Drawings seriously needs: 1. basic DXF export 2. Usable PDF export with clean path and not that path salad Fusion Drawing/Autocad creates 3. Maybe a DWG without the view links jusy an old and basic DWG that is more compatible    Because:   DWG - Uses the Autocad drawing views hardly any other software I tested uses (incl. Rhino and Alias)   PDF - The path the PDF exporter creates are utterly nonsense and chaotic so you cannot use it for technical illustration or saving from AI as DXF or DWG     So both option already have some major issues, the DWG locks you into Autocad and the PDF export you can use for handouts and thats it.   If a place does not use Autocad you can throw the Fusion DWG into the trash can. If you are on windows you could try and download 470MB for DWV Viewer which unpacks into 1.2 GB to view and edit DWGs (seriously?) but this is only Win not Mac.   Currently I would have to export all the models as step and then do the drawings in a different application where I can get either the CNC lines I need (uses line and arc representation) or the NURBS to Bezier spline export I can use for technical illustration in Illustrator. Show More

the current construction plane creation options like offset and such are useful in many cases but when you really freely design and explore design ideas they seem to rather limit your creativity and are restrictive. the problem is to use those the best and most efficient you already need to know what you will build. when you are exploring a design idea that is not the case.   thus I propose to also offer the option to create a cplane then then allow the designer to freely move and rotate it along x y z.   see it this way: to create a cplane at an angle I need to first create a sketch with a line at an angle along which I can create a cplane. that is not only making the timeline thicker it is also more work and adding feature complexity like in the image below     In Alias or Blender you can create an object and then move it around rotate it Here you see three objects all using a poly sketch which is feed to a extrusion feature to add thickness. Each object is simply rotated and moved individually by hand.   In Fusion I would need to: Go edit first sketch - so that cplane along path will update because that sketch is driving the cplane angle.     I find object based modeling and manipulation vastly out performing this stiff sketch cplane feature workflow which adds a lot of overhead and labor when it is not yet needed.   Because Fusion is parametric I hardly can assume that it would be difficult to add a cplane creation mode which just places the cplane in the global xyz 0 point and then lets the user move and rotate it freely around. Obviously the move rotate command at this point has to also memorize and read that changed translation data to the user. Take a look at the Blender screen show each object always shows the xyz location and rotation data.   Maybe the cplane should have a center point which is being used to move or rotate and can also be used as the xyz 0 reference point for the sketch then. Blender and Alias work pretty great this way.   The offset command is already like a linear move along a specifica facing vector already. Show More

The use of fractions in design drawings would be very much helpful. Currently the only option is decimal point, which not all industry uses.  Show More

It is kinda redicilous that I have to go to a web site to order an export of a local file and wait till I get the download link email.   I can make STL from single parts so why not giving us finally the ability to also export DXF DWG and OBJ from all parts right from Fusion. After all this are all formats AD uses.   Show More

Currently the Fusion importer assumes that an stl is in centimeters with no option to change it - other than scaling once open.   I would like to see an import dialog box with the option to set the units in cm, mm, inches, as well as setting a user defined scale.   I would also like to see files retain their file extensions after import.   Robbie Halvorson Sr. Designer Boston Scientific Show More

I can understand that if I want a step export or OBJ export that the file has to be generted first   but sometimes you wait some time for the fusion archive download link to arrive via email   thats when you are under time pressure not ideal.     Show More

What I would REALLY, REALLY, REALLY like to see for Fusion is a "send feedback" button.  When you press this button it will:   - take a screen shot - allow you to enter a description of the issue you are having - allow you to include other pictures and files if needed - allow you to fill in an email address or other contact information - provide a check box for whether you want to be notified of updates regarding the issue (including a ticket number and status changes) - send all of the above information along with the current and all referenced design files directly to Fusion support   The forum is great, especially when you can share files publicly.  But it does take significantly more work than a simple feedback button would.     C| Show More

For move and rotate if possible also scale   Otherwise that feature is pretty pointless and dumb - dumb because it only functions as a marker but when editing the feature does not tell you how far you have rotated or moved so you as a user can guess what you did 3 weeks ago.   The fact is the features remember that because in the timeline when you move forward and back the values selected are applied by the feature. so why not expose that inside the UI instead of giving the user always empy value fields?!   Makes sense doesnt it?!   if I rotate an object I do not want to be forced to later measure the degree I rotated with.     so when I entere the rotation value   I think the feature should remember this and next time I edit it should still show it     Blender Rhino or Alias can do it! Show More

I reposted this idea simply because I find the concept that cloud update first and then insert is the better idea.   It is not. It is slower and more complicated.   While it is great to be able to also upload a sketch like DWG into the cloud account I highly suggest to rethink the idea and enable a designer to lead a DWG into a sketch like any other CAD app can do - just load it locally. Show More

I would love a feature that could take a high density mesh file such as an STL and turn it in to a solid,   It wouldn't even have to be a T-splines body,   just a dumb body that was as close to the original shape as possible.   Right now the limit for Fusion (and solidworks)  is 10k triangles to convert from STL to solid.    I can upload the same STL to Fusion though, and get a mesh body.        I would love a tool that would convert that high polygon mesh body directly to a solid. Show More

Please consider adding Rhino .3dm EXPORT.  Thank you for the .3dm import!  Some will want/need to go back and forth between Rhino and Fusion.  The ability to export would be boon to avoid an intermediary file, i.e. STEP.  TSM is great when one is working with T-Splines, but most Rhino models are a combination. Show More

  I am reposting this request from my original post in the "General Discussion" forum about PMI and MBD, The reason I have more than one idea in the same post is because they all tie together in having Fusion 360 compatible with a LOTAR based system such as the one I am developing. I will also split out and post the individual ideas contained in this post to allow voting on them separately in addition to this collection of ideas for use in a specialized system.   From what I have seen, Fusion 360 is a fantastic product with lots of potential as it matures. I work for a large aerospace company and we are moving toward MBD (Model Based Definition). One of our aircraft programs is already using MBD, another program is using Solid Models with Minimally Dimensioned Drawings, and most of our production and legacy programs use Engineering Drawings sometimes supported by Solid Models with the drawings being the master design data passed on to Manufacturing. Here are a few things I would like to see incorporated into Fusion 360 to enable it to potentially serve as a viewing, interrogating, editing, and creation tool for the 3D models in this type of system:   MBD with full standard dimensioning and GD&T functionality.   Ability to create associative engineering drawings from a standard model or assembly, and from MBD data, especially if standard associative 2D drawings can be automatically or semi-automatically generated from the MBD data (some suppliers still require standard 2D drawings), and the ability to save/export the drawings in an open neutral format (e.g. IGES and vector PDF).   Ability to store the models and possibly drawings in local systems (file systems, PDM, or Cloud), since company and government regulations require us to store, manage, and secure ETD (Electronic Type Design) Data on-site and not on another company's system (Cloud or otherwise).   Ability to generate additional Physical/Mass Properties of a model (e.g. to be used for Manufacturing, Quality Inspection, CAE, and model integrity validation purposes when importing to or exporting from Fusion 360). In addition to the physical properties already calculated by Fusion 360, Moments of Inertia and Center of Gravity (Center of Mass) should also be included. Also, the ability to export all physical properties to a textual format that can be imported into a database, or compared to physical properties from original model already stored in system database to validate design integrity of any derivative models.   A less expensive read-only or restricted version of Fusion 360 for commercial use, except that it would still include the ability to import 3D models from other CAD systems such as Catia V5 (as Fusion 360 currently does) and from neutral file formats such as STEP AP 203, AP 203ed2, AP 214, and AP 242. There are already low cost and no cost CAD products from well known CAD Vendors that provide this type of limited functionality, and one no-cost CAD system version even lets you open and save models and assemblies (neutral format) that have no more than 60 components. This type of viewing, interrogating, and restricted editing of CAD parts and assemblies would be primarily for downstream non-design users of the data. An option then, in Fusion 360, to upgrade to the fully enabled version would be a good idea too, for suppliers and engineers that used Fusion 360 to access models from PDM type systems, but needed their own fully functional copy of the software for design, analysis, and manufacturing purposes.   Ability to import and export an entire STEP (AP 203, AP 203ed2, AP 214, or AP 242) top assembly, with the top assembly and each component and sub-assembly being a separate STEP file contained in the same directory, would be invaluable to integrate with a PDM type system that stores all assembly components (parts and sub-assemblies) as separate STEP files (i.e. LOTAR based systems).   Support for compressed STEP format (.stpz) models would greatly reduce file storage and network transport requirements.   Ability to heal and/or stitch imported models into valid solids.   BTW, the Feature Recognition and Direct Modeling capabilities are very impressive, even on dumb BREP models in neutral formats exported from old explicit CAD systems.   Show More

 It seems to me that Parasolid is a more prefered export format than STEP if possible. Show More

Hi, It's common issue that if you export your drawing as DWG and than open it in Draftsight or some other external software, then you will see basically only dimensions and nothing else. If you will open it in DWG TrueView, AutoCAD or A360 viewer, then it is fine.   But lot of our customers and users simply has even others programs not only Autodesk software. So would it be possible to look on to this issue? Maybe let users to choose newer DWG and older DWG? Or something like that? We as a partner receive a lot question on this one.    Thank you and have a nice day, Matt     Show More

Buongiorno,   vorrei chiedervi se è presente attualmente uno sviluppo della lingua italiana per il prodotto fusion 360.   Sapete quando sarà rilasciato? Show More

  Ability to create associative engineering drawings from Fusion 360 parts and assemblies, and if MBD (Model Based Definition) is incorporated into Fusion 360, the ability to automatically or semi-automatically generate standard associative 2D drawings from the MBD data (some suppliers still require standard 2D drawings), and the ability to save/export the drawings in an open neutral format (e.g. IGES and vector PDF). Show More

Hi Fusion guys !   Quite often my sketch is under my body piece and whet i need to extrude pieces i have to move them up from the sketch plane. Maybe others are like me. In that case, an offset option would be awesome to make 2 actions in 1.   I know you can sketch directly on the face but with complex models i tend to keep things tidy and having 83 sketches for a model is not always the best solution either...   Thanks for this wonderful software !   Odo Show More

Fusion 360 is unable to apply the same mirror command it can use for features and bodies to a sketch object ?!   The inside sketch mirror works good when you want to mirror it along the cplane of the sketch.   But if a sketch is at a rotated custom plane and you need to mirror that along a specific axis with a different rotation you cannot do that.   In my screenshot the sketch has to be mirrored along the Y axis to the left.     Show More

when importing a mesh I get something like this.  the mesh is not orthogonal to the origin.  using the available tools I can get close by eye but not really close enough. I would like a tool that would....   1. best fit a group of faces (or many points) to a plane 2. best fit a group faces (or points) to cylinder axis (align mesh cylinder to y axis) 3. mesh point to origin translation  4. also maybe creating reference plane and axis from mesh data   as imported   after tweaking close but not close enough   really like the tool so far Show More

Add the ability to import JT file format Show More

MBD with full standard dimensioning and GD&T functionality. Show More

please allow professional users to import and place CAD data like STEP etc inside a base feature via the insert menu and not the dashboard.   We have now new design from file - great!   Being able to insert CAD data right into a Fusion design is still more than needed for a fluid and fast workflow and not having to deal with upload and process time before a designer can continue.   Show More

      Online sharing is either to complex for the server or simply broken. I issued 4 times an export and nothing arrives in my email box       Why not simply when I click share generate a link with a STEP or Fusion Archive and when somebody clicks on the link that is what they can download.   I waited now 15 minutes for those emails to come in to help Matthew but will moev on now. Export / download of shared files should not take this long or otherwise the cloud idea is simply non functional.   Also on a side note sharing is also half working most of the time I can click on share but hardly anything else happens like giving me a link to share of my own designs.     I feel like you either fix the current issue or siply dumb it down to simple download links to fixed files but then it will also work. Show More

Fusions OBJ export only supports tries making it look more like an STL export.   For rendering this produces heavy meshes.   compare this with MOI which meshes with NGONs     Show More

Currently there are limited local translators and an expanded list of translators that are avialable from the browser-based dashbaord.   When exporting from the local translators, add a place to open in the Dashboard or to automate exporting in all file formats. This will reduce confusion on which file format are available and when they are not. It can also help overcome difficulties between web browsers and the dashboard.     See my awesome UI mock up below:      🙂   Thanks for your consideration.     Show More

I guess I'm one of the few people who love the Cloud solution and I've read many cries about it. I deduced that one of the way Autodesk can solve some of the issues is to have a local buffer before uploading to the cloud. Right now a lot of things (creating new file, uploading new file) will upload to the Autodesk server straight away which on certain days can be quite slow.    By having a local buffer, the user is able to work on their project straight away without having to wait and this will give a much more enjoyable experience. While it's slowly uploading to the server, for the user who's working on the file (the user is able to see some sort of notification showing that there's background upload files on going) and on the user who's just viewing the file (they'll receive a notification mentioning that a new version is being uploaded and it's recommended to "refresh" the current view file once the upload is complete).   So my idea isn't asking for too much, just to add some sort of upload buffer so for days when Fusion server is slower then usual, it'll not affect the user productivity and avoid user frustration. Show More

Steps I'm using AF360 2.0.1909. I create a sketch on a plane, add some shapes and some text. I exit the sketch, and Save as DXF. I open the DXF sketch in Inkscape. I choose the default DXF import options. (automatic A4 sizing, Latin1, Arial).   Result Text appears as a single block rectangle.   Should be Silouhette of each letter, including interiors of letters like 'o' and 'a'   Current Workaround In Fusion360: edit sketch, right click on text and choose "Explode text".  Text is no longer editable (boo) but does export correctly. Show More

I want to suggest making export a little more friendly, specifically to allow direct obj export. For example on the image below , in the left window, it would be cool to have one more option that says Export . and it gives you an option to export as STL or OBJ right away.  Show More

Fusion 360 should model over cloud point of cloud our imported mesh, it would be nice also to import a solid like stl our obj an model over it, and grabbing some edges our points from the imported model from a cloud point for exemple Show More

I love Slicer for Fusion 360, it is quite useful as is but its usefulness would increase by an order of magnitude if there was a button to go full circle and export the Slicer model back to Fusion 360 for final editing. This way little details that Slicer just won't do could be added before production.  Show More

I have a design that has a slight geometry dirty spot and thus Fusion creates unusable STL meshes.   While in Alias and MOI I can generate clean STL mesh exports. Fusion fails here. Maybe better / more settings will help!   Show More

Hi, I believed this has been mentioned a couple of times (not sure where exactly) but since it's still not fixed yet, looks like it's a trip to IdeaStation.   The idea is simple, please make Fusion default export name to be based on the component name that's selected to be exported. This applies to both Save As component and saving a new drawing.   Eg: It shouldn't be Untitled, it should be Assy10   Just no, it should be Assy 10, not LEGO Technic.....   Better yet, give the user an option to set their own default name for all these parameters and it being a smart one as well where something like: Lego Technic - Volvo - Assy10    Assy10 changes based on the component that the drawing is based on Show More

fusion 360 really needs a move to command to go in the move dialog box. to move/snap a cylinder to another object at a point or position  on the other object. maybe it could be called snap to, but i hope you get the idea. the idea would be similar to ansys spaceclaims move to command... Show More

We need a scale tool that does more than scale on world Co-ord it should be able to scale locally or rotable to whatever degree is needed. You already have it in the Transform(move) tool PLEASE make this ASAP. There are too many times i want to scale something i have recently rotated and forced use the push tool as a sad excuse for a workaround, and thats IF it works on the face that hopefully has a flat face to select from and not a curved/fileted surface...Please? Show More

Hi,   I find it quite hard to accurately place a SVG in my design that I designed externaly and to determine values for reuse, because the placement paramters get resetted / normalized as soon as I edit another placement parameter. It would make much more sense if the paramters would stay "edited" until the placement dialog is closed.   For example: When I scale an SVG the "Scale Plane XZ" value gets changed. I need this value to evaluate my scaling decision, but sometimes the exact factor is unknown due to unit-incompabilities of external tools. So I have to move the SVG into position to see if it fits, but then I loose my scaling factor. This is especially annoying if I want to import several SVGs from the same external tool. To get the final scaling factor (or position, rotation offset) for reuse, it would make much more sense if the values would be preserved until the placement dialog gets closed. It would also make it possible to undo wrong placing decisions, which is impossible now. If I want to undo positioning now, I have to cancel the whole procedure and restart the import process, which makes no sense.   With the May 7, 2016 update you announced rotation and scaling of SVGs inside the view, which is great. To visualize my problem I want to share your animated gif of the new feature page, where the paramter reset is very good visible:   Show More

The need for exporting multiple sketches to a single 2 dimensional dxf file with each sketch represented on a separate layer is critical to some machining operations. For example, a cutting machine we are going to be dealing with uses the layer name to identify how it machines that particular entity such as Layer 1 would be "exterior" cutting tool offset where Layer 2 would be "Center" tool on entity, etc. This is not the exact operation but just an example.     I am surprised this has not posed more requests than just the few I have seen in the forums.   Thanks Show More

Hello   it will be fine if Fusion will be availble in german language !   MIke Show More

In working with CMMs for reverse engineering, often times there are no models, surfaces and such created - but simply a point cloud or splines.   Pardon my ignorance if there is a solution, I am simply coming form Solidworks and testing out my usual workflow for compatibility. Fusion360 can open IGES files, but there are no options to customize what gets imported.   Solidworks allows for IGES import/export and customization of features that are recognized on import or exported. Allowing the importing of points/splines into a few file would allow one to refernce point cloud/splines to create features and build up a model from rudimentary scan data.   Thank you for your time! Show More

I think that we should be cross compatible with all other Autodesk programs and support the industry standard AP214. That is what other Autodesk users are expecting. It is not time/cost affective to have to reapply after exporting. It also increases the “human error” factor if done wrong. Understandably, STEP translation mapping for appearance material between programs can be a challenge and the results different unless you can also export the relative appearance file (we do that in Adobe programs which also support creation of custom appearances/texture files). In my case there are three key reasons that I feel that exported files should incorporate applied materials (and appearances): 1) Autodesk Simulation Software – To run simulations for our project, applied materials and their values are needed within some of the Autodesk Simulation Software. We have access to the simulation software and need to be able to directly export from Fusion 360 in to these applications. Other companies are also running simulations with other programs (sound) and having pre-assigned materials will be important. 2) Cross Compatibility with all other Autodesk Programs - We are going to be exporting the assets developed in Fusion 360 directly to AutoCAD for production. That is the program that all of our international component suppliers are using. While we include written specifications and tables that include materials, surfaces and finishes they are expecting our files to have these already applied to faces/bodies. 3) We need a work flow that is practical, economical and reduces the element of “human error.” We are working across several languages and the need to reduce the possibility for confusion and miscommunication is important. 4) We are also exporting these files to marketing companies as the bases for their advertising and artwork. Show More

Maybe here asked for OBJ export for rendering and further mesh modeling now it is in Speedform but not Fusion ?! Dont get it.   Show More

It would be cool if these updates were seamless... The UX of losing service each time an update needs to be applied kind of sucks. Surely you could setup some mirroring? apply the updates on the mirrored version, then flip the switch and sync any data mismatches there after.    I could understand it being difficult with some major updates, but the majority should happen with no service interruption.... it's one of the things Onshape claim won't happen. Time will tell if that happens in practice.   Show More

would be great to have a move command to put selected bodies into a component   drag b drop in the browser is for large deigns not efficient enough (too much scrolling)   Show More

Here is a screencast: http://autode.sk/2e54pCM   With the Eagle Software Acquisition, we should start thinking towards lightweight assemblies in Fusion.     We need something to help us move and mate super large sub assemblies.   Right now the work around is to design the rest of the product in the PCB assembly where we have some 1200 components.   Moving components lock up.  We have tried rigid groups, selection sets, and hiding components.   Nothing seems to help.    Can we make it so if a subassembly that is going into another assembly gets put in a lightweight mode until we can move it around and mate it?  After it gets grounded, we can leave the lightweight mode.    Show More

Hi,     I believe this is a simple request but please make the file name when exporting by default the same as the component name. It's ridiculous that I have to retype the name each time and its a major time killer when I have to export 10 parts out and having to name each of them again when I already have a proper name for it in my assembly.   Also would be nice if the default file conversion is STEP instead of IGES or better yet, Fusion remembers the last saved file type!      Show More

We need true fbx support in fusion 360!! yes you can import FBX via the cloud but it clearly takes the fbx and converts it to an .obj    Quads and N-Gons are triangulated upon import. With true fbx support a quad cage should easily become a T-Spline. Fbx even holds onto edge creasing (fbx to mudbox) of course no variable creasing with T-Splines but hard edges (full crease)would be great.   You guys own the FBX file format make use of it!!!!!!!  lots in the forums too but Fbx export not been so hot ...be nice to leverage all the real time viewing apps like fbx review or even game engine import.   make it quick ...missed opportunities here   Terry Stoeger     Show More

this might be only usable with linear cplane offsets   it would be great if the object move could inlcude an option to with the object also move the sketch / construcion plane.   why?   my moving the object it is easy to aling the object - with moving the cplane I need to really know how much to move before.   Show More

Once sheet metal is launced in Fusion 360 I will be looking to make the move from Solid Edge to Fusion 360. I have a lot of legacy Solid Edge files so it would be nice to be able to directly import .par, .psm, and .asm Solid Edge files without having to save extra .x_t files then opening them in Fusion 360.   Thank you and great work with this game changing software. Show More

Would be great to have this potential for an electronics packaging workflow (with an eye on CFD ultimately).   Best, Brian Show More

Currently, a great workflow for making details is making T-splines in Rhino, then exporting the box mesh into an OBJ file. Import into Mudbox or Zbrush to make tons of quick nice details. After that, export back again into OBJ in low res in order to import back into Rhino and add engineering details.   This function and the align/snapping function is the only thing stopping me to completely changing my current workflow... Fusion 360 has lots of promise so I hope it can be added soon. But great job so!!! Show More

Would it possible to have a smart healing of imported cad data? So often there is incompatible line types or small breaks where sketches won't close due to legacy cad files that are corrupted by previous systems. I think a auto trace over feature would be so nice to import vectore or raster type files. Show More

Assembly files sizes can be deceiving since the assembly file may reference many other part files. The import command may be improved by adding a total file size calculator for assembly files and by also adding a cancel command. Show More

I'm in the animation environment and want to animate a screw unthreading from a hole.  The screw needs to go more than one turn to go from fully seated to disengaged.  I want to use the transform tool to do a simultaneous translation and rotation but the program doesn't seem to do anything > 360°.   In my example, I have a screw with 2mm pitch that needs to go 20mm (10 turns or 3600°).  I've also attached a screenshot.   Thanks     Show More

So speedform can send data right to Alias - amazing would be if Fusion could send data to Alias the same way.   And if you want to top it, send Alias to Fusion and link the design. Alias vastely currently outperforms Fusion when it comes to surface sculpting. I dont know if Fusion intents to bring the same modeling abilities to Fusion and if not maybe this bridge could still provide a workflow for designers/engineers that enable better teamwork. Show More

Fusion 360 program needs to have Inventor export function with build history. As it stands, the process is to run Fusion through web browser then export part file and wait for email. The part file comes in as an assembly and a part with no history. How is someone to know what thread features the part has?  Show More

Idea -Make Really Ultra Simple Streamline Workflow for Building Game and feature film Assets..   Stage one: Create a detailed Accuarte model in Fusion 360 and convert the model to Quads, Then Alter the model resolution with a slider. high and low resolution.    Stage two: Create High Res/Low Res Button - Save two versions of the same model, High Res and Low Res and the same time or after each other.   Stage three: Click select both ojects and Export. Exort options:   .obj  or .ASCII  or .ma file, export to 3d Coat, Zbrush, Marmoset, Substance painter, substance designer and Topogun 2.   Stage Four - Open the model in Maya - UV Map, Texture, Create Displacement Maps, Create Normal Maps, Project High resolution on to low poly for games.       Show More

I'd like to move a robot manupurtor by end effector: I need "invert kinematics". Invert kinematics allows us to handle high DoF objects easily! Show More