Fusion

Active Component

The component that is currently active.

Align

A tool used to change the position of an object by selecting the desired position on another object.

Annotations

Pieces of text that provide information on parts within an assembly.

As-Built Joint

A tool that uses the current position between components and defines a motion between those components.

Assembly

A collection of components that have defined relationships with each other and act as a single design.

Base View

The default view for a drawing.

Body

A 3D shape created from a 2D sketch using modeling features.

Bottom-Up Assembly

A method in which individual components are created in their own design files and inserted into another design file to be assembled together.

Boundary Fill

A tool used to create, join, or remove volumes in a design.

Break View

A view that shortens long parts with a lot of uniform geometry to conserve space on the drawing.

Canvas

A tool used to place images on selected planar faces or planes.

Center Mark

An annotation that indicates the location of the geometric center of a circle or arc.

Center of Mass

A command which displays a marker at the center of mass within a selected object.

Centerline

An annotation line that indicates an axis of symmetry.

Coincident Faces

A tool used to indicate faces on objects that touch but do not interfere with each other.

Combine

A tool used to create a new body from multiple selected bodies.

Component

A part of an assembly with a unique origin and which can have motion or a container that houses bodies, sketches, and construction geometry.

Constraint

A limitation on sketch elements used to create relationships between sketch elements.

Construction Axes

Axes used for constructing references for creating sketches or features for complex 3D models.

Construction Planes

Work planes that allow the construction of 2D sketches on complex 3D models.

Counterbore

A flat-bottomed enlargement for a hole allowing the top of a fastener to be flush with the material's surface.

Countersink

A conical enlargement for a hole allowing a tapered fastener to be flush with the material's surface.

Cutting Plane Line

A line on a section view that passes through the object and shows where the object will be cut.

Chamfer

A flat angle along the edge of a part or between the edge and specified face of a part.

Data Panel

A panel in which users can store and view their projects and Fusion Team files.

Decal

A tool used to place images on selected models of a 3D body.

Degrees of Freedom

The amount of directional and rotational movement allowed for a part or component.

Design Workspace

A workspace that allows for using 2D sketch geometry to create solid, surface, or T-Spline models.

Detail View

A view that creates an enlarged view of all or a portion of another view.

Dimensions

Defined measurements for pieces within a design or drawing.

Drawing Border

A dark line drawn around the sheet's edge to indicate the drawing sheet's outer edge.

Drawing Notes

A line of text that communicates additional details about how a design will be manufactured.

Drawing Workspace

A workspace allowing for creating 2D drawings derived from models created in the Design workspace.

Drive Joint

A tool that defines specific values for the degrees of freedom allowed by a joint in a 3D model.

Engineering Drawing

A technical drawing used to communicate information about an object so that the object may be manufactured.

Exploded View

A diagram, pictorial, or schematic that shows the relationship of components in an assembly.

Extend

A command that adds length to lines from a sketch.

Extrusion

A feature that allows a 2D sketch to have one or more of its parts turned into a 3D model or body.

Feature

The general term for categorizing all 3D modeling commands such as extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, and so on.

Fillet

A round edge on a part or face within a design.

Form

A contextual environment that allows the creation of T-Spline bodies.

Free Orbit

A tool that allows a drawing to be rotated based on a rotation point.

Grounded

A state of a part or component that removes all degrees of freedom in an assembly.

Hole

A punch-out of a 3D model, often used to represent where a fastener will go within a part or component.

Interference

A tool that detects if components collide or interfere with one another.

Isometric View

A view that shows an object appearing as a 3D object, typically shown in the top, front, and right-side orientation.

Joint

A tool that defines a positional relationship between components and defines a motion between those components.

Joint Origin

An indicator used to indicate an object's geometry and position.

Loft

A tool that creates a transitional shape between two or more sketch profiles or planar faces.

Manipulator

A tool used in various commands to drag an icon, such as an arrow, to see the changes in a design.

Measure

A tool used for reporting the distance, angle, area, or position of a selected object.

Mirror

A tool used to create copies of faces, bodies, features, or components using a selected plane.

Motion Studies

A tool used to perform motion analysis on a design to help visualize a design's function.

Multiview Drawing

A drawing that shows at least two or more 2D views of a 3D dimensional object derived from the object's orthographic projections.

Orthographic View/Orthographic Projection

A 2D view of a 3D object.

Parameter

A measurable design factor that can control the size and location of features based on dimensional values created in the model.

Parent View

A view selected to create another view, such as a projected view, detail view, or section view.

Pattern

A tool that repeats a feature in a rectangular or circular fashion with a sketch, body, face, or component.

Perspective View

A view that allows one to see a realistic representation of a final product.

Press Pull

A tool that modifies selected geometry using offset, fillet, or extrude commands.

Principal Work Plane(s)

A starting point for a sketch that can be represented on the XY, XZ, or YZ axes of a drawing.

Project

A feature that adds to a sketch using outlines from an existing sketch.

Project Browser

The area of the screen, usually on the left, which contains all sketches, features, bodies, components, and construction geometry within a design.

Projected View

A view generated from the base view or other selected view.

Properties

A menu containing information about a design, such as a name, material, volume, mass, and surface area found in the Browser.

Revolve

A 3D feature used to take a flat object and multiply it multiple times around an axis.

Rigid Group

A tool that locks the current position of selected components and has them act as a single object.

Scale

A ratio comparing an actual object's size to the size represented on the engineering drawing.

Section Analysis

A tool that generates a cut-away view of an object using a plane or face.

Section View

A view that shows the internal detail of a model.

Shell

A tool that removes material from a part's interior, creating a hollow cavity with walls within the part.

Sketch

A profile containing 2D geometry used to create a body.

Snap Points

Points identified on an object's edge or face that allow for easy selection of joints, alignment, or measurement.

Split Body

A tool that creates new bodies defined by a selected face, profile, or plane.

Subassembly

A component that contains other components nested within.

Suppress

The act that allows for features to be hidden as well as any dependent features or sketches.

Sweep

A tool that takes a selected 2D profile and sweeps it along a selected path.

Thread

A representation of ridges either on a bolt or screw or, in the case of a hole, a representation of ridges in a hole.

Timeline

A tool that allows designers to review the history of a design.

Title Block

A block of text, somewhat automated, added to a drawing to provide information on a file.

Top-Down Assembly

A method where all components are created in the same design.

Top-Level Component

A component that contains the elements of a design—also known as the Default Component.

Trim

A command that removes excess lines from a sketch.

T-Spline Modeling

A method for creating organic bodies by pushing or pulling a design's faces, edges, or vertices.

Untitled Design File

The default file in Fusion 360 when starting a new design.

ViewCube

A tool that allows one to navigate through preset views in a design or drawing.