Autodesk Fusion

Autodesk Fusion (360) is available for installation on supported domain machines.

Autodesk Account Required

An Autodesk account is required in order to use Autodesk Fusion as of May 14, 2025.  You will be prompted for your Purdue career account, password, and 2-factor authentication when you launch Fusion.  If you do not have an Autodesk account, one will automatically be created for you.  If you have any issues with your Autodesk account or Fusion is reporting that your trial has expired, you will need to contact Autodesk.  Purdue IT staff do not have access to adjust your Autodesk account.

Online Version

An online version of Fusion is available at the following web address.

https://fusion.online.autodesk.com

Questions and answers about this service are available here.

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Can-Fusion-360-run-on-a-Chromebook.html

Updates and File Compatibility

Last update released - 02/13/2026

Next update to be released on or after - 04/01/2026

Autodesk releases periodic updates for Fusion.  These are not currently installed automatically in our environment.  Minor updates are released a few times a week and major updates every 6-8 weeks.  Typically, the major updates modify the file format for Fusion models.  A file is modified on a system with a newer version of Fusion may not open on a system with an older version.

If you have our packaged version of Fusion installed, there should be a shortcut in the start menu labeled "Fusion 360 -Check for Updates".  Clicking this will check what version of Fusion your computer has installed and what update we have made available to our systems.  You will then be prompted if you want to apply this update.  The update can take between 5-15 minutes depending on network congestion and the speed of your computer.  Note: This process is being discontinued and a better process designed to install updates in a more automatic fashion.

Update Notifications

The speech bubble icon shown below on the far left is the message notification icon.  Clicking on the it will display Fusion system messages, such as update notifications.

This notification below indicates that an update is available to be installed, however the account that launched Fusion does not have the access to install the update.

Personally-Owned Systems

Fusion can be downloaded to personally-owned systems from the following link.  By using this installer, updates are blocked

https://dl.appstreaming.autodesk.com/production/installers/Fusion%20Admin%20Install.exe

By using the installer from the following link, Fusion can automatically update itself as updates become available.  This may cause file format issues when using Fusion in university labs.

https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured