Setting up the project

Grab the notepad that you used to write down the dimensions of the bicycle handlebars and handlepost as it’s time to place those dimensions into Fusion 360. Here is the diagram from the previous chapter for reference.

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Figure 7.1 – Bicycle handlebar and handlepost dimensions

It’s always a good habit to get into saving the project first; this way, you don’t lose any data if the system crashes. Fusion does save your project while you are working, but if you never saved a drawing, then there would be no information to retrieve.

Here is how you can save your project in Fusion 360:

1. Open Fusion 360.
2. Click the Save button.
3. Create a folder within your Packt Publishing project and name it Ch07 Handlebars Reference.
4. Now name the Fusion 360 file Bicycle Handlebars.

Now that we have saved the project, let’s change the units of the project to meters since the dimensions we...