Fusion 360 IdeaStation (Archived)

vieyra_brian · ‎09-24-2019

DARK MODE PLEEEASSEEE lol. help my poor eyes.

Anonymous · ‎12-03-2018

Please click "Vote" for Czech language support in Fusion 360. Prosím podpořte tlačítkem "Vote" podporu češtiny ve Fusion 360.

Faraj_Monnapillai · ‎10-07-2017

I personally think to add a dark mode to fusion 360 is a great idea, as many users who use Fusion 360 are staring into there monitors/screen for a long period of time and I believe this feature would reduce eye strain and it would also give fusion a classic look and feel, and also let the user the option of how dark and light they what there UI to be. (Example below) if this is not possible an alternative feature could be a blue light filter which also reduces eye strain. For example Adobe CC products -

blee2 · ‎09-07-2019

With the rise of many dark mode UI on many other applications; I'm wondering if it's possible to do an optional dark mode for F360? Might be good for eye straining when CAD-ing for a long time.

gavriilklimov · ‎06-30-2019

Hello, I would love if we could opt for a dark interface similar to how Maya/Max are with the dark greys and greys. Just like Photoshop allows you to determine if you want to work with a light layout or a dark one, it would be great if you could enable it.

Anonymous · ‎01-10-2017

It would be nice to have a "dark UI" option for the interface. Sometimes It just feels a bit easier on the eyes. Nearly every other Autodesk program I have used in the last 10 years has this option. Its weird it hasn't been implemented in Fusion 360 as of yet.

shaische222 · ‎12-17-2019

It's beyond annoying and time consuming when you insert for example a bunch of screws/nuts for an assembly and they span your computer's entire screen from top to bottom on the tree without the ability to put them into a folder labeled "screws/nuts". There is certain CAD "hygiene" that needs to be kept to work professionally and efficiently. Can we please get the ability to have folders to organize parts in an assembly? I shouldn't have to spend 5 minutes scrolling up/down to select a part.

Anonymous · ‎07-14-2016

The ability to create motion studies is powerful, but not intuitive to use for creating and exploring complex motions that want to be documented in an animation. Animation right now seems to be geared to making exploded views and does not take advantage of the joints in an assembly. We need to combine these two in the Animation workspace; the constraints of motion provided by the joints, and the ease of setting positions and keyframes in animation. I don't want to have to guess at how many degrees I want a joint to move in relation to another joint that is also moving; I want to drag the parts and have them constrained by the joints to the point in time and position I want to get to, and then capture that in the keyframe. Dragging constrained parts would save alot of time setting up not only a motion study, but allowing it in the animation space would let you save it as video also.

Ezekiel12 · ‎11-06-2017

Hi, This is something that I really miss. Add a support for multiple monitors. Proper docking, allow to be always on top when on different screen etc... It would be great o look at assembly, or drawing or something, while working on part, or something else. Thx, Matt

Anonymous · ‎05-13-2017

Hi, English language is quite uderstood in Italy, but almost all CAD products in the market have been localized in Italian language. Localizing Fusion 360 in Italian language would be a great plus to incentivize its use, especially by older designers (who by the way have still great ideas to create! and share with CAD). Alex

Anonymous · ‎03-20-2018

Like in Inventor. It would be nice to be able to export and modify model parameters to an excel table for easy modification and then allow for import and updating from the linked excel file. Thank you.

Pontooon · ‎01-26-2017

Using the measure tool, the displayed dimension is not always visible from the preferred angle. I often use screenshots and must later edit them with MS Paint to make a dimension clear. Maybe you could make the dimension float above all the geometry or be manipulated in 3d? Also, can you make it so the floating gray box is movable too? I'd like to move that out of the way for screenshots. Thanks.

Anonymous · ‎12-08-2016

Currently there is no straightforward way to copy a sketch to another design Copy and paste would be very convenient

ARTHUR-HM · ‎09-27-2016

I've come across quite a few prints from clients where they dimension a line off zero lets say 1.50in, and then another line at 2in dimensioned off of that 1.50in line. So when I'm making my sketch in Fusion, it's much easier for me to offset a line line at 1.50in and then offset that line 2in, but Fusion wont let me. Obviously this is a very simple example, and I could very well just offset the second line 3.5in, but the parts I work with are very precise and never that easy to add up. I could just add them up in fusion when I'm dimension the lines by typing in 1.5+2.0, but that still gives me a different dimension compared to the print. And I like to have my sketch dimensions match the print so I can easily go back and double check my work. Another one of those feature requests from me that isn't at all necessary, but would speed up workflow.

Anonymous · ‎01-16-2018

Guys! this is something basic. I still can believe that in 2018 be can't move folders between projects! It looks like each project is a distant galaxy and nothing can't be moved there. Only just "copy" each design to that project and then delete the originals. If you have a folder with nested folders with dozens of designs, parts, tech drawings, etc....you will have a great time copying each design, recreate your whole hierarchical structure, and put the corresponding files inside it. Why in heaven don't just give the option to move everything as it is from one project to another??? Guys, we are in a time where Projects (can) have multiple folders, and each folder can be a specific part of the project, and this folder again can have multiple folders and so on...That is exactly how almost 99% of the companies and people work: branching and nesting multiple folders with multiple files, organising everything just like a bunch of pictures inside the family album. It is just funny that, for now, Fusion 360 gives the user just a level of organisation (Project-Design) before the chaos with folders starts. Summarising: Please jump into 2018 and add the functionality to move folders between Projects! Thanks

Anonymous · ‎07-23-2015

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!

Anonymous · ‎01-21-2018

Fusion 360 is meant to be a more user friendly CAD software for the casual maker. Yet at the same time, the error messages are written in barely comprehensible technological gobbledegook. I've never looked at an error message in this program and then said to myself "ah, so that's what's wrong!", it's always been a case of reading the error message, being confused and googling my problem. If that's the case, why even have an error message? Just use some sort of error code. See here: What the heck does this actually mean? My proposal is this: sweep through all of Fusion 360's error messages with a team of high schoolers. Any messages they don't understand get translated into layman's English. I'd much rather get a paragraph explaining what's wrong than a very compact 3 word message that makes no sense. Else, maybe you could link the error message to a help page instead where there's an explanation of what's happening. tl;dr: Please make the error messages easier to understand! Plain English is greatly appreciated!

Anonymous · ‎01-25-2020

Now that electronic design documents can be split off (by dragging tab outside current window), can we please get the same behavior for the rest of the document types? Pretty please. Multiple windows for electronic design

Anonymous · ‎10-29-2018

It would be fantastic having a suitable drawing envirament. It´s a mess having a 3D model in Fusion but have to go to Solidworks to get a proper plan because you CAN´T MAKE A SKETCH ON A DRAWING IN FUSION 360!!! I´m a loyal user of Fusion and I know very well its capabilities, but I also know its limitations and this is one of them. I hope you can make something better than Solidworks and become the greatest program.

j.wellsQFXLE · ‎05-08-2019

When using tools where multiple selections are required it would more efficient to change inputs with the tab key instead of clicking on the next input box. For instance the Mirror tool requires Objects to be mirrored and a Mirror Line. the Objects input is selected by default, but to switch to the Mirror Line input you must select it with the mouse. Using the tab key would speed up the process. -Jake

Anonymous · ‎12-08-2016

It's easy to get the origin planes confused from time to time. I'd find it very useful to have the xy/xz/yz labels on them like below.

Anonymous · ‎03-28-2013

I was having a really hard time doing a type of precision modeling without Object Snap, I honestly think this should be on top of the todo list. Object Snap should work in all 3 workspace. Below is a list of the ones I'm used to having:

Anonymous · ‎11-16-2017

Hello there, Fusion360 enthusiasts! Due to low budgets we frequently have to print some views of our designs in real size (1:1 scale) so we are able to prototype them, like drilling holes in the right place or cuting a piece of sheetmetal with handheld tools instead of using laser cut, machining or some other expensive process for example. The problem is that sometimes these designs are a bit larger than fusion would expect and they don't fit the standard sheet sizes that come with the software by default. My idea is that in addition to the standard sheet sizes you have a "custom sheet size" option where you type the dimensions you want your sheet to have so you can make any design fit in the scale you want! Thanks for your Attention, Davi Alves Raquel

freddruppel · ‎01-17-2019

Is it possible to add a clear and distinguished "hide construction lines" and "hide dimensions" button to the sketch menu ? I think it would be something many people will appreciate !

Anonymous · ‎02-13-2018

Configurations is the main thing lacking from Fusion 360. It gets very frustrating having to have multiple versions of the same file and having to make sure to update each one to keep them all at the same level. I have't been using Fusion 360 for long but the inability to quickly create variations of a file is a huge let down and is the biggest reason why I am thinking of heading back over to Solidworks. It is a requirement in nearly all fields of designs to have slight variations on a base model.

Swede61 · ‎11-01-2017

When you mark "Find in Browser" the result should be shown with a contrasting color instead of the wave line - which is very hard to find when you have a lot of things in your browser.

Anonymous · ‎10-27-2017

AS it is now, it is impossible to enter a dimension name while entering a dimension in Sketch mode. To do so you must go to the Change Parameters Box in the User Interface. It would be nice while entering a dimension to have an option in the dimension box to enter the Dimension Name instead of just assigning a dX value to the Parameters. It is much easier to assign a Name to a dimension while entering it than going back later to the Change Parameters Box. It is just common sense and a much easier work flow! It would save a tremendous amount of work and time as it is difficult at times to match the assigned dX dimension to the ones you would like to Name when you have multiple dX dimensions. Going back and forward to the Change Parameters Box to enter all the Names is time consuming and at times naming errors occur while trying to match a Name to the dX. I believe that adding this simple addition to the Dimension Box to assign the Name as you enter a dimension would be a great time saver for most users and a great functional addition to Fusion360. As you enter the Name in the dimension box it would assign it directly to the Parameters Box, thus saving time and eliminating possible errors. Hope most of you will find this addition a valuable one so that the development team will consider it. Thanks, Isaac

dirktheeng · ‎10-29-2014

The CAM Feature would be a totally one stop feature if it had a feeds and speeds calculator. Currently I use GWizard from CNCCookbook. You can enter in the depth of cut, tool engagement, material, tool information, and how aggressive you want to be in the material removal and it will calculate a feedrate and spindle speed for your cut. I have found that the GWizard feeds and speeds calculator is very accurate and keeps me from burning up or breaking my tools. The calculations are not complex and one could easily integrate a feeds and speeds calculator into the CAM within Fusion 360 that could automatically set (with manual override of course) what the feed rate and spindle speed should be. Having this feature within the CAM would make Fusion 360 CAM a killer program. I wouldn't need to use any other program to get to gcode from a part drawing.

Intuos5 · ‎08-23-2019

Please elevate the 3dconnexion support to certified status (like Autocad and Inventor), which ensures not only that ALL commands are accessible by 3d mouse (zoom fit, top view, right view, left view, etc.) but also better stability overall.

Lonnie.Cady · ‎11-08-2017

Display the Plane Name on the plane in the graphics area. Especially for construction planes. Not as important for the origin planes IMO.

bentwookie · ‎09-18-2019

Arguably, the best things about a parametric modeler are the parameters 🙂 Creating them in Fusion can be pretty clunky though. The problem: You've spent some effort selecting the right faces, components etc, selected the right tool, gone to enter a value and realized, "This should be a parameter!" Go to the parameter editor window now and you'll have to redo all the work you just did to make your change. There's gotta be a better way! A solution: In any text field that takes tool input, you should be able to something like: MyParameterName=34mm MyParameterName would then be added as parameter and set to 34mm.

Anonymous · ‎01-18-2018

Viewing long file names in the Data Panel can be a lengthy process... This problem could be solved in a variety of ways. however the Two that seem to be best fitting are as follows (in order of suitability). Wrapping the Text within the White portion of the folder/Part.- Easiest and instantaneous ability to read the required information option and doesn't impact the rest of the screen. Manually being able to scale the data panel. - there is no reason it cant take up a larger percentage of the screen, particularly because when in use that is where your focus of attention is and when not in use it can be hidden... With this said simply making it larger wouldn't work for all parties. having the ability to manually enlarge it would suit all. but only if this options uncovers the hidden portion of the file names.

Anonymous · ‎05-07-2018

Fusion 360 does not scale correctly on many 4K screens. It is either fuzzy, or when the DPI scaling fix is used, the UI controls are scaled too small to be usable. This issue has been recognized by Autodesk since at least 2015, and despite promises that a fix was coming, has not been addressed. Obviously, a full solution is not in the cards any time soon. All we ask is that Fusion allow us to scale the size of the controls to compensate for this issue. This fix does not have to be clean and easy to use. It does not have to work across all scaling ranges. It doesn't even have to scale the icons, the text would be sufficient. This feature could even be hidden away or disabled in some menu so that regular users would never see it. Mark it as beta, or even only make it available via adding/editing some setting file. It's just text scaling, but it's the difference between being able to use the software or not. Please help this issue get resolved, there are many people who have been waiting a long time for this. Thank you.

Anonymous · ‎08-13-2017

Editing a Sketch is sometimes tricky, relying solely on the visual sketch to find and Edit elements, dimensions or constraints on the sketch can be tedious. A sketch should provide, on the left Browser pane, a list of those so we could easily find and modify them. On This Post, 'HuguesTooling' pointed out that Dimentions and Constraints are available that way in the Browser Version of F360, that is exactly how I'd like it to be in the Desktop version, but including elements like lines, circles etc. (FreeCAD has this kind of list as in the screenshot). It would be just great to have these 3 sections in the F360 Desktop browser, allowing to edit quickly one or the other item. 🙂 PS : This request is partly covered in other posts, but I suppose the Autodesk team will group them, so don't hesitate to vote for it 😉

Anonymous · ‎11-13-2018

As the title describes, it would be nice if instead of having to open the parameters menu, create a new parameter and then assign it to a dimension, we could write directly when we specify the dimension something like "with=20" in the dimension text field and the parameter is generated automatically (like Inventor does). Thank you.

sarthak0diwan · ‎11-21-2017

it is really frustrating when you need to create a bunch of geometries just to snap to a point on a geometry. Autocad offers really good snapping features. This Improves productivity dramatically. Also, polar snapping is a very convenient tool. I request Team Fusion to please consider adding following features if possible: 1. Snapping to different geometries like midpoint, quadrant of circles, the intersection of lines, etc. 2. "Ortho" feature which restricts cursor in horizontal and vertical directions only. 3. Polar snap which has a set of angles which the cursor snaps to. I've attached pictures to explain the exact feature just in case the reader doesn't understand. Regards!

Anonymous · ‎12-20-2018

Almost every other cad program has so many no brainer functions and behaviors that should be a given to develop in 2d drawing functions here. For example why cant I copy and past text boxes, or select multiple text boxes and change the font or size etc... It seems Like I could spend 40 hours a week enumerating these things and feels like it could take a lifetime for fusion to catch up. There must be a better way than waiting for suggestion by suggestion to add up...

Anonymous · ‎10-28-2015

Hi everyone, pretty much explained with the title, but it the drawings look pretty ugly with the current state of line weights and the inability to change the size of the font when making drawings from the model. The line weights could be preloaded into different international standards for specific regions and customisable too. Perhaps allow the user to also use fonts that Illustrator, Photoshop, MS Office etc uses

cekuhnen · ‎06-21-2015

I feel since a very long time color contrasts and colors for UI elements in Fusion are a weak part. If we could define color values for UI elements our self we could not only adjust it to our liking but also create color contrasts that works better for our eyes.

Anonymous · ‎09-04-2018

I am colorblind, and the default color settings in Fusion 360 make it really difficult for me to do basic things. most notably in a sketch. unselected lines are blue, and selected lines are purple (or so I am told by my students). I cannot tell the difference and that makes anything that requires large amounts of selection or detailed selection difficult or impossible. Traditional CAD systems have customization options for all of the colors in the program. I understand that can be difficult to do, but I would love to be able to customize the color scheme to my liking so i can tell all the colors apart. Thank you!

Anonymous · ‎03-09-2018

- It is SO lame and flow-breaking to jump out of a sketch, go to the Excel-like parameters windows and scroll and click around in there instead of just writing TubeDiamenter=10mm. -> It imho ENCOURAGES bad design, because of these extra steps required. Thats the wrong incentive. -> It would simply be the most efficient way to solve the variable assignment that I can imagine. -> People will love it. I think I would be relatively easy to implement. You already have a nice expression parser, just make it look for the "equals" sign and assign or reassign a variable on the fly. Come on fusion-dev-heros I know you can do it 🙂 - Make it a Preview beta (alpha) feature for pro users who know about it and know what they are doing - You don't have have to add a user interface if you don't have time, just make it happen in the background - Don't worry about the details for now, e.g. you can make it so that it simply reassigns the value if the name already exists etc (instead of adding a warning prompt in this scenario etc) - You can even use a special charater for this assignment if "=" is a problem. - Until you have time to create a proper user parameters-dialog, where I could see for example WHERE variables were assigned on the fly, you could just add the on-the-fly created variable name just as if it was manually created. - The expression E.g. "TubeDiamenter=10mm" could just turn into TubeDiamenter after pressing enter, so you don't have to worry about keeping track of where the variable originated.

Anonymous · ‎10-06-2016

I am from Latin America and I know a lot of people who aren't capable of using the software because of the language. It would be great for latam community if you add this language pack. Cheers.

Anonymous · ‎06-06-2013

Are there any keyboard shortcuts in Fusion 360? The mouse interface is very cool, but personally I find a combination of the keyboard and mouse faster, whether I am doing CAD, photoshop, whatever.

i.fanariotis · ‎02-14-2018

It would be great to use "tab" key for going to the bellow feature in tools window, without click.

crookjj102 · ‎06-29-2019

PLEASE. THIS IS BASIC FUNCTIONALITY. I would definitely consider hole callouts to be one of the most important features of a drawing environment. I would place this far above feature control frames, with similar importance to linear dimensions. I see you had it on the 2016 roadmap, but where is this functionality? I'm getting really tired of typing hole callouts. Hole tables would be pretty nice (required) too. Thanks!

odolyte · ‎10-17-2015

Some months ago, I stumbled on Antinomy and was really impressed : https://vimeo.com/125111378 When i saw it, i said to myself "****, i wish i could have this in F360 !". Several weeks later, gess what ? I find out that Autodesk has something similar : Dynamo ! And it's open-source ! But it's not in F360 (too bad !) Guys, this would bring F360 to a all new level of parametric design and design exploration. I want a Dynamo mode in F360 ! Right now, you can use it outside. If you want to get your mind blowed watch Zach Kron's video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_iZtJCGfC0 Christmas is not far. I just ask one thing to Santa : please, please, please make it happen !

xrok11 · ‎03-06-2019

Creat parameters on the fly by right clicking an existing dimension and naming it

Anonymous · ‎08-18-2019

I don't mind the change from the Lightbulb to the Eyeball to indicate visibility, but PLEASE add back the COLOR to the icon. At 57 it's hard to see that tiny little icon even on a huge monitor and the color helps a lot. Thanks!!

Anonymous · ‎02-03-2020

I am working on a project where in I have to analyze the weld strength. So I wanted to design a weld which I found difficult to develop using fusion 360 and the feature is nowhere found as of my research. I hope an additional feature for creating realistic weldments which gives the comparitive results with the conventional process when analyzed. Thank you.

miquelmartin · ‎01-29-2017

Often times when moving segments in a sketch, nothing happens because constraints prevent it. Other times, adding a constraint fails and an error shows that "other" constraints keep you from adding this one. It would be fantastic if we could get a visual queue showing what constraints are in effect, for example by highlighting them in red when performing the action. Thanks so much!

joepluess · ‎01-18-2019

hello friends, every time i use mcMaster-carr i need to resize that window. can you store that size in your fusion360 config. i use a 4k display and it shows 15x9cm very small, see image. thanks

mfeathers · ‎01-05-2016

There are a lot of constraints that get applied as I generate geometry in a sketch. It would be cool if, when trying to apply a constraint to a sketch and it produces over-constrained geometry, it would identify the conflicting constraints and give you the opportunity to override/delete.

Anonymous · ‎10-30-2018

Polish language pack

NYC_CNC · ‎08-31-2017

How often have you expanded/collapsed numerous items in the tree trying to figure out which body, sketch, construction item, etc is turned on or off? Instead of lightbulbs being "on" or "off" - can we show them in a partially "on" state depending on if (or how many) sub-items are visible/invisible?

BrienKing · ‎05-24-2015

Add the ability to snap dimension lines to the grid, or align them with another dimension next to it. This would help clean up the appearence of the sketch and make it easier to read.

Anonymous · ‎05-09-2018

I have to work offline on a project, but I am confused about the offline mode. It says you can work offline for up to two weeks. But how can you save your project? and reopen it? When I am in offline mode, the save button is greyed out. I understand all the benefits of the cloud but Fusion needs a real offline mode, where data management is handled in a simpler way.

TMC.Engineering · ‎10-02-2015

A feature that is in Geomagic Design that I really like is the ability to make simple measurements by just selecting edges and sufarces. there is a small context window that gives information when an edge, surface, point, etc. is selected. Edge: Lenght or diameter Face: Area Point: X,Y,Z location 2 Faces: distance or angle between 2 Edges: distance or angle between the ability to show dual units would be helpful too (mm and inches)

Anonymous · ‎12-20-2017

There should be no need to jump around in the timeline just to open the edit thread window to check a thread size. It should be shown in the right bottom corner like the radius now. And why is the radius shown anyway? In every edit window we see in fusion the diameter is asked for, so why is the radius shown? So my idea: Show the thread size when a thread is selected. Show diameter (or give the option for that) instead of the radius in the corner.

JohnnyDR · ‎07-28-2013

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.

Anonymous · ‎07-20-2018

Constraints can be hard to see and even click on. I wish that when I was editing them I could see their icons much clearer, that I don't click on edges by mistake when I am trying to select a constraint because they are overlapping, and most of all see connection lines for highlighted constraints so I know exactly what they are affecting. Sometimes when I try to add a constraint Fusion will tell me the sketch or edge is over constrained, but I just don't know where that error is coming from, because it's so hard to read the sketch/constraints UI.

enfeitador · ‎02-26-2018

Why the hell do we have to open Fusion Team to get access to more export options? And the worst, you can't even direct download the file, you will need to open your email to get the link: What if I lost my connection and urgently need to export a project? It's really annoying and unpractical. Why don't you guys just put these export options right inside Fusion 360 Desktop client? I would be glad.

Anonymous · ‎10-03-2017

When one "creates" a component by right-clicking the browser One most often want to immediately change the default name. For this, one has to double-click onto the component name in the browser to get the cursor in the field and type: I would like to propose, that this step is automated: Creating a new component automatically selects the component and puts the cursor for rename. If one is happy with the "default name" one only need to hit enter or just continue working (clicking anywhere else), so it does not impede on anyone's workflow but it speeds up "renaming-workflows" a lot. Indeed, while I propose it for "new components" here, I think the same can be done for nearly every method that "creates" an object which can be subsequently renamed.

jasonhomrighaus · ‎05-16-2018

I would like there to be options so you can generate properties as desired. I am sick of having to constantly back calculate pounds from Ouncemasses.

OliverJ · ‎08-02-2017

For example if you're doing something like a parametric hinge, you want to say fillet an edge you press F to enter that mode select the face drag it to what you think is acceptable, say for this example, it's 2mm. Then personally I think you should be able to enter a name for the fillet radius and it assigns it to the 2mm without entering the change parameter dialog but rather the small box that appears when dimensioning parts of your design.

Anonymous · ‎03-25-2016

It would be cool to have a joint which is a slider, but can follow a selected curved line path. To set it, one would select a line instead of a point, and then the joint origin would snap to the center of the guide line's length. Outer travel limits would be defined by the line's start and end points respectively, then the dialog would allow setting additional + and - travel limits within this range. If the selected line is a closed loop or circle, etc, then provide a checkbox for unlimited circular travel, and/or start/stop distances or "phase angle" like a model train set, for example. Phase angle would be calculated by the length of the travel distance = 360 degrees; half the travel distance would be 180 degrees, etc. Or, you could use percentage of length as path waypoint references as well. I am sure someone already did this in other software, so look up examples to see how this kind of animal is mapped out to nice dialog box options.

KirillChepizhko · ‎09-26-2017

sometimes you want to open your file and try something there but you dont want any progress saved. Currently there is no way to not have your file saved and this leads to undesired changes in file verison and structure.

GeorgeWilliams · ‎11-09-2016

Include an option or refactor the existing parameter naming to be unique per component not per design. Inserting components that are then set to unreferenced (i.e. break link) should not have its parameter names auto-changed to be globally unique if a parameter of the same name exists anywhere else in the design. Duplicated user parameters could be avoided by prefixing or postfixing the component name with an unused character (e.g. "FooComp:BarParam", "BarParam@FooComp", etc). At a minimum... For users, some dialog should be displayed listing those parameters that should be renamed. For programmers, an API should be included to handle the event thrown before the auto-naming action to give the programmer the ability to rename the parameter to something more usable. Frankly, if we had this event then it would be trivial to create an auto-naming add-in to implement a naming scheme like that shown above - e.g. "FooComp$BarParam" could currently be created via a "Before_Occurrences_addByInsert" event since the "$" is an allowed character in a parameter name. The current process of Fusion automatically appending a numeric index (e.g. "_1") to duplicated parameter names results in a confusing set of parameters that quickly become meaningless and impractical to reference in assemblies with a significant number of parameterized components. The current parameter UI is an improvement over the Inventor parameter UI in that all the parameters for all components (assuming they are not referenced comps) are grouped per component. That organization is helpful. However, the lack of being able to use the component name to reference parameters limits the complexity that can be effectively managed with Fusion. A list of "Width", "Width_1", Width_2", ... "Width_N" parameter names quickly becomes difficult to manage and comprehend... especially when you are trying to communicate design intent to others in your team...

Anonymous · ‎08-15-2018

A small quality of life improvement idea. When you click on the insert McMaster Carr component option, the window that comes up is always the default size which is horribly small on my 4k monitor. I have to resized it every time I want to use it. It would be nice if this browser window remembered the last size it was during the current session. The browser also desperately needs a back and forward navigation button at the very least. You used to be able to right click and a menu with a "back" option would appear but in the latest releases that was taken away. I know these are not ground breaking ideas but it would save me from making an annoyed groan everytime I use this functionality.

TrippyLighting · ‎07-26-2015

When linking existing components and assemblies (X-REFs) into a new design for re-use at the moment there is no way to change anyting in that linked assembly. It would however be a very nice thing if one would at least have access to some user configurable parameters. For example if the assemly that is to be re-used is a linear bearin and rail assembly one may want to cheng eht position of the bearing on the rail without having to creat a new version of the assembly, or without breaking the link. Here is another example in ascreencast.

scottmoyse · ‎03-06-2016

So was that created on the 3rd of January or the 1st of March? This is hideous guys, come on. If you only want to use a single date format, then please use March 1st 2016 instead of the short hand version of the date. To do this properly though, you should be tying the date & time format into the default unit preferences. Fusion is now starting to grow reasonably well outside of the USA, this type of thing really puts people off. Hopefully you can get this into the next build or two?

RogerInHawaii · ‎03-02-2019

Just as the timeline for overall modeling is incredibly useful (I could hardly do without it) there are many times when I'm creating/editing a SKETCH where it would be very helpful to have a timeline of all the sketching operations I've done on the sketch. It's pretty obvious that there IS such a timeline internally, since it is possible to use the UNDO button to back up, so it ought to be possible to make that timeline visible, perhaps as a temporary Sketch timeline that pops up above the modelling timeline and disappears once the sketching is done. At the very least such a timeline would be useful when UN-DOING some recent operations, so that you could see, visually (via sketch operation icons), what operations you're deleting. But I've also encountered situations where I want to delete or edit other sketch objects and it would be helpful to be able to view and locate them in the sketch's timeline. In addition, there are times when the deleting of something in a sketch causes problems "down-stream" with other objects relying on prior objects, just like in the normal model timeline. It would be nice if, as in the normal timeline, we could see such impacts (e.g. yellow highlights) in a sketch timeline.

Anonymous · ‎08-21-2017

I believe it would be more beneficial to add more specified keyboard shortcuts. This could be done in 2 ways. 1) Adding compound shortcuts such as Alt+"letter" in order to make it easier for more experienced users to navigate 2) By making it so that when you enter certain areas (E.g. When entering sketch mode) There are new shortcuts available for just that areas. As you can see there is very little in terms of shortcuts for the sketch environment so i believe an increase of them during or out of the environment will greatly increase the usability. Let me know if there is already a post like this or any suggestions, Thanks

florian.b · ‎03-13-2019

I often end up with assemblies with 10+ joints and since I always forget to name them I'm lost later on to figure out which one is which in the browser. Suggestion 1 -> Better naming: Instead of generic naming like: Rigid1, Rigid2, Rigid3, Rigid4 Use the actual Component names and indicate which is attached to which: [Component 1] [->] [Component 2] Also the Names should be liked to the components names, so if you change the component name the joint name changes as well. Suggestion 2 -> Hover Highlighting Currently if you hover over a joint in the browser it highlights it (barely noticeable). I would like to have the the actual joint highlighted (better) and also both joint components. Visually it would be good to have a highlighting in the same way when you hover over components.

MAS.DPL · ‎11-23-2018

PLEASE minimise wasted space at top of window as below

cekuhnen · ‎05-22-2016

The more complex your design the more useless the browser gets to navigate and organice your objects. period. While we have components that again makes only sense when you really are ready to consider components. For designers in the conceptual phase that is just added extra work that is not always needed or ideal. In my screenshot you can see that I have mesh, BREPS, and a folder with unstitched. Users really should be able to sort the browser as they want like any other layer system allows!

Anonymous · ‎11-03-2017

I understand this is being worked on, but folders of components in the browser tree is absolutely critical to my workflow. I just imported a machine today that has well over 1000 individual pieces of product that we are handling modeled (model is of a robotic workcell, and the product is just what the robot is handling, not really something I need to see in the design stack). This results in a near-endless scroll. Nearly every machine we design involves a fair number of product models building up and clogging up the design tree. It would be much appreciated to be able to hide this in a folder. This would also work well to hide screws and other simple hardware components.

knifacat · ‎06-07-2017

Any chance we could see some options for UI scaling? i.e., scale up all text, icons, everything UI related by some factor. I find the default text sizes to be extremely small and a little difficult to read.

Anonymous · ‎03-20-2018

hello? I'm from Russia. I've got problems with translation from english into russia and some my friends too. Can you make russian languache in fusion 360?

Anonymous · ‎05-02-2018

Allow a quick parameter feature. You might have to read some of this twice. When I enter a dimension even its for the first time let me be able to write : Dimension=parameterName And "parameterName" is added to the parameter list. So if the dimension was width/2, 5/2, or 2.5 and we wanted the parameter to be named midwidth. We could enter in while doing the dimension itself width/2=midwidth, 5/2=midwidth, or 2.5=midwidth and it would automatically add midwidth to the parameter list upon creating the dimension, so you can do the dimension while creating the sketch/object and create the parameter at the same exact time using the = sign. Skipping the step of doing parameters and then doing the object or going back and fourth its very very tedious. This would combine two steps into one making it very quick and user friendly.

marketing5KATC · ‎04-10-2019

Having to download each file individually is a pain.

eric_schubert2 · ‎01-17-2020

I've searched the Fusion 360 ideas and haven't found another post like this, which surprised me. Currently, Inventor utilizes an ability to rename parameters during creation. This is done anywhere a number value is expected, and you can input the syntax "Name = Value" to apply a custom name to the parameter or sketch dimension right through dialog boxes and dimension edit boxes. But, Fusion 360 does not have a way to do this. I rename parameters frequently, and going to the parameters window to edit names is cumbersome. I'd love to see this same workflow implemented in Fusion 360.

Anonymous · ‎12-06-2015

I have an assembly that I dragged in components from the data panel. The components appear with a link on them as expected. Just like in solidworks, if I make changes to the model elsewhere it updates in the assembly. However, unlike Solidworks I'm unable to modify the components from within the assembly. My workflow consists of modifying components in the context of other components but I'm unable to do this. The only thing I can do is right click > open and modify the component on its own. In assemblies that have components that are local and not linked I'm able to activate them and edit them in context.

cloudtardis · ‎01-16-2018

A zoom feature that lets you view at "to scale" size. This allows for more intuitive feel of the model you're creating, especially when you're working with smaller files.

nannerdw · ‎08-03-2019

When re-parenting a component in the browser tree, you should be able to drag and drop the component into the spot where you want it to end up. If I release the mouse where the blue line is in this picture, the component should become a child of the top-level node. Right now the blue line just misleads the user into thinking the component will be moved there, even though nothing happens. The program currently requires the user to drop the component onto the parent node itself.

Anonymous · ‎12-02-2015

Further to a conversation elsewhere on the forums, here's the issue. When double-clicking and using the V shortcut key to hide components, it is possible to accidentally single-click and end up hiding the body instead. Currently, there is no way to know if a body is hidden unless you pop open the component in the browser and also open the Bodies group within it. If you have a large number of components in your design, as is typical when you're modeling an assembly complete with all the fasteners, it is easy to end up in a situation where you may have accidentally hidden a few bodies, but since they may be physically inside the assembly it is really difficult to figure out whether this is happening and, if so, what components may be affected. There is already a top-level right click menu option that turns on the visibility of all components. I propose that an extra menu item is added that turns on all components and bodies. Since sometimes there are cases where this might not be a good solution, I suggest a UI change. Currently, in the browser tree view, light bulb icons only have two states: on and off. I suggest adding a third state, perhaps showing as a half-illuminated bulb or a bulb with a line through it or some such. From a clicking perspective, the bulb is only on or off (i.e., clicking an on or third state bulb turns it off, clicking an off bulb turns it back on), but the third state would be used when a body within the component is hidden. This makes it visible at a glance when bodies are hidden without needing to pop open the component's subtree. The third state would essentially mean 'hidden by something else, so look elsewhere to turn me back on'. It could therefore also be used for turned-on bodies within a component when the component is turned off at the top level. This wouldn't change functionality in any way, but would make the underlying logic visibly explicit rather than implicit, reducing mode confusion from the point of view of users.

PinRudolf · ‎12-16-2017

In Short: I would like to add custom data to my component/assemblies and I would like to be able to export that data at a later time. See image below. Hello everyone, When I work on designs I go through lots of a component's data; from its measurement and materials to prices, suppliers, order codes and data sheets. When a design is finished I have to gather lots of data before I can start ordering, sharing my design or plan on alternatives. Yes, I could absolutely do all that with a excel sheet but wouldn't it be much easier if we could gather all this information in Fusion and retrieve the right data when we need it? I'm proposing to update Fusion with the option to add custom data to our components and assemblies. If the data is added and after we've finished our designs we should be able to extract the required data. The method of extraction could be as simple as making a Bill of Materials on our drawings or to extracting a sheet with all order codes, prices and quantities of an assembly. Maybe we could even link data sheets which will then be uploaded to the A360 drive so they will be available everywhere we work. Alright, that's the major idea. Of course this could be achieved in many ways but I have to following in mind: I feel like we should be able to just add new fields to the properties menu of items. These could then be available for all assemblies and components. Or, possibly, separate the custom properties for assemblies, components and linked-components. The user created extra properties fields for his components, the data can be extracted to, for example, an datasheet. Note: See more details in the comments section The above just comes back to the same example for creating a price list. But when we can create our own data forms and extract just the data we need at the right time, we will be able to use this for many different applications: What about a way to link certain software you've written for your design? Or maybe just add the material class you want to use? (And project that on your BOM) What about simply adding notes and calculations? And will you need to order additional milling bits to create this component, reference those as well! Again, there are many solutions and I just wrote down one example. The major idea is that I would like to add custom data to my files and would like to be able to extract that data. Please let me know what you think and feel free to add any suggestion!

sanket223.patil · ‎08-14-2018

Hello , I think there should a small calculator tool inside . Each time there is a calculation or conversion , I need to open a calculator outside or on web . There should be a calculator . I am working on a chassis , when i need the total length of pipe required , i need to do calculatation or conversion all outside fusion 360 . Those who are involved in manufacturing of there model , will get a lot help .

jkelindberg · ‎03-06-2019

For me, the version management is not at all useful. It is only causing problems. Currently I have models with ~20 saves and thus ~20 versions and I want to remove them. But F360 will not let me do it because it claims one of versions (it will not tell me which one) is in use somewhere else (it will not tell me where). Checking the "Used In" gives me nothing so it is all a bit of a mystery. Anyway, long story short; I would like an option to disable versions so that I can immediately and indefinitely disable it once and for all.

Anonymous · ‎11-18-2016

There should be a straight-forward way to convert a component in the active design to a linked component. Currently this is a multi-step process:1. Save Copy As a new design, 2. Delete the original from the model, 3. Insert the saved design as a linked design and 4. Reposition it to the right place in the model. There should be a right-click selection "Make linked component" which would carry out the above mentioned steps in a single operation. If there are multiple instances of the component in question in the model, the user should be prompted whether all should be replaced with the linked model. Further, it should be possible to easily replace an external design with a modified one. I.e. to modify a linked design you could use "break link" to modify the design in its final context and thereafter do a "Make linked component", to replace the previous design (new revision). Of course, ideally you should be able to directly edit a linked component in the context of the main assembly, see this excellent idea Allow Editing Linked Components but nevertheless a good workflow for making linked components in the first place is beneficial, and the UI improvement proposed here would achieve almost the same as direct editing in the assembly context but with probably considerably less implementation effort.

durahl · ‎08-19-2019

So I recently got hit with the New UI and in general, I like the modern look of the Ribbon Bar Icons but the uniform color choice for the Browser Icons was a terrible one - And that's putting it mildly. I just cannot make out at a glance what parts of a model I've hidden [V] or not making it agonizing to work with which is terrible! Please for what is holy to you either change the Visibility ON Icon back to a yellow glowing Lightbulb, like what it used to be OR embrace the blue of the Ribbon Icons and go with something like this: I'm blue dabadee...

_ritchie · ‎10-05-2017

Hi fusion sheet metal team: It would be awesome if the sheet metal tool/rules had a mechanism to automatically insert a bend alignment feature in the flat pattern for manual braking. Right now I unfold after the sheet metal part is designed and add a tangent half circle to the outer edge of each bend. This way when the pattern is cut there's a feature that can be aligned with the die to get the bend in the right location without a lot of tedious measurement: More automation means less human error. Thanks for considering!

Anonymous · ‎12-28-2016

I would like to be able to see and edit dimensions associated with a feature without entering the sketch or feature. Explanation: Right now in Fusion 360, I have to remember which feature or sketch a dimension is a part of (since they are treated separately), then either double click the feature/sketch in the timeline, or right click and choose edit. The timeline rolls back temporarily, so you only see what the model looked like when the feature/sketch was created. Then double click the dimension to edit it. In Solidworks, I can click on a feature in the tree or on any face that is a part of the feature in the model, and all the associated dimensions will appear on top of the model in its current state. Then I can edit any of those dimensions with a single click (or a double-click for no rebuild after). Total of 2 (or 3) clicks, with little to no extra time spent searching for a particular feature earlier in the tree. To be clear, the main issue here isn't the number of clicks, but the lack of information about a feature within the context of the more complete design. Solidworks lets you edit a feature early in the tree, without taking you out of the context you're in when you decide to make the change. Fusion 360 forces you out of that context, temporarily rolling back to the sketch/feature in question, making it harder to predict the downstream effects on the rest of the timeline. I know that in the example I give here, I can just use the push/pull tool to modify that height in Fusion, and it changes the height within the extrude feature (which is awesome, by the way). But I think that even on something this simple, it helps to see the other dimensions in that feature at the same time to help you dial in your changes. Thanks! -Eitan (This idea was proposed over a year ago, but it got archived due to having too many ideas in one post: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/ideastation-request-a-feature-or/improve-viewing-of-information-about-sketch-modeling-features/idi-p/5861463)

scottmoyse · ‎05-17-2015

Following the visible user interface in the sketch environment, it currently takes 3 clicks just to launch the rectangle command. That's insane. It take 4... 4!! clicks to do it from the context menu. Then 3 if you use the radial menu. I would assume you guys are working on having a context sensitive ribbon at some point? I couldn't see an idea about this already, I would be surprised if there isn't one, but the search didn't turn up anything for various search terms.

MTimmis_ADSK · ‎08-24-2017

It would be great to have the option to Cut through All with a Symmetric Extrude, as per the example below: If I chose a One or Two Side cut option, it gives me the option to choose All Extents! I could chose to use a Two Side Cut, but it in the example above I have created the sketch in the middle of the part, so it would be a symmetrical cut, that would be my logic anyway. Not sure if others agree?

wilburg · ‎12-20-2017

The organization of the parameter list is locked in to the order i which parameters were created. Better, this list should conform to the standards implemented for spreadsheet-type lists in virtually every place one encounters them - the standard is that these lists are sortable on any column by simply clicking the header for that column. Repeated clicks cause the list to toggle between ascending between descending order. As it is now, if one has a sizable list, finding the parameter of interest is a very tie consuming effort. At the very least, the list should default to standard collating sequence based on parameter name. Another thing which you might consider is to allow importing/exporting a parameter list from/to an Excel spreadsheet. Such improvements would save designers massive amounts of time.

yanouk73 · ‎06-12-2018

The new user interface is really well made, I just simple suggest to combine the 2 upper bars that are loosing area. Other that that, it's perfect.

maxphotos · ‎02-23-2018

I have seen some similar questions but I'd like to propose this idea with a suggestion as well. Sketching is not easy because dimensions lines and sketching lines have all the same color and size (black), at least until the profile is open. You know, sketching is actually the first approach to the software and in my opinion should be more immediate. COLORS can save a lot of troubles for your eyes: just a fast view and you understand immediately, there is no need to zoom, go deeper, check every line start and end to see which line it is. Thanks for support. Max

pedro_babo · ‎07-19-2019

add the option for Autodesk PowerMill on the combobox on the preferences Controling general UI behave pan, zoom, orbit shorcuts combobox.

Anonymous · ‎11-28-2014

I would like to see many more options for creating construction planes. One that I find missing that I've used constantly in SolidWorks is parallel to plane at point. The plane for reference can be either a datum plane or planar surface. The usefulness of this is that you can create a sketch and use any sketch point as a reference for placing the plane, without having to have the plane be normal to the sketch.

Anonymous · ‎02-13-2016

The Sketch Pallette takes up a lot of screen area. Also, the icons and check boxes are all the way at the edge of the screen. The mouse has to travel over the text labels to reach them. So two suggestions, both very simple and nothing new to have to learn: 1) Swap the icon and label columns as shown below. Then make the pallette as narrow as it can be to fit everything in. 2) Make the labels clickable as well as the icons. Basically, expand the click area to cover both.

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