Drawing Environment - Improvements

[kristincharlesolsen]

The drawing environment needs to be improved.  A few things that I think would help:

1. Sketch tool - something that allows you to draw lines, circles, etc. that aren't part of the model geometry.  Also the ability to export the drawing to a more generic CAD format (like .dxf) would be nice. 
2. Easier to make a custom title block.  (and add some model properties like weight, volume, etc).  
3. Object snap on/off.  When trying to click and drag things to make small adjustments to position, object snap is a nuisance.  Adjustable object snap points (like in AutoCAD) would be nice too
4. Ability to move details and sections to a separate page.
5. More control of labeling details and sections (right now the first one created is 'A' and it goes from there.  No ability to change afterwards)
6. The ability to add an "All Around" symbol to a text leader
7. Ability to show the C. of G. location on a drawing (and dimension)
8. Break lines for large parts
9. Auto generate dimensions

These are the things that come to mind.  If anyone knows of a way to currently do any of the things listed above, definitely feel free to let me know.  

Thanks

[Anonymous]

+1 for object snap on and off. How I would do it: Shortcut to enable and disable and some kind of press and hold key that enables snap when it's disabled and disables it when it's enabled.

[kristincharlesolsen]

I've also noticed some missing GD&T symbols:

• "All over" (two concentric circles on a leader)
• Unilateral tolerance symbol (U with circle around it)

[ylevine]

Instead of a sketch tool in the drawing environment, they gave us the ability to make a sketch in the model environment and then show it in the drawing. Only problem is that you cannot control the line style of that sketch in the drawing. 

[kristincharlesolsen]

One more thing:

- Calling out threads should be more automatic.  Currently I have to create a text leader and manually enter information about the thread.

[ylevine]

+1 Calling out threads

[steveHDPJT]

100000% agreed on all counts with everything in this thread. The drawings are a joke.

[mdpcadsolutions]

The ability to callout weldment symbols. I would also like to see spell check. Lastly, I would like to see similar drawing functionality as in Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor etc. Fusion 360 has incorporated a lot of ideas and features from their competitors, they should continue the trend and make more improvement in the drawing environment.

[dandal71]

The drawing section es very very very poor.