - I am learning a lot!