topic Re: Adding info into Description in the part list? in Fusion Support Forum

Adding info into Description in the part list?

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:02:18 GMT

In my Fusion 360 drawings I have made a Parts list table from the components. I notice that in the Parts list there is a column named Description.

My questions are:

How is info added to this?

How can I get into the table to edit this info if needed?

Hope this makes sense.

Cheers

Christopher

Re: Adding info into Description in the part list?

cmiller66 — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:27:10 GMT

Hi Christopher,

The information in the drawing Parts List comes directly from the design. In the model if you right-click a component in the browser and select Properties you'll see the following:

Currently the table in the drawing cannot be edited, but we are aware of the need for this and have this on our roadmap.

Thanks,

Chris

Re: Adding info into Description in the part list?

Anonymous — Wed, 30 May 2018 21:53:41 GMT

I have the problem that updating this information does not update the parts list table in the drawing... It is a Fusion 360 Archive that I have imported in order to modify as a way of copying the 3D model and drawing as Fusion does not yet have this ability. Any idea why the info is not updating or how to push it to update? I have tried a Fusion restart.

Re: Adding info into Description in the part list?

cmiller66 — Wed, 30 May 2018 22:44:25 GMT

Hi infoWM32F,

Once the Fusion 360 Archive is uploaded to your project, it should behave the same way it did before Export. Are you seeing different behavior in the re-uploaded drawing? Changing the component properties in the parent design and then saving the design should prompt for a Get Latest in the drawing (and update of the parts list). Are linked/xref'd components involved or sub-components under the top level component?

If you can share your archive, please send to christopher.miller@autodesk.com and I will take a look.

Thanks,
Chris

Re: Adding info into Description in the part list?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:45:06 GMT

Hey!

Is there a public link to view the fusion 360 road map?

i am surprised that this functionality has not been implemented!

Re: Adding info into Description in the part list?

sehaque — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:59:42 GMT

I had a need to put in the description comments after I had made a BOM in a Drawing file, and found that this feature does exist in the current version of F360. It's simple and works as expected, but note if you have linked parts in the main design document, you will have to OPEN the part and update the description, THEN SAVE, then UPDATE the design document, then SAVE, then UPDATE the drawing document (and save) for the changes to be reflected int he BOM. You have to do these steps so that the data flows from the source (original .STEP file or original design) to the Assembly diagram etc. Cheers. Thanks Autodesk.

Re: Adding info into Description in the part list?

markhUMLBB — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:23:55 GMT

I've got the same problem. So I went and added the description into all my parts and still nothing on the parts list. I even deleted the list and did it again and still nothing in the description.

Re: Adding info into Description in the part list?

markhUMLBB — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:28:50 GMT

Nevermind, It finally worked. It took a little while for the files to sync.