topic Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use? in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

tomae — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:39:36 GMT

I was attempting to use the new fastener feature to add some screws to a design. But that menu item is greyed out for me. What am I missing?

-Tom

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

jhackney1972 — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:43:25 GMT

You have to be using a Team Hub for your storage. If you are using Single User Storage, you need to create a Team Hub. Take a look a this Forum Post to read about a similar issue.

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

tomae — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:58:32 GMT

Is there any downside to moving my various projects to a team? I am a single user and have many different projects in Fusion, some personal stuff, some business stuff. My business projects are already in a separate project, should I just move that to the team, or move all (both personal and business) to the team?

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

jhackney1972 — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:10:44 GMT

That is up to you. A Team Hub has numerous advantages. Since you can share access to various Projects in a Team Hub, you can do group design and troubleshooting on the same project. When working together on a project, the Team Hub protects the files so only one can save changes at one time. So you could group build a complete assembly, different team members working on different sub-assemblies.

For a business, you can invite clients into your project with "read only" access or other users. Your imagination is the limit. I understand that Single User Storage will eventually be phased out so I would switch completely but that is up to you. I have not used Single User Storage for years and share files, work with other users around the world.

I am a retired designer but I do occasional consulting with other users. Where we used to have to share projects and files via email now I simple click on their, or my, shared Team Hub and upload or download or work directly in their project on their Team Hub, of course with their permission.

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

jhackney1972 — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:14:01 GMT

When you do go to a Team Hub and want to move some or all of your projects to it, please read this webpage for instructions.

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

tomae — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:38:27 GMT

How long should this process take (to move all projects to the team hub)? I pushed go and it has been spinning with "72" in the circle for like an hour. If I look at that team it says it is empty...

-Tom

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

jhackney1972 — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:48:50 GMT

It depends on how much data has to be transferred. It has been years since I did it so I really cannot say.

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

tomae — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:49:56 GMT

Well, it finally failed saying it could not create a project. Not sure where to go next.

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

jhackney1972 — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:58:00 GMT

The process can be done by Project. If you have more than one Project, try doing one at a time. I create a Project in my old Single User Storage to test, screen shot shown below.

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

tomae — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:59:28 GMT

Thanks, trying that now...

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

tomae — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 21:57:32 GMT

Ok, that seemed to work! I am able to access the fasteners as well. Thanks,

-Tom

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

mmckay — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 19:48:02 GMT

Why can't Autodesk activate Insert Fastener in single user hub also?

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

jhackney1972 — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:26:15 GMT

I am not an Autodesk Developer but my guess is the Insert Fastener requires a place to generate and store the fasteners used. In a Team Environment they can easily create a Project location for this that is accessible for all present and future assembly models. This is not as easy to do in a Single User Environment.

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

nkukich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:12:37 GMT

Excuse me? I need to convert to your onerous cloud storage to add fasteners to my designs?

What planet are you from where this is acceptable?

@nkukich- this post has been edited due to Community Rules & Etiquette violation.

Re: Insert Fastener greyed out, not able to use?

TheCADWhisperer — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:15:41 GMT

@nkukich

Cloud storage has always been a focus of Fusion since the beginning.

But it is trivially easy to insert a fastener and break the link without ever saving to the cloud.

You can keep all of your work local.