Place/import Text and/or paths as sketch

[Helmi74]

Hi,

i'm rather new to Fusion 360 so please bear with me if this was already suggested or at last is a working feature already and i just didn't find it 🙂

It would be great if one could place text as a sketch or probably a solid object (the latter won't be so important as you could always extrude from the sketch). Also the possibility to import paths from let's say Illustrator or other vector based tools would be good as a sketch so you could import technical drawings or similar as a base for extrusions.

Thanks!

Frank

[schneik-adsk]

October 2013 included svg import to bring in vector data

[Helmi74]

i'm worried about your work/sleep time, Kevin - must be mid night over there 🙂 Early in the morning here.

Already seen svg import and did a first test but failed in creating a closed face out of a loop of importet svg. Will continue to try and post in the help forums if needed.

[sanguish]

Awesome that this was implemented. I had no idea.

How do we use it?

[Helmi74]

you simple choose "import svg" from the sketch menu when having a sketch active.

[leganzish]

Has this feature been removed?  I see that in 2013 you could chose "import svg" from the sketch menu, but I do not have that in mine now...

Edit:  I've found where the option is now (or maybe has always been).  I'll leave this here for anyone else who may be as slow as I am.  The option is found not in the sketch menu, but the "Insert" menu.  "Insert SVG" or "Insert DXF"