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Challenge Closed

Deadline: Jun 15, 2019 11:59 PM EDT

Total Entries: 187

By popular demand, the Autodesk Fusion 360 Design Challenge deadline is extended to June 15th! Don't wait—submit your design today!

Design a product in Autodesk Fusion 360 and submit for your chance to win an expense paid trip to Portland, Oregon to compete LIVE in the Autodesk Fusion 360 Slam presented by MakerBot METHOD on August 5-7, 2019! Don't miss this exciting opportunity to experience the power of cloud-based 3D CAD and performance 3D printing—sign up below to get started today!

Prizes

Online Challenge Prize

The top design in each category will receive an expense-paid trip and full 3-day pass to the Fusion 360 Academy in Portland, Oregon, AND the opportunity to compete LIVE in the Fusion 360 Slam.

Fusion 360 Slam Prizes (LIVE in Portland, Oregon)

First Prize: MakerBot METHOD 3D Printer (valued at $6,499)

Second Prize: Makerbot Replicator+ Desktop 3D Printer (valued at $2,799)

Third Prize: 3D Connexion Space Mouse Enterprise (valued at $399)

Fourth Prize: SoundLink Revolve Bluetooth speaker (valued at $199)

How to Enter

Step 1: Register Here

Step 2: Choose your design prompt:

Thingiverse Tag 1: #WearableFusion - A wearable to keep someone safe while commuting. The wearable must include a way for the user to communicate directly to a guardian or the police, without becoming an additional target to any potential aggressors. The wearable must include considerations for extended use, easy charging, and integrate into daily life, without becoming an additional part of someone’s routine.

Thingiverse Tag 2: #DesktopFusion - A desktop notification device. The device will be used to quietly communicate social media notifications, new email, or urgent personal errands, eliminating the need for an individual to constantly check their phone and break their workflow.

Thingiverse Tag 3: #OrganizedFusion - A transforming office desk organizer for compact work spaces. The design must include at least 1 moving part and show consideration for how one would use the moving mechanisms without requiring to move the entire thing around the desk.

Step 3: Design your project using Autodesk Fusion 360.

Step 4: Submit your design project on Thingiverse in the Fusion360 Design Challenge and tag your project with main challenge tag #fusion360challenge and one of the three prompt tags #WearableFusion, #DesktopFusion, or #OrganizedFusion


Get started with Fusion 360

  • Claim A Free Trial of Autodesk Fusion 360 today
  • Attend the Fusion 360 Academy in Portland, Oregon (August 5-7)

  • Visit Autodesk Fusion 360 Academy to Sign up and book your conference pass
  • Official Rules

    GENERAL: The Autodesk Fusion 360 Challenge contest (the “Contest”) asks participants to use Autodesk Fusion 360 software to design one of the following (each a “Design Option”): (1) a wearable to keep someone safe while commuting, (2) a desktop notification device, or (3) a transforming office desk organizer for compact workspaces. Before entering the Contest, each Contestant (as defined below) must review and be bound by these official Contest rules (“Official Rules”) as set out below. By entering the Contest, Contestants accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules.

    CONTEST PERIOD: The Contest will begin on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 and end on Saturday, 06/15/2019, at 11:59 PM EDT (the “Contest Period ”). All entries must be received no later than Saturday, 06/15/2019, at 11:59 PM EDT.

    SPONSOR: The Contest is sponsored by MakerBot Industries, LLC (the “Sponsor”), with offices located at One MetroTech Center, 21st Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11201, and is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with any social media website or platform, including, but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. All communications with respect to the Contest should be directed to the Sponsor at the foregoing address or to legal@makerbot.com.

    WHO MAY ENTER CONTEST: The Contest is open to natural persons 18 years of age and over at the time of entry (“Contestant” or “You”) who have a MakerBot user ID and account on thingiverse.com (“Sponsor Account”) and reside in the United States of America. Please see the “ACKNOWLEDGMENT” section in these Official Rules for details. The Contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Contestants are subject to all notices posted online, including but not limited to, Sponsor’s Terms of Use. Sponsor reserves the right to verify your eligibility. You agree to provide Sponsor with any proof of eligibility requested by Sponsor and your refusal or failure to timely provide such proof may result in your disqualification from the Contest. Anyone participating in the Contest or claiming a prize in the Contest in violation of these Official Rules will be disqualified.

    WHO MAY NOT ENTER CONTEST: The following categories of persons are NOT eligible to enter the Contest or win a prize: (a) Employees and their immediate families (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) or those living in the same household (whether or not related) of Sponsor, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, prize suppliers, distributors and advertising and promotion agencies (collectively, “Contest Parties”); and (b) individuals residing outside of the United States of America.

    CONTEST ENTRY (HOW TO ENTER): You must: (1) register Here, (2) create your design using Autodesk Fusion 360 software, and (3) upload your design to your Thingiverse account using both the main Contest hashtag #fusion360challenge and the appropriate Design Option hashtag based on the Design Option chosen, e.g., #WearableFusion, #DesktopFusion, or #OrganizedFusion. Any automated computer receipt (such as one confirming delivery of entry) does not constitute proof of actual receipt by Sponsor for purposes of these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry for any reason, in its sole and absolute discretion. Duplicate entries will not be considered. No purchase necessary to enter Contest. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by your web service will apply.

    SELECTION OF WINNERS: A panel of Sponsor’s employees and at least one employee of Autodesk, Inc. will select the winning entries based on creativity, quality, and printability of the designs submitted. In all cases, Sponsor’s decision is final and binding. The winners will be selected at the end of the Contest Period. Winners will be announced at Thingiverse Challenges on or before July 31, 2019.

    PRIZE(S): Three winners will receive an expense-paid trip (hotel and airfare), a two-day pass to the Fusion 360 Academy in Portland, Oregon, and the opportunity to compete in the Design Slam event at Fusion 360 Academy. The prizes are provided courtesy of Autodesk, Inc. Winners are solely responsible for all expenses, costs or fees associated with acceptance and/or use of the prize, including without limitation, all taxes (if any). A winner is not a recipient of a prize until Sponsor has verified him or her as a winner. Sponsor will be deemed to have awarded the prize to a winner after it has been formally transferred and such winner will then assume full responsibility for the prize(s). When shipping overseas, winners are responsible for any and all fees associated with value added tax (VAT), taxes or customs. All prize selections are at Sponsor’s sole discretion and Sponsor reserves, it its sole discretion, the right to award no prizes if no participants complete the Contest according to these Official Rules. In order to comply with any delivery or other requirements to fulfill the provision of prizes won, Sponsor may share your name and address with third parties.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: By entering in this Contest: (a) You agree and accept these Official Rules. (b) You represent and warrant that your entries are your own creative work, that you own all rights in your entries, that your entries do not violate any applicable laws, and that your entries do not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity, or other intellectual property or other rights of any person. You assume all responsibilities and consequences if submission is found to be otherwise. Sponsor will not be held responsible if legal action results from public exhibition. (c) You represent and warrant that all the information you provide about yourself while registering or in subsequent communications with Sponsor are truthful and accurate. (d) You acknowledge that Sponsor may use 3D-printed prints of the winning design(s) for promotional and commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, events, marketing material, retail store displays, and use by distributors and resellers of products of Sponsor. (e) You waive any right to inspect or approve finished photographs, audio, video, multimedia, or advertising recordings and copy or printed matter or computer generated scanned image and other electronic media that may be used in conjunction therewith or to approve the eventual use that it might be applied. (f) You acknowledge that winning constitutes permission (except where prohibited by law) to use your name, username, images, hometown, likeness, prizes won, stories, audio, video and photograph (all at Sponsor’s discretion) for future advertising, exhibition, publicity in any and all media including, without limitation, cable and broadcast television and the Internet, now or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification or permission.

    WARRANTIES & SUBMISSION PROBLEMS: Except as required by law, Sponsor makes no warranties, express or implied, for prizes. The Contest, including any prizes, is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Sponsor disclaims all representations and warranties, express or implied, including any warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, misdirected, damaged, altered, garbled, incorrect, incomplete or delayed Entries; all of which will be void. Additionally, Sponsor is not responsible for functionality issues with third-party websites that may interfere with winner selection or notification. In the event viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism, acts or regulations by any other site, or other matters beyond the Sponsor’s reasonable control, corrupt, prevent, or impair the administration, security, fairness, or proper play of this Contest, so that they cannot be conducted as originally planned, Sponsor has the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Official Rules or to cancel, modify, terminate, or suspend this Contest; and in such event, to select winner and runners-up winners by such method as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall consider equitable. In event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the Sponsor Account, or respective third-party website account as applicable, is registered. Sponsor reserves the right to modify this Contest as necessary.

    DATA PRIVACY: Data privacy and protection is very important to Sponsor. The privacy practices of this Contest are governed by Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and Sponsor’s Terms of Use.

    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS: Each design shall be ascribed a Secondary License as stipulated in Sponsor’s Terms of Use to allow for Sponsor’s use for marketing and promotional purposes. Sponsor shall have the exclusive authority to remove or retain entries and to repost on any of Sponsor’s websites or social media sites. By submitting an entry, Contestant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor may obtain many submissions under this Contest and that such entries may be similar or identical in format to others submitted under this Contest and/or other contests staged and/or sponsored by Sponsor, and waive any and all claims Contestant may have had, may have, and/or may have in the future, and that any composition or design accepted, reviewed, and/or used by Sponsor (or its respective partners, designees, assignees, and/or affiliates) may be similar to his/her entry. Contestant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor does not have now, nor shall have in the future, any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of any copyright in and to Contestant’s entry.

    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By entering and/or accepting prize, Contestants and winners agree to hold and assign Sponsor and its promotional partners, directors, officers, and employees harmless for liability, damages, or claims for injury or loss to any person or property, relating to, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, participation in this Contest, the acceptance and/or subsequent use or misuse or condition of any of the prizes awarded, or claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. Under no circumstances will Contestants be permitted to obtain awards for, and Contestants hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, and Contestant (or, if an eligible minor, his/her parent or legal guardian) further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

    CHOICE OF LAW: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of Contestants and Sponsor in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of New York, USA without regard to New York choice of law rules.

    SEVERABILITY: If any provision of these Official Rules is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction or appointed arbitrator, such determination shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision herein.