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Drawing Details

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:27:19 GMT

Hi,

I am having a problem with the detail shown in my drawings.

The problem has appeared before, but it has not been critical.

Now however, there is detail missing that I need.

I have attached a PDF document showing the problem.

The front view is at the bottom of the sheet.

The top view is above that

The isometric view is to the right.

The front and isometric views show t-shaped structures that should be visible in the top view, but are not.

Why.

Regards,

Brett

Re: Drawing Details

andrew.de.leon — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:19:18 GMT

Hi Brett,

Sounds like you're occassionally getting an ISO drawing when you want an ASME drawing. Hopefully this post Why am I getting a bottom view on the top will help. But let me know if I've misunderstood the issue.

Thanks,

Andrew

15" Retina MacBook Pro (Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), in Sydney Australia

Re: Drawing Details

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:22:04 GMT

Hi Andrew,

First thanks for the comment. Unfortunately it is not what I am looking for.

I have set my preferences to use ISO and third angle projection, as this makes much more sense to me, so I am not looking at the bottom of the component in the attached PDF.

Fusion 360 is just not showing the detail of the top view.

Thanks anyway,

Regards,

Brett

Re: Drawing Details

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:53:33 GMT

Hi,

Further to the above.

I have included a slighly different drawing and the design the drawing was based on.

From bottom to top on the left side of the drawing the views are as follows

Bottom view

Front view

Top view

The isometric view is on the right hand side.

There are details and lines missing from both the front and top views.

I have ISO with third angle projection set in preferences.

I have a deadline for this component, can anyone help?

Regards,

Brett

Re: Drawing Details

andrew.de.leon — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:33:27 GMT

Hi Brent,

Ok, thats makes more sense now. Sorry for not seeing this earlier. Since the t-shaped details are filleted on all edges, you may need to turn tangent edges on to see the geometry. To do this, double-click the view and within the VIEW PROPERTIES dialog change Tangent Edges from Off to Full Length. The geometry should immediately appear.

Hopefully this helps. And by the way, I think you are one of the first I've spoken too who uses ISO with 3rd angle projection. I'm glad we were able to provide the flexibility you needed.

Thanks,

Andrew

15" Retina MacBook Pro (Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), in Sydney Australia

Re: Drawing Details

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:50:16 GMT

Hi Andrew,

Thank you. I will try that.

Regards,

Brett

Re: Drawing Details

PhilProcarioJr — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:00:28 GMT

@andrew.de.leon

I use ISO with 3rd angle projection as some of my clients demand it. Standards are nice but from my experience the standards that are used/omitted vary from company to company.

As I have been told for many years, at the end of the day understanding how to make the end product accurately is more important then standards.

Just because something is not a standard doesn't mean it's not useful, if it makes sense add the functionality and let us decide if we need or want it in a drawing.

Just my 2 cents.

Re: Drawing Details

andrew.de.leon — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 23:09:16 GMT

Hi Phil,

I completely agree. In my time before Autodesk, I've used various combinations of AS (Australian) and DIN (German) standards with 3rd angle projection, and ASME with 1st angle projection. So I know these variations are out there, I just hadn't spoken to anyone doing it in Fusion Drawings til now.

From Fusion Drawing's prespective, the ISO and ASME standards provide a starting point; the basics. And once we have the basics in place, we can start to build in flexibility where it makes sense. I'm hoping, just like most of you guys are, that over the next 12 months we'll see functionality thats standards based while being flexible at the same time. Drawing templates and titleblocks are at the top of that list.

Thanks for the feedback.

Andrew

15" Retina MacBook Pro (Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), in Sydney Australia

Re: Drawing Details

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 05:48:30 GMT

Hi Andrew,

Thank you, that did it.

However, and this is a big one, is it possible that settings like this and others (loop in offset is one that immediately comes to mind) can be made either modal or, preferably, a setting in preferences?

Regards,

Brett

Re: Drawing Details

andrew.de.leon — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:09:20 GMT

Hi Brett,

Great, glad I could help.

And yes, I don't see why we couldn't make improvements to remember the last used settings. Would you mind posting your idea in the idea station? I'm curious if others are having similar issues.

Thanks,

Andrew

15" Retina MacBook Pro (Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), in Sydney Australia

Re: Drawing Details

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:41:32 GMT

Hi Andrew,

I will do that.

Regards,

Brett