Fusion 360 IdeaStation (Archived) - Page 61

adiazgraham · ‎11-29-2016

Hello, In the furniture business is very important to be able to have a material list and quantify each of them. I am sending an excel file of the ones I created in solid works and solid edge. I'm trying to get a furniture company to use Fusion 360 which I'm new at it and see a lot of potential, but we are missing this information. Hope to see it soon 🙂 Thanks! AD

Anonymous · ‎11-25-2016

Hi I just started to use Fusion 360 and it seems a powerfull tool to make some 3D models that in my case i would use to print the objects constucted on my 3D printer. Now, im a programmer engineer and not a mechanical engineer and even though i can draw what i would like to construct on paper i am a novice when it comes to these kinds of mechanical 3D drawing softwares. The only tool i used before is the 123D software from Autocad witch is a more simple type of software and doesnt offer the vast options that fusion 360 does. So, when starting to use this program i first looked at the tutorials. My post is going to be about improvements in the tutorials where users who had experience in other similar softwares have no issues but beeing a beginner from start i found several points of improvement or points where i got stuck even in the current tutorial videos. I basicly goning to to point out the difficulties i had to replicate the object in the tutiorial video so maybe you can add some small changes to make the more novice users not fall into the difficulties i had. In the first tutorial video "scetch" we make a piece that is almost looking like an L but with 45 degree angle. The video is good and informative but first problem i encontered was with the orientation of the scetch. The video says in this case we choose a plane to work on, we choose the x-Y plane. No indicators are shown when trying to choose this and i simply had to try different options before i found out what was the X-Y plane. It would have been nice to have a small X, Y, Z on the plane arrows or "fields". I had rotated my workspace around before starting to i had absolutely no idea where x,y and z was. Next, a small thing i would like point out is when you start a scetch the grid is not the same as in the tutorial video and making the piece is somewhat hard as it turs out to be like 20mm long total and when coming to the dimension part it just get totaly wrong if you dont change grid or zoom out and get a similar dimension as in the video. Next thing who made me confused a while was the Round the korners or fillet command. I found the fillet command under the modify meny and it refused to show a preview of the rounded angle. If i had been listening carefully the video said the fillet command under the SCETCH menu witch of cause did do what is should do. i didnt realize there where fillet commands under several menus and struggeled a while why it didnt work as shown in the video. Last thing who made me struggle was when the 2D desing was finished and was going to be transformed into a 3d design by the Press Pull command. I tried it and the video says simply drag it with the on screen manipulator command or simply imput a number. The on screen manipulator command i have no clue how to do and i tried to imput a distane number in the imput box instead. But nothing happened. After a while when i by mistake rotated the design in 3D i saw it had actually worked but it wasent visible because i looked at the design from a top angle and didnt see the depth that had been created. This is just some info on how the tutorial videos can be made little more easy on the absolute beginners who hasnt have any experience with drawing parts before, especially in 3D. To the users who had prior experience these probably seem trivial things but not to the absolute beginner. Maybee you can use my input in future beginner tutorial videos. By the way, the videos are great and the Fusion 360 seems a very capable and good program. Im sure i will use it to make nice parts in the future. Thank you Mateo

benoitD336P · ‎11-22-2016

I have many layers of folders in my project and when I go deep into it's tough to come back easily. The little address bar is not too bad but not the quickest to use. The use of the backspace button like in any browser would make things go a lot faster.

Anonymous · ‎11-17-2016

I'm in a project where we're designing a car, one guy is modeling the chassis and I'm responsible for the body. The chassis is modeled down to inter-cooler, pipes, suspension etc, really high detail. I need to link/import/reference the chassis to be able to model the body. The high detail on the chassis model slows down my computer a lot though, so I'm hiding all the components that I don't really need to see, engine block, pedal stand etc... When my friend updates the model I want to use the "get latest" command to see what he've done, and this resets my show/hide selection, and turns all components on in the view again. What I would like is that components hidden stays hidden, and if a hidden component has been updated, maybe that can be notified through another color on the cube for each component, and when that component is viewed it goes back to the normal color. Then I'm notified that a component that I have hidden at the moment is updated, but I can choose myself when I want to take a look at what's been changed... and I can do it one component at a time. Show the whole engine compartment on together with my body design could crash the application for me.

LuebkerJ · ‎11-16-2016

add the ability to modify a material / appearance of a commitment in the drawing tree. it would really help with using this for architectural details

Anonymous · ‎11-10-2016

When creating a new tool in Fusion 360, I found that there isn't an option to create a taper relief for endmills. Example (photo 1&2)

Ph!l · ‎11-09-2016

It's possible to alter control Preferences to match other software. Can you expand this to include keyboard shortcuts from other software?

LuebkerJ · ‎11-09-2016

add a checkbox in the view properties to restore view titles that were deleted so you don't have to remake the view to get the title back.... or add a view title tool in text or annotation

Anonymous · ‎11-06-2016

Hi, I really would like to be able to change the name on shared folders. Several people are charing their projects with me and the name oif ther respective folder is their name. I cant change it or add some identifying name to the folder so I know whos folder it is. There is a green icon on a shared folder. at least have some popup info there on who is owning this folder. also beeing able to move all shared folders into one main folder would be nice. Lars

smallfavor · ‎11-06-2016

I've been cleaning up my contribution page and find I have to select each screencast to delete. Could we get such an option on that page. I suppose just the usual check box next to the items in the list to perform a task on.

bryan5 · ‎11-05-2016

I would like to see a post for a Messer plasma.

Anonymous · ‎11-04-2016

I've created a medal/badge in Illustrator and saved it as a SVG, then imported it as a sketch in Fusion 360. Works fine, but it has quite a few details in it (texts etc.) and it becomes kind of tricky to select each "plane/detail" manually every time I want to create an extrude. See attached screenshot of the sketch object. Is it possible to make a selection of different parts of the sketch and then save them in 'Selection Sets' (or similar)? Would make it a lot easier to go back and make edits, new extrudes and so on.. Should be possible to create/save multiple Selections Sets on the same Sketch Object also. Thanks!

fishtruk · ‎11-03-2016

Here's something I haven't seen. If Autodesk and all parties therefore and thereto are commissioned patent and therefore benefit from this of course. I have a sharpener for end mills. It's got a 5-C collet and the base has 2 angled steps for putting on a surface grinder and sharpening those end mills one-at-a-time (read slow). I don't use it. 1. I'm too lazy Moving on. When I buy end mills I often worry (ebay mostly) whether they are centercutting or not. 2. It occurred to me I've never come across this (centercutting) in the tool gizmo in Fusion. SO What if I took the old end mills...dull only 1/4 inch up usually (by far) and just ground them down FLAT? I couldn't then use them for any plunging op, BUT if Fusion had specific operations, or being able to specify that a given tool couldn't be used for any plunge at all it would be easy to take those end mills being sold for scrap carbide and get more use out of them. I'm not talking NASA here. I'm talking about me and others who have a personal "dog in the fight" regarding tooling costs. I hate tossing a $50 mill with a dull 1/4 inch. 3. The End

yanouk73 · ‎11-03-2016

Sketch projection areas on/off a check box that you can uncheck when you draw inside of a sketch, so when uncheked, you can just select the areas that are inside the sketch, because most of the time, I don't like the fact that the sketch selectable area are devided automaticly with any features that are on the same working plane, this should be optionnal to allow me to choose if i want this of no. thanks

Anonymous · ‎10-27-2016

Hello, I'd like to see a material library of what i have on hand. Similar to the tool library. Currently i reference a simple text document with materiel type shape & size. ie Aluminum Round: DIA & Length or Acrylic plate HXWXL. It will assist in design and picking the appropriate material during design process & streamline the process. Thanks

SGL-Design · ‎10-13-2016

Today I had a very stressful thing happen. I was unable to access my cloud data through Fusion 360. My subscription was due for automatic renewal tomorrow and I assumed that there may have been an issue with my subscription. After 1 failed phone call, I managed to contact the license/activation support desk at Autodesk. They verified that my license was currently active but could not resolve my issue (determining it was a technical problem). Their suggestion was to contact the Fusion team via email or the support forum. I have to say, It was extremely stressful to not have access to my cloud based data within fusion and incredibly frustrating that I couldn't talk to someone on the phone. This event was my worst fear when choosing to use a cloud based system- That I could be locked out of my data, with an inability to work, through no fault of my own. Not being able to talk to someone on the phone for an immediate resolution was extremely concerning. While on hold, I emailed the only address I had on hand for a fusion 360 team member (I had received a marketing email from him). To my great surprise and gratitude, he replied with the correct resolution in about 15 minutes. I was impressed with that service and glad that my total down time was only about an hour. That said, using a cloud based system takes a leap and requires you to trust Autodesk a great amount, I think that there needs to be some means for phone support for critical emergencies that involve complete loss of use of the product. I understand that phone support probably doesn't fit into the financial model of Fusion 360, it is a surprisingly low price for the incredible capability. However, I think there needs to be some form of support for these types of critical issues. On a related note, is there any type of issue bulletin that I could have used to see this bug and the resolution? I'm not sure how many people experienced my same problem, but It seems like a possible solution without the cost of phone support could be an "Emergency" issue bulletin board where one could find solutions to critical issues that prevent the use of the software. Thanks, and thanks again to Jeffrey H. for his rapid reply to my issue.

Sgt_Hindsight · ‎10-13-2016

I have been fiddling with making parametric pulleys and other stuff in Fusion 360. And one of the key components would be able todo this. Pi=3.14159265 tooth_qty=18 toothsize=5 pitchline_compensation=0,5715 Actual_diameter = 2*((tooth_qty * toothsize)/(Pi*2)-pitchline_compensation) Setting it up like this will not allow me to enter a formula that can be modified properly. But if i enter it like this; 2*((18*5)/(3.14159265*2)-0.5715) It will work just fine. So being able to drive a parameter with several other parameter would be nice. It works if i change one of the values in the formula to a parameter like say 18 to tooth_qty, but if i have multiple parameters it just wont handle it.

Anonymous · ‎10-12-2016

At this stage the patch tool works pretty good; anyway, it would be possible enhancing the command adding the capability to create the surface by using a sort of internal constraint? Thanks in advance.

smallfavor · ‎10-07-2016

It's cumbersom to have to experiment with entering differnt numbers in the scaling controls. These should include a slider function as well as numeric entry.

smallfavor · ‎10-07-2016

I use reference images for certain tasks, and often I require two copies of the same image scaled differently to better match up to actual dimensions. In Rhino 3d I can trim an image as easily as I trim any other object using lines as cutting tools. I would find this inclusion into 360 very useful and welcome! http://www.screencast.com/t/wz5rKpbYMIfg

Anonymous · ‎10-07-2016

If I select the history tree or the object tree, GET OUT OF ZOOM PAN AUTOMATICALLY. Currently, I'm forced to hit ESC about 10,000 times per day!

Lonnie.Cady · ‎10-07-2016

When I have multiple operation selected from the cam browser that are using the same tool there is some linking that goes on between the end of one operation and the beginning of another. Would be nice to see those in a different color so we can tell which moves are coming form the operation and which are coming from linking.

ARTHUR-HM · ‎10-07-2016

This one would save a whole lot of confusion for our shop who currently cannot stand the tool management system. Every time they come in to change out a tool Ø they get lost. Rather than making them go into the tool library, why not give us an option to do it inside of the operation dialog box? This would be a perfect place to quickly override the library driven tool. EXAMPLE:

Anonymous · ‎10-05-2016

Hi! It would be very nice if we could ctrl+c and ctrl+v objects and individual faces. When you select some face and copy-paste it become patch. I know there is other ways to do it, but hotkeys would be much more faster and intuitive 🙂

MrSJM88 · ‎10-05-2016

Hi, When a user has been delegated tasks using the Delegation Manager they are able to approve the workflow on behalf of another user. The issue with this is that the user, these tasks were delegated to, does not receive an e-mail to notify them that they must approve a workflow. I think that it would be practical and logical for the user, who has been delegated a task, to also get the notification to approve on behalf of another user. Let me know your thoughts! Thanks, Stephen

MrSJM88 · ‎10-05-2016

Hi, When a user has been delegated tasks using the Delegation Manager they are able to approve the workflow on behalf of another user. The issue with this is that the user, these tasks were delegated to, does not receive an e-mail to notify them that they must approve a workflow. I think that it would be practical and logical for the user, who has been delegated a task, to also get the notification to approve on behalf of another user. Let me know your thoughts! Thanks, Stephen

raphael.rosslhuemer · ‎10-02-2016

It is not possible to fade out the origin in a assembly. I always have to open the part, fade the origin out and save it again and regenerate the assembly. Would be nice if it can be done direct in the assembly. Thanks

Anonymous · ‎09-28-2016

If I try to edit the location of a subtracted object (which was created explicitly for the purpose of subtraction ... all in one step) Fusion 360 will not allow me to edit the location of the subtracted object. If I create the subtraction object first, then use it to subtract from another object then I can edit its location prior to the operation ... but not when the creation of the subtraction object (like a box or cylinder) is created and used to subtract all in one step.

roambotics_scott · ‎09-26-2016

If you copy a component from one design then «Paste New» it into another design, F360 seems to randomly re-orient and re-position it. This is annoying because if there are several components that need to maintain placement relative to their original placement in a new design, that's broken by default. (in my current case, three components are re-centered and for some reason at right angles to each other when they should be aligned with the same orientation and a fixed relative placement) What would be great is to be able to by default copy and paste and have position and orientation (especially relative to other pasted components) preserved. We can kludge this now by putting everything into a new component then pasting that component into the new design, but that's very clunky and requires a lot of major surgery on a design that probably already has a specific hierarchy for a good reason.

Anonymous · ‎08-23-2016

I use rhino and fusion, and really could complement marvelously. I'm working and regret not being able draw like rhino with grasshopper (3d sketch whitch a parametric essential system) rhino can work together with Tsplines and Nurvs surfaces. You have created a wonderful software and if they a little more support rhino could be perfect 🙂 (Google translator, Sorry)

Anonymous · ‎08-23-2016

I use rhino and fusion, and really could complement marvelously. I'm working and regret not being able draw like rhino with grasshopper (3d sketch whitch a parametric essential system) rhino can work together with Tsplines and Nurvs surfaces. You have created a wonderful software and if they a little more support rhino could be perfect 🙂 (Google translator, Sorry)

Anonymous · ‎08-15-2016

Hello, We have a lot of parts that we make from weldment files. I have to convert them to a STP file in inventor, then upload them into fusion. Fusion will not allow me to upload these directly. If you could add the feature to upload Weldments this would save us a lot of time.

Anonymous · ‎08-09-2016

In simulation i like the use of limit area i do not need to create split face for the load target area. but what i like to improved is that when using limit area on a hole the center of the limit area is not snap to the center of the hole as shown in the picture. Could it be possible to improved this so that the limit area center point will snap to the center of the hole.

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Material List

Beginner tutorial videos

Use backspace button to go back out of multiple folders like in a web browser.

Let show/hide components in a linked file stay during "Get latest" command

graphic overrides in drawing tree

Create an Endmill with a Taper Relief

Include keyboard shortcuts from other as part of the Preference settings

restore view title / name that was deleted

Foldering on Project area

Managing Screen Casts - Multiple deletion

Post for Messer plasma

Create "Selection Sets/Save Selections" for Sketch objects.

I want royalties for this one !!

Sketch projected areas on/off

Stock Comparison for CAM

Emergency Phone Support

Being able to drive formula with multiple parameters.

Patch tool. Constraint internal curves

Make scale control include a slider control

Trimming of images in the canvase

Fix context shifting

Lathe Toolpath linking color

Override Tool Ø Inside Operation Dialog Box

Copy paste objects and faces in model mode

Delegated User Need Notifications

Delegated User Need Notifications

Fade out layer and origin in assembly

ability to relocate a boolean object via the timeline

maintain part position and orientation by default on «Paste New»

a little more support rhino could be perfect :)

a little more support rhino could be perfect :)

Weldment Importing From ADInventor

simulation limit area

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