Overview
What the area is for, equipment at a glance and who the Area Champion is.

Digital Fabrication Overview
Digital Fabrication covers the machines that turn a computer design into a physical part: 3D printers, the laser cutter and CNC. The 3D printers live in the print lab; the laser and CNC are in the laser/CNC shop.
3D printing and laser cutting are self-serve once you have been trained.
Equipment at a glance
The current list of equipment, with locations and which machines need training, is in Atlas: https://atlas.waukeshamakers.com.
The 3D printers with maintenance pages in this book are:
Original Prusa MK4
Original Prusa i3 MK3S+
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon with AMS 2 Pro and AMS
Anycubic Kobra 2 Max
Pages in this book
Digital Fabrication: Fusion 360 Cheat Sheet: the basics of designing parts in Fusion 360
Digital Fabrication: Laser Cutter
Digital Fabrication: Laser-Safe and Prohibited Materials
Maintenance checklists for each 3D printer in the Maintenance chapter
Before you work here
Get trained on each machine before you use it. See Training and Certification: How Certification Works, and check your certifications in Journeyman at https://journeyman.waukeshamakers.com.
Never leave the laser unattended while it is running.
Only cut approved materials on the laser. See Digital Fabrication: Laser-Safe and Prohibited Materials.
Fumes. See Shop Safety: Air Quality.
Inspect before use. See Training and Certification: Pre-Use Inspection. If a printer or the laser is not working right, tag it and report it: see Shop Safety: Tagging a Tool Out of Service and Reporting It.
To be confirmed: whether members supply their own filament and laser stock or the shop provides some, and how members send jobs to the printers. See also **Facility Operations: Consumables**.
Learning to design
New to 3D design? The Fusion 360 Basics class walks you through your first model. The class outline and handout are in Classes and Instructors: Fusion 360 Basics, and the cheat sheet is in this book.
Area Champion
To be confirmed: who the Digital Fabrication Area Champion is and how to reach them. See **Volunteer Runbooks: Area Champions** for what Area Champions do.

Fusion 360 Cheat Sheet
A quick reference for designing parts in Autodesk Fusion 360. This is the handout from the Fusion 360 Basics class; see Classes and Instructors: Fusion 360 Basics for the class itself.
The core workflow
This is the process you will repeat for almost everything you build:
Sketch a 2D shape on a plane or face.
Extrude it into 3D (add material).
Sketch on a face of your 3D object.
Cut to remove material (extrude inward).
Fillet to round edges and finish.
Repeat steps 3 to 5 to add detail.
Keyboard shortcuts
Shortcut
Action
S
Search bar (find any tool by name)
L
Line
C
Circle
R
Rectangle
D
Sketch Dimension
E
Extrude
F
Fillet
Q
Push/Pull
M
Move/Copy
Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z
Undo
Tip: press S and type the name of any tool. It is the fastest way to find anything.
Mouse navigation
Action
Control
Orbit
Middle mouse button
Pan
Shift + middle mouse button
Zoom
Scroll wheel
Reset view
Click the house icon on the view cube (top right)
Practice project: phone stand
The class project. Dimensions are included so you can rebuild it at home.
Step 1: Base
Create Sketch on the XZ plane (the floor).
Draw a Rectangle: 70 mm x 80 mm.
Finish Sketch.
Extrude (Symmetric): 10 mm.
Step 2: Back support
Create Sketch on the back face (the 70 mm x 10 mm face).
Draw a Rectangle from the top-left corner: 70 mm wide x 60 mm tall.
Finish Sketch.
Extrude: 10 mm (away from the base).
Step 3: Phone slot
Create Sketch on the top face of the base.
Draw a Rectangle: 50 mm x 4 mm, positioned 5 mm from the back wall.
Finish Sketch.
Extrude as Cut: -8 mm (leaves a 2 mm floor).
Step 4: Fillet
Select Fillet (or press F).
Click the top edges of the back support; radius 5 mm.
Optionally fillet the bottom edges of the base: 3 mm.
Dimensions reference
Feature
Size
Base
70 x 80 x 10 mm
Back support
70 x 60 x 10 mm
Phone slot
50 x 4 mm, 8 mm deep cut
Fillets
5 mm (top), 3 mm (bottom)
Stuck? Check here first
Problem
Fix
Can't see my sketch
Click the Home icon on the view cube
Extrude is grayed out
Click Finish Sketch first
Extrude didn't cut
Undo, redo the extrude, and change Operation to Cut
Sketch lines are still blue
Add dimensions to fully constrain the sketch (it still works if you don't)
Can't select a face
Zoom in and hover until the face highlights, not an edge
Model disappeared
Check the eye icons in the Browser panel (left side)
What to learn next
Components: organizing multi-part models.
User Parameters: named variables for dimensions.
Patterns: repeating features in circles or grids.
STL Export: File, Export, STL, so you can 3D print your design.
Resources
Product Design Online (YouTube): beginner-friendly Fusion 360 tutorials.
r/Fusion360: a Reddit community for questions and inspiration.
The makerspace: come in and practice, and ask in #general on Discord if you get stuck.