topic Entity properties in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Entity properties

james.hollinger — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 17:30:21 GMT

Stupid question for the brain trust as I attempt to learn this software after 30 years with Mastercam: How the heck do I determine the properties of an entity? For example, I would like to know the diameter of a hole in a solid model. I don't want to dimension it, I just want to know its properties. In Mastercam (and other CAD/CAM software packages I've used) one would just click on the entity and then click entity properties, or analyze, or something similar, and voila, you had your info.

Can't seem to figure it out in Fusion 360.

Re: Entity properties

whittakerdw — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 17:54:45 GMT

The measure command seems like what you are looking for. In the inspect tab, poorly circled in red, you can select the measure command and then select a hole to measure a diameter. You can select two faces to measure length, width, height, depth, etc. I use this command very regularly and would be lost without it. I hope this is what you are looking for. If it is not, let me know.

Re: Entity properties

jhackney1972 — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:19:44 GMT

The video will show another method to quickly determine the size of an entity on the screen.

(view in My Videos)

Re: Entity properties

whittakerdw — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:40:30 GMT

@jhackney1972 never ceases to amaze. I had completely forgot about that. Thank you for pointing that out as well.