topic Re: Drawing dimension extension in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Drawing dimension extension

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:37:13 GMT

Hi,

When putting dimensions on drawings the dimension line doesnt extend to the feature in the drawing. Its hard to explain so I attached an image. I want the dimensions lines to extend all the way to the feature.

Is it possible?

Thanks.

Re: Drawing dimension extension

cmiller66 — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:09:51 GMT

Hi assafJEYQ5,

We currently always include a hard-coded gap from the extension line to the geometry. In AutoCAD this is the DIMEXO setting. These are set per standards (ASME or ISO).

In your case the only real workaround I can think of to eliminate the gap would be to snap to the farther edge you're dimensioning, so in the case of the 9.27 dia dim, snap to the bottom of the edges of the hole, not the top.

It gets you a closer to what you are requesting. We don't have a separate setting for this currently.

Thanks,
Chris

Re: Drawing dimension extension

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:29:50 GMT

Thanks,

Is there gonna be a fix for this feature? sometimes with drawings with alot of dimensions this makes it pretty hard to read the drawing.

Thanks.

Re: Drawing dimension extension

TimeraAutodesk — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:01:25 GMT

Hi @Anonymous, as @cmiller66 mentioned above, the current behavior which includes the gap is per industry ASME and ISO drafting standards - so this is not something that needs to be "fixed". It's already designed according to industry expectations.

Can I ask why you have a need to document off of standards in this way? That will help us better understand where you're coming from.

Best,

Timea

Re: Drawing dimension extension

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:19:50 GMT

Hi Timea,

I will try to explain my issue.

When having drawings with a few dimensions focused on the same area having small features, when I send the drawing to sub contractors, many times it is difficult for them to understand what feature the dimension is representing when the dimension lines are not extended to the feature itself. This makes me open the drawing in the CAD program, and making a presentation or an image showing the problematic area in zoom explaining which dimension belongs to what feature. Most of the times this confusion can be avoided (At least from my experience) if the dimension lines are extended to the feature itself.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks,

Assaf.

Re: Drawing dimension extension

TimeraAutodesk — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:25:24 GMT

Hi @Anonymous, this is a common issue in drafting complex parts. Typically, you would handle this by either increasing the scale of your view, or by creating a detail view of the area of the part that requires heavier detailing and dimensioning. For more information on how to use detail views, refer to this help page: http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-D80AF4A8-CC80-4882-B3A0-23258196484B

I hope this helps,

Timera

Re: Drawing dimension extension

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:32:49 GMT

Hi Timera,

Take a look at dim 9.27 in the attached image. Even if I put this in a detail view, enlarge the view and so on, it is not clear which feature this dimension represents.

Even if you zoom in - still this dim might look as if it represent the chamfer feature, the hole itself or any other of the few features detailed in this area. Detail view, close up or any other solution you offered will not prevent this source of misinterpreting the drawing, and this is a trivial case, more complex features are much more prone to errors in interpreting the drawing.

Re: Drawing dimension extension

TimeraAutodesk — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:26:50 GMT

Hi @Anonymous, thanks for clarifying. In this case, Chris' workaround that he described above is going to be your best solution!

Best,

Timera

Re: Drawing dimension extension

pete — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:02:50 GMT

This is something I am currently struggling with inside Fusion360. I have been able to get our title block imported and with the built in sectioning and views available I can accomplish MOST things relatively easily. However for instance I have designed some cabinets recently with fusion360 (among other softwares we use) but the cabinet builders are complaining that they cannot tell the dimension lines from actual geometry and they are not used to seeing dimension lines extending inside the geometry lines of the project. If there were a means to control or even adjust the extension line offset to allow there to be a clearance between the dimension and the geometry that would be very helpful. I guess what I am saying is that I have the opposite problem from the OP. Also lineweights and the ability to set them or at least adjust them would be fantastic. I know there are three basic setups now light medium and heavy or something like that but that is not really sufficient for what we need in our submittal drawings. Currently I have been having a lot of issues exporting the .dxf or .dwg into autocad sometimes parts or all of the geometry is lost somehow or it simply fails to export. You hit the go button and the entire drawing closes and no export is generated. This makes this even more of an issue for us because we cannot even bring it into autocad to make these changes when necessary..... We design a lot of varying products from metal parts to wood and everything in between and I honestly prefer to use Fusion360 but the drawing side of things is lacking a good bit. Thank you..

Pete

Re: Drawing dimension extension

g-andresen — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 08:41:10 GMT

Hi,

1. Create a new thread
2. Share a sample file (f3d)

günther

Re: Drawing dimension extension

barry9UDQ6 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 11:21:46 GMT

I think what we really need is the ability to assign dimensions to their own layer, and give them their own colour (blue!) and a thinner line weight than the model line weights.

I know that updating the drawing environment is a priority for the Fusion dev's roadmap for this year, so let's hope this is included.

I also struggle with producing legible drawings in Fusion. I have given up and am using Nanocad (free!) for detailing instead, with cutePDF for print to PDF. You just have to watch the scale when you import the DXF into Nanocad.

Re: Drawing dimension extension

eugen_RTR — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:26:51 GMT

Interesting...

Re: Drawing dimension extension

eugen_RTR — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:40:59 GMT

interesting approach...

Re: Drawing dimension extension

eugen_RTR — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:36:26 GMT

I've tried the following:

click the dimension you want to get closer to the drawing feature.

activate "move"

"move" the dimension in way that the quote lines get to the drawing exactly where you want.

click OK to accept "move".

Than click again the dimension and draw it (by the round point it appears on the feature) next to/ over the quote lines.

Maybe not a 100% clear explanation but it worked for me.