topic Re: Sketch pallet missing in Fusion Support Forum

Sketch pallet missing

TopHound — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 11:39:20 GMT

I've been using Fusion 360 personal for a number of years but now I can no longer see the sketch pallet. I have Fusion 2.0.21550 x86_64and am running Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.4890).

The other strange change is that when I start Fusion 360 it now opens with the "New Electronics Design" page rather than the mechanical design page that I historically got.

I do have a multi-screen setup but the is no sign of the pallet on either screen nor can I see it minimised anywhere.

Re: Sketch pallet missing

jhackney1972 — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:05:32 GMT

Not sure about the missing sketch palette but I believe you can change you Fusion Start-Up environment but changing this setting in Preferences.

Re: Sketch pallet missing

TopHound — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:18:03 GMT

Thanks for that - one issue resolved

Re: Sketch pallet missing

jhackney1972 — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:33:13 GMT

Take a look at this Forum Thread. Scan the whole thing as there are a few proposed options.

Re: Sketch pallet missing

TopHound — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:17:24 GMT

Tried everything with no changed. Quit Fusion 360 to get on with the rest of the day than came back again this evening for another look... and it is now working ok with me not having changed anything! Thanks for the help

Re: Sketch pallet missing

victorlooks6 — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:39:21 GMT

NONE OF THIS IS HELPFULL CAN I GET A LIVE PERSON. NOT SOME AI

Re: Sketch pallet missing

victorlooks6 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:05:38 GMT

SO, NO ANSWER FROM AUTODESK. GREAT SERVICE. WHAT I HAVE IS PROBABLY A EASY FIX. EXCEPT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. WHY IS THERE NO SERVICE. I PAY ENOUGH FOR THIS WORTHLESS SERVICE. I BET NO ONE WILL RESPOND BACK TO BE.

VICTOR LOOKS

@victorlooks6 - this post has been edited to remove PII and due to Community Rules & Etiquette violation.

Re: Sketch pallet missing

TheCADWhisperer — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:10:50 GMT

@victorlooks6

This is volunteer peer-to-peer help forum, not official Autodesk Help.

What OS are you running?

Has it never worked on this machine?

Or is this a new problem, it used to work but now it doesn't.

Post screen shot of what you see.

BTW - I am a live person. Some would question my level of intelligence, but I would rate myself above average.

Re: Sketch pallet missing

CGBenner — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:02:43 GMT

@victorlooks6

Hello, do you still need help with this question?

Re: Sketch pallet missing

TopHound — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:25:57 GMT

No, the problem has gone away!

Re: Sketch pallet missing

thatsanicepen — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:18:27 GMT

Came here because my palettes were missing. Recently watched a video about the new Intent Driven Workflow before reading your post about the problem going away seemingly on it's own.

Thought maybe palettes aren't in the Hybrid Design workspace anymore and sure enough, once I created a Part Design workspace, boom there's the palette.

Re: Sketch pallet missing

thatsanicepen — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:28:40 GMT

Pretty sure that was wrong and it was the Design Workspace setting from jhackney1972's snip. I had set Electronics to the default and changed it to Design a little earlier. There was probably just a delay after changing the setting, or we needed to reopen/create a new workspace to trigger the change.