Hole Wizard

[Anonymous]

It would be fantastic if Fusion could adapt fastener sizing into the "Hole" feature. For example, I want to add a countersink for an M3 fastener. This is a simple dropdown selection in SolidWorks. Fusion requires me (unless I'm missing something) to look up the fastener geometry, and manually enter everything myself.

Please add this feature!

[lichtpark]

Hi fusion360 dev-team,

are there any news on the hole wizard?

I am designing enclosures for electronics (no RasPI stuff 😉 ) though this feature is a much needed tool for my workflow.

To get an offset of the hole for the head of a countersink screw I use second construction plane and projecting lines all the time. Makes it very time consuming and awkward. 

Please make us all a Christmas gift of a very most needed feature!

Thank you in advance

Stefan

[n.schotten]

For the autodesk programmers (both Fusion and Inventor:

Now that is how a countersunk hole is supposed to look like, the screenshot from Lichtpark.
That is how it works in the real world with the correct countersink bit for the size of the head.

[gmdimarzio88]

The fact that we never get an answer on progress, I'm guessing another 6 months to a year. 

[Anonymous]

This function can not be added soon enough!  

[scottmoyse]

298 votes.. it's right up there

[smt3511toolmaker]

It would be cool to have this function added.

[scottmoyse]

but hey. Let's be realistic. They still haven't implemented support for international date formats in the data panel. So I'd say this is a while away given something as fundamental in computing as date formats haven't been delivered yet.

[Anonymous]

This would be great!

[Anonymous]

Any updates on hole wizard!

[pbmachine]

This may have been mentioned in the comments already. In addition to being able to reference standard size hardware I would like better placement options for holes. Currently in order to put multiple holes on a specific face of a part I need to have reference geometry on that face rather than be able to select the reference point independently from the reference plane. Eg a simple part with holes in the same location on either side (pictured below) requires at least two sketches when it should only require one.

[rishabh.bisht]

You asked, we listened. I'm very excited to share that the latest update of Fusion 360 includes enhanced Hole command with the capability to create standard driven holes and threads. 

[Anonymous]

This hole wizard is a huge step toward fixing some shortcomings fusion has had on the mechanical design side!

Is it possible to have the fields that show counter bore depth, diameter editable as well? These are currently locked out (in clearance hole). Often times I need to make the the counter bore overshoot for lock washer/crush washer/shim room or to guarantee an always subflush situation or if I find myself using low profile fasteners. In another CAD package I would typically go in and just type +/-### or whatever the target is and be done for these situations.

@lichtpark comments on adding an optional cbore/offset feature at the start of a countersink would also be helpful.

After playing with this more looks like a work around is to select a hole config and then switch to simple hole and it saves all the info where you can tweak & edit. Seems you are treating editable fields differently from clearance vs tapped?

[gmdimarzio88]

I’m glad I can finally put in a tapped hole without a separate command. Maybe in a year you guys can allow us users to enter the bolt size and have the hole parameters auto populate. In solidworks you choose a 1/4-20 counterbore for example and it gives you a counterbore for that size bolt which you can then modify tolerances. This way we’re not constantly looking to see what a clearance hole size should be for a 10-32 screw. Simply select 10-32 and the type of hole and you’re done.

[araugh]

The hole tool is much improved, so thank you for that, but it needs a little more work. The tool doesn't give you the ability to select the starting face for the operation, so if your sketch geometry is on the bottom of the part you either have to project that sketch geometry onto the target surface or manually enter an offset.

[schneik-adsk]

@gmdimarzio88

Can you not get what you need by selecting the hole type, then the size?

If you want to over ride the values just select switch for clearance hole type to simple. it remembers all the values and you can edit any value you want to be different than the standard.

[keqingsong]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Marking it as implemented. If new ideas and thoughts arise out of this initial implementation, please post a new idea so that the community can vote on it and that we can track it appropriately. 

[gmdimarzio88]

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@schneik-adsk

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Finally got it working right! This was a much needed update

[jppoirier79]

Excellent work!!! The wait was worth it.

@rishabh.bishtAre you guys have plans to develop an automatic fastener creation tool? Fusion is quite limited for a mechanical engineer perspective if you have to manually drill each part and then insert and place every fastener!

[rishabh.bisht]

Hi @jppoirier79, thanks for your kind words. It is good to know that the new enhancement is well received. 

The "Automatic Fastener Creation Tool" is something which is not on the near-term roadmap right now but feel free to post it in the Ideastation. Votes on this idea can increase the likelihood that it will be implemented.