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.  When you launch Fusion, enter your Purdue email address and you will be prompted for your Purdue career account, password, and 2-factor authentication.  If you do not have an Autodesk account, one will automatically be created for you.  Any issues you may have with your Autodesk account need to be addressed directly with Autodesk, such as if Fusion is reporting that your trial has expired.  Purdue IT staff do not have access to make changes to 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 - 03/25/2026

Next update to be released on or after - 05/15/2026

Autodesk releases periodic updates for Fusion.  Minor updates are released a few times a week and major updates every 6-8 weeks.  Major updates typically modify the file format for Fusion models, so a file is modified on a system with a newer version of Fusion may not open on a system with an older version.  These are not automatically installed in our environment with every release, however we will try to install major releases as they become available.

If you have Fusion installed and are unable to open a file saved in on a different device, look for the following file and send a note to it@purdue.edu with the name of your machine and the name of that file.

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\webdeploy\Fusion360_2.0.xxxx.x.xx

Personally-Owned Systems

Students, faculty, and staff can download Fusion on their personally-owned devices from the following link.  By using this installer, updates are not automatically installed which should prevent file compatibility issues when using Fusion in the university computer labs.

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

The commercial installer for Fusion is available at the following webpage.  Fusion will automatically check for updates as they become available.  For this reason, we recommend using the admin install listed above instead.

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