Custom Part Properties, Templates and Tables in drawings

[PhilProcarioJr]

This is going to seem like a lot but it should all be tied together so I am going to try to paint the full picture.

When creating a part we should be able to click a button to create custom properties (variables) for the part.

Example:

We should be able to set the property name, type and value.

Each of these properties should be able to be linked to cells in the drawing so if one or all of these properties are changed they will auto update on the drawing. (I only added a few properties for clarification.)

These custom property sheets should be able to be exported to an excel file or open office doc. so they can be linked to externally for added functionality.

When we add a table to a drawing a dialog box should ask us how many rows and how many columns we want (All of these parameters should be customizable after creation)

We should be able to drag on the cells to resize them.

When we double click on a cell it should allow us to control how the text is displayed, IE: size, font, justification so on...

Example:

This is a revision table but could be anything.

Sheet layouts for example A2 sized sheets should all be template files that are editable just like they were sketches.

In other words if we open a template it opens it as a sketch which we can add lines, boxes, numbers, letters, company logos etc.

we should also be able to add variables created in the part properties file to boxes so the drawing automatically populates the fields from the part file the drawing was made from. Like this.

Example:

Then after we create one of these templates we should be able to save that template and have it selectable when we create a new drawing from a part.

I hope this all makes sense if not I can clarify better.

[scott.price]

Thank for all of the detail, this is great.

[O.Tan]

I understand what you're trying to do and it's indeed an important thing. Right now Fusion allows you to add materials and appearances so I guess from your idea, I should be able to:

1. Directly apply materials and appearances from the table form (much faster then individually click + drag + release to apply onto model)

2. The applied materials and appearances will automatically update the drawing block properties (smart tags).

I hope this idea will get more votes, it makes me cringe when real productivity ideas didn't get enough votes cause most of the user demographic doesn't use the drawings tool to an extent like some users.

I got a list of drawings features that I'm looking forward for Fusion to have but posting it all in ideastation will likely mean it'll not get voted cause most can't relate to the importance of those tools 😕 

[RobertThresher]

I think this is a MOST NEEDED item.  I too would like to make custom Drawing templates.  How can we send this information across to customers who require it in a said format, when we can't make these kinds of changes?   

Please give us custom templates ! 

Thanks 

[jrp462]

I agree, need some custom templates.  The standard template is okay for simple parts, but is definitely lacking for more complex pieces and the inability to edit is disappointing.

[Anonymous]

I am all for this, missed it a lot when I was done with the parts, same goes for title box.

[Anonymous]

I got here from just wanting to suggest a simple table that I could fill in manually. (I currently have a screw print that I has every length incrementing by 2mm from 8mm to 40mm... So I used text to describe the changing length.

However, I like a lot of things about the tables as you're describing them in 'other software' and would love to see them implemented in fusion 360. I always have those templates setup to autocomplete as much as possible.

To add one more step, for my situation. If I have a spreadsheet or table with configuration information (no need for all, but say different lengths to start) I would like to be able to add a table with the configurations included in the model. So one sheet would adjust a variable, such as length, and would have entries for 8mm, 10mm, 12mm etc. Then when I create the table, I could link the lengths to the table and other variables that would change with length.

[keqingsong]

custom tables are now available! http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/march-1-2017-update-whats-new/

[alucero49]

I would says this is implemented.  Yes you provided a table which we can add information but it is not attached to the component.  Therefore if we reuse the component we have to re-enter all that information.  Also there is no way to copy on table from one drawing to another.

[mika.takalo]

Not good....

[alexandwirtz]

 This is not truly implemented at the moment, why does it say so?

Alex