Beginner & Intermediate Fusion 360 Cad Crash Course

This 2-day hands-on course takes you from the basics of 3D design to creating your personal CAD designs.

Course Overview
This two-day Fusion 360 CAD course has been designed and will be run by Zac Hutton, a Year 12 student at Matthew Flinders Anglican College and an experienced robotics design consultant. Zac has over six years of CAD design experience and four years of teaching holiday and school-term courses. He has created this course to share his expertise and inspire students to think and design like engineers. The program goes beyond teaching the tools of CAD by encouraging critical thinking, problem-solving, and designing solutions with purpose.

By the end of the course, students will be able to create fully constrained 3D models, applying parametric design principles, and build functional mechanical assemblies. They will gain hands-on experience with sketches, extrusions, fillets, patterns, components, and joints, leaving with projects they can showcase and skills they can build on for future projects.

Courses & Pricing:

Day 1 - Tuesday, April 14th - Beginner Fusion 360 (9:00am–3:00pm)
Students are introduced to 3D design using Autodesk Fusion 360. They will start by learning to basic skills like navigating the software, sketches and extrudes and parametric tools. Their first project they qill make is a console controller stand. Their main project where they will make a rubber band car. They will finish off with a design challenge putting their skills to the test by design a phone charging stand. Each student will take home their rubber band car they design as well as a course badge.

Cost: $75 (Includes booking fee)

Day 2 - Wednesday, April 15th - Intermediate Fusion 360 (9:00am–3:00pm):
Building on the beginner course, students will learn to manage components, use construction planes, create patterns and mirrors, and apply joints to design moving assemblies. The day begins with a hands-on project designing a Pickleball paddle. Following this, students will explore the history and engineering principles of one of the greatest innovators, Leonardo da Vinci. Using this knowledge, they will receive a design brief to create a “Da Vinci Catapult.” Students will be guided through the design process, mimicking the real-world workflow engineers use to develop prototypes, and will then assemble and test their catapults.

To conclude the day, students will learn about gears and gearboxes and take on a design challenge to create their own working gearbox. Each student will take home the catapult they designed, along with a course completion badge.

Cost: $75 (Includes booking fee)

Full 2-Day Course (Beginner + Intermediate)
Students who enrol for both days gain a discounted price (10%) as well as recieve a special course badge.
Cost: $135 (Includes booking fee)

What to bring:

• Laptop with charger
• Fusion 360 installed (free hobbyist/student version)
• Mouse (recommended)
• Lunch, snacks, and water bottle
• Positive, Growth mindset

Course Benefits:
By the end of the two days, students will have designed 3D-print-ready parts, created mechanical assemblies with joints and moving components, and gained hands-on experience with parametric CAD design. They will leave with projects they can showcase and skills they can build on for further engineering or prototyping challenges.

Limited to 12–15 students per class. Reserve your place early to secure a spot.