Fusion 360 IdeaStation (Archived) - Page 37

Anonymous · ‎06-06-2020

There is an option during hole (multiple holes) but not working in student license product. So i usually used after creation of 1 hole, select circular/ rectangular pattern.

MichaelT_123 · ‎10-02-2016

Could you please consider adding a button to the respective dialog boxes allowing switch order in the pair of selected joint/link components? It would be useful time saving improvement. Could you also add visual graphical (UML) representation of joints/links in the design? Regards MichaelT

bryan5 · ‎10-01-2016

I am going to be selfish for a bit and ask for the following enhancements that I would like to see. Maybe it will help other users as well. 1) Import of Solid Edge files (.psm,.par,.asm) I have a lot of solid edge files and would like to import without having to go back to solid edge and save as a .stp or other generic file format. 2) CAM for laser, plasma, and water jet. Yes I know there is a feature but it is not nearly as mature as the mill and turning side of Fusion 360 CAM. I have posted this invitation once and I will do it again for the Fusion 360 CAM developers. We have a shop with lasers, plasma, and water jets and we would be more than happy to work with you guys to get the CAM side for this area of manufacturing moving forward by offering our facility to help test and prove posts. 3) Model space in drawing environment. Have the ability to draw simple 2D geometry and document it in the drawing environment without having to make a 3D model. 4) Be able to import a .dwg or .dxf file in the drawing environment and either strip it of layers to get to the desired geometry or modify it for a revision change without having to use another software, explode text, etc. 5) sheet metal, sheet metal, sheet metal......I won't go further into this because I know it is coming soon, but once it does expect enhancement request once I get my hands on it. Thank you PS The invitation to help with the laser, water jet, and plasma CAM is always open, just contact me when ready.

andrewreid_reid1 · ‎06-02-2020

A workflow I generally use, creating a model with no user parameters just to get the idea out of my head and onto the computer. Then after prototyping (3D print), I will note the issues that I found, then in the model, create necessary parameters for updating the model with ease. An issue I find with this is that the parameter window, when open does not allow me to select and change dimensions and their values. I generally create the parameter when I see the dimension I'm changing from a hard value, then I update the dimension to the variable parameter name. I realise that the model parameters are given, but in a complex model, this can be hard to navigate if I can't recall the correct feature or dimension within. My idea is that when the parameter window is open I can still edit a sketch dimension value in the 3D space or is selected in the parameter window to change its value to a parameter name. Also, when the window is open, selecting a feature in the feature bar will navigate to the corresponding feature in the model parameters, then I can change the feature parameters to a user parameter.

Anonymous · ‎09-21-2016

New CNC controls can display images. the haas NextGen control can even pull them up with a M120 command. How cool would it be to have a simple Isometric view of your part, showing the UCS and transparent stock maybe. And a set of tiles from the tool library in the same image showing what is going to be used. It would just help me with those "at the control" sanity checks Thanks.

gnindit · ‎05-21-2020

Would be easier to see which colored line is which if X, Y and Z had same colors in the measuring window, see picture for example.

pravdomil · ‎09-08-2016

Hello, this is kind of issue relate to Mac trackpads. Setting tracking speed doesn't have any effect on speed gesture based navigation tools (two finger pan etc..).

Anonymous · ‎09-07-2016

It would be nice to have a slider and/or use the arrow up/down to adjust the value, instead of only being able to type the value or "measure". This is where I mean. This is an example of what it looks like in Illustrator.

Lonnie.Cady · ‎09-06-2016

I would like to see an icon added to the ribbon or a command made available to the "s key' toolbox commands that can insert a manual NC operation. I don't find the RMB menu all that convenient for added the operation.

kriomant · ‎09-06-2016

When I use “Move” tool and want to rotate body, it only allows me to rotate in increments of 5˚. Of course, I can either enter value by hand or turn off “incremental move”. I suggest another alternative: when you hold mouse button on rotation handler and move mouse — use 15˚ increment, move mouse farther from the origin (holding mouse button down) to use 5˚, move even farther to use 1˚ increment.

Anonymous · ‎09-05-2016

It is an unnecessary and workflow jarring experience to have to select the text in the popup rename window when I have just already said I want to rename an item off the context menu. Autoselect the text and insert the caret at the end of the name for a much better experience.

Anonymous · ‎09-03-2016

The point mass function in simulation is great but it would be really good to be able to quickly see which masses are connected to which features by simply adding connection lines like the the common approach for rigid elements in other FEM pre-post processors.

jkelindberg · ‎09-02-2016

I recently had F360 crash on me due to mistakenly trying to create a 76200 mm long helix with 5 mm pitch. Now, the helix was supposed to be 762 mm. Sure it's not easy to code a mind reading module, but I still think it would be possible to have at least a warning from F360 before it happily makes a tightly pitched helix from here to Helsinki, Finland.

ndprsha1 · ‎09-01-2016

It would be great if you could see the old revision history for a file inside of F360. I know you can look this information up in A360, but I would like to be able to see what edits have happened to the file and for what reasons without having to leave the software.

Anonymous · ‎09-01-2016

I am a rookie in this field. I have tried to learn Solidworks and Inventor earlier, even though I have learned to a level it was still a struggle to create what I imagine. With Fusion 360 and t-spline method it is way easy to create organic models and I thank all folks who contributed to this software. My request is about touch control of modelling environment. Since win10, touch implementation is well enough to do many things without a trip to keyboard and mouse. Unfortunately touch is not enabled in modify and related modelling tools but just basic orientation and zoom functions. In fact with a very powerful tool such as multitouch it is possible to create an intuitive modeling environment even kids can use. Please add multitouch functionality to modelling so that fusion 360 becomes 'the choice' for creating for people like me and kids as well. Thank you

ARTHUR-HM · ‎08-30-2016

In the Tool Library window, you can open up the Library Panel on the left, and see tools in a specific document. That is great, but gets overwhelming when you have a design that requires a bunch of different setups. It makes it difficult to see which tool goes to which setup. This would greatly speed up editing tools.

Anonymous · ‎08-23-2016

When I edited the data in the window of the feature values at the first touch of Backspace when erasing a single letter "m" to "mm", it turns out the meter, then Fusion starts to hang, to convert a value in meters. I don't have time to even click a second time to get to the values when editing numbers, in the end, waited for a few minutes until the fusion has converted the geometry, the Esc also does not react in this situation. Sometimes Fusion just cut off. Make the default values were not displayed, for example let the user be able to add after the number values of the letters "in" or "m" if you work in millimetre, and he suddenly needed to enter the data in other units, and if in mm, as in the tincture, let it be numbers without indicating the unit. There will be no such situations that will randomly affect the size and unresponsiveness of your application.

Anonymous · ‎08-22-2016

Shortcuts to only select edges, faces or verts would increase the usability of the selection filters greatly.

Anonymous · ‎05-07-2020

Right now the only way to get my 2d drawings in autocad is to export to layout space then save the layout as a model space. Why cant we just export straight to model space and start manipulating the 2d drawing? Maybe we could just export model as a 2d wblock? It would be amazing if i could just export my entire library of models as wblocks that i can insert in Autocad. I should be able to just re-export my library to update my wblock which would then be updated in my Cad drawings automatically. I need to use autocad becuase F360 drawing tool just cant produce a drawing to professional standards.

jkelindberg · ‎08-17-2016

Would be nice to have the texture image editor follow the unit settings. I'm getting inches regardless of having set F360 to use metric.

Anonymous · ‎08-15-2016

Hi! First of all, thx for access to a great piece of software for free as a hobby user. I've been learning the ropes for couple of days and have to share feelings regarding constraints and referencing to objects/components. It's neither intuitive nor fast (workflow wise), or even existing in some instances. I can't, for the love of me, understand why referencing points from other components (than the one being edited at the moment) is not possible. Than again, if it's possible it's sufficiently counter intuitive to be missed after three hours of learning to sketch and extrude. Please don't get me wrong but I seriously suggest that you experience constraints and referencing in SketchUp. I could go into details about the interface consistency, about intuitiveness of constraints, snaps and referencing (on the other hand being somewhat limited in SketchUp) etc but the easiest way would be to experience it first hand. (Why is it not possible to lock a constraint axis for example, or combine constraints with a modifier key? I am aware that coming from one way of doing thing can and will influence how you perceive other ways, and I have been slapping my self on the wrists not to jump to conclusions but after 20-some hours of rudimentary sketching and extruding with constraints, referencing other objects/components and snapping in Fusion 360 I'm pretty sure there's room for improvement. Thank you once again for the opportunity of using Fusion (potential of which being the reason why I'm switching at all - it's a wonderful collection of capabilities in one app)! BRGDS Tarik

rumpelstielz · ‎08-12-2016

i hope that one day we will have a proper curve editing environment but in the meantime it would be great to be able to organize elements within sketches. when you have a complex sketch it is really difficult to keep track of different parts of a sketch because everything has the same colors and styling. But even for simpler elements it would be great if i could organize elements within a sketch in layers, group elements together and most of all assign different colors to distinguish curve elements. Take this example: i'm currently working on a new electric guitar build, i was previously using Rhino and Rhinocam but really like Fusion, especially the CAM part. So for this new guitar project i'm trying to do it all in Fusion. Starting of with the fretboard i'm already sorely missing some organization tools for sketches. This is how it is now in Fusion: Wouldn't this be so much better ? : What would be even better then is to be able to assign properties linetypes: and of course group together items and assign properties to groups. and it needs to be available WITHIN a single sketch. having properties for color and line types on sketches or selection sets would be cool but tedious and unneccessary, it need to be at the object/curve level. This would already make sketching in Fusion much easier, but of course on top of that what we really need is proper curve editing, being able to edit the curves building blocks (vertices, control points, curve degrees), being able to rebuild or fit curves, join and split curves PS: text parameters and styles for dimensions would be really usefull as well, in complex sketches with many dimensions and constraints it's very hard to do anything because of the constant snapping and highlighting of hover objects.

Anonymous · ‎08-10-2016

Hello, it would be nice if I could add a new joint origin to a component I've imported from another design. Otherwise I can not place the components in a reliable way and snap them together. Greetings Florian

Anonymous · ‎08-03-2016

When I change the Dimension in the Drawing then must be update the 3d Modell - > bidrectional Love you Autodesk great Product.

Anonymous · ‎08-03-2016

So imported an stl mesh and converted to base feature to work with it. That's a great feature but there are problems afterwards So I used the mesh to cut into a solid feature and it generates a million small faces (obviously) 1. I cannot easily select all of those faces 2. I cannot fillet edges of this new body as the edge has a lot of small segments Hope there could be an option which automatically generates a selection set for all these small faces. OR a selection filter

visionarymachine · ‎04-09-2020

You should be able to project geometry from the sketch it originated from onto a surface without having to create another sketch simply for that purpose sometimes. It adds to design tree and history clutter. This suggestion, I feel, also goes hand in hand with the ability to sketch 3D geometry.

jhVWRLB · ‎03-24-2020

On the whole, drawings convert well to PDF. However, it would be nice to change the initial display options for PDF to something a little less basic. Just 2 or 3 of the standard PDF parameters included in User Preferences would be fine.

acrbjr · ‎03-09-2020

After performing a static stress test on a design, Fusion 360 provides images with various levels of deformation. I propose having the capability of converting the image with the actual deformation to a new design. This would enable adding additional bodies to support or fit into the deformed image.

Anonymous · ‎02-20-2020

Currently in the "modify" drop down tab there is Fillet and Chamfer. In the fillet Window you have some option to control the fillet. I would like to have a feature in the fillets window to select a "weld" fillet where the graphic image shown would make the fillet look like it has been welded (stacking dimes) look. It will be helpful to show manufacturing/fabrication/factory this is a welded joint. Bicycle frames, Motorcycle frames and swing arms, Industrial equipment, Heavy machinery, etc.

Anonymous · ‎02-15-2020

Introduction: In a similar manner as the part family identification concept. Assemblies can be identified with motions rather than features, however we are interested in grouping the motions and parts together that would be otherwise manually recorded data from assembly animation observations. All data is extracted from CAD model no outside calculations from other software needed. The premise for this assembly idea is the following: Sum of the Parts + Sum of the Motions = Assembly If you look at a explosion view animation in 3D CAD; it is exactly motions and parts coming together to make a unified constructed assembly. RAL captures the motions extracting from the software -explosion view animation data : The vector direction, distance and type of motion rewritten in an algebraic format to be used to group similar bodies and functions together. Thus allows a designer to build fixtures and G code assembly tool commands to capture efficiencies that might otherwise be missed. After you make an explosion view of assembly , you select RAL and the expression is written out by the Fusion 360 for export or for use in design module at designer’s discretion Example 1: Simple box with lid and 4 bolts 1 hollow cube -one open end (1Cub) with 4 threaded holes at corners with a lid (with 4 thru holes) and 4 hex head bolts. The 1Cub is stationary (stat), the Lid is offset Zln set distance above the 1Cub and the 4 screws are set further back from the lid in Z direction (which is vertical up and down). 1Cub(stat) + Zln (dis1) lid + 4ZHLX(dis2)Blts = Assembled Box. Hypothetically what if you had: 4 smaller lids/ 1 box and 16 bolts Then; 1Cub(stat) + 4(Zln (dis1) smlid + 4ZHLX(dis2)Blts) = Assembled Box. So what does this tell us? Both the lid and bolts move in the Z direction: the lid needs robotic placement to be put on top of box. The robotic tooling must place and locate the bolts and feed them into workpiece with helical path (HLX) advancement. The HLX symbol would tell the software it needs tool IE .. ARR-12 screw setting robotic tool to install the bolts. The power of the algebraic expression can be used for much more complex assemblies than this box example. The nomenclature and expressions are not limited. Multiple bodies moving in the same vector direction create more opportunities to use advanced modular tooling and fixturing and/or same tool to accomplish multiple assembly tasks. The strong point for this short hand capability is that you can assess if the assembly should be completed with human touch labor or machine. Looking at the expression, it lists out how many bodies and translations that need to be accomplished for the assembly to be completed. Some tooling designs can be even more simplified ( ie. motion offsets ) than first conceptualized saving time and costs. please submit comments below THX John

CapGuy · ‎02-15-2020

Hello, Please allow the search engine - both the one within Fusion 360 help menu and the product documentation website one - searching *only* within the product documentation by default, because for now when we quick search for a targeted documentation it shows results from forum and all kind of other stuff which is just time waster as we have to choose each time each search to unselect all results which are not documentation. The default should be : search within the documentation for first results, and - if needed - search for other stuff, you do not think so ? Thanks for your attention, Guy

Kiripad · ‎02-13-2020

I recently wanted to cut in CNC with a fusion 360 drawing exported to dxf but, in the machine software showed me like the lines were separated, it would be great to have a join command like AutoCAD to fix this.

MoshiurRashid · ‎02-12-2020

Lets describe it with an example, I have two box as 2 different body, coinsided with each other. Now I want to create a pin and groove connection between them. I started with one coinsided face of one box and draw a sketch and extrude it. It will intersect the other body right? How about there will be a modeling technique, when that will be activated, I extrude the pin and similarly the other box will have a hole. (May be with a clearance control also) It would be good to create connection. Thanks.

viorel.stolea · ‎02-12-2020

Happened to me a few times. I import a large mesh or an .svg with to many points and I try to select everything or use somehow the too complex feature. Fusion is grinding the data but the UI is not responsive anymore. Activity monitor shows Fusion as "Not Responding". Fusion should separate the UI thread from the processing thread and allow the user to "break" the last attempted operation (warnings and all). Only solution I found to be able to get back to my work is to kill Fusion and open the last recovered version of the project I'm working on. Running on an old mac - 2 x 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Radeon RX 580 4 GB Imported mesh I tried to select has 10K faces. Thanks

amoldshelke · ‎02-12-2020

Hello, I noticed that if we have scanned data(mesh), we can get the dimensions from point to point position...so I can wish that there should an option that let me constrain a curve with these mesh points...

serg · ‎02-11-2020

Include generative design in the toolbar for the student version, perhaps with some limitations.

Technilamp · ‎02-11-2020

Great software package. However ,I would really appreciate, as I am sure many other users would, a sheet metal rolling function (e.g. cylinders, cones U shaped flat sheet).Many projects require cylindrical shapes, as there is no function to roll a cylinder in Fusion, you are always forced to look at another package to do the sheet metal rolling part of the project. It would certainly be a benefit to be able to do a complete project with one package.

WesleyTack · ‎02-11-2020

Hey, I'm new to Fusion 360, I have been doing 3D modelling for almost 15 to 20 years now, and I must say I love it, very powerful. And it seems you listen to feedback from all corners of the trade. I myself have been in metal construction for all my life as I grew up in it. We own a laser/waterjet/milling/lathe's etc.. so it's very nice to see this software being so powerful as it already is. One thing I'd like to see, if possible, is an apply button so you can change rules on the fly in some of the windows. I made an example in my attached image to show my meaning. Sincerely, - Wesley Tack

Anonymous · ‎02-10-2020

Fusion should have a tool to bend and taper a solid body after it is created? I had to use blender to bend a mesh copy of an intricate body of a Celtic knot because creating the weave in it’s final, bent state in fusion became an impossible job. It was just to hard for me to make hundreds of overlapping steps(up, down, left and right) and then having it curve along multiple surfaces. The tool would have saved me days of hard work. Having to export into Blender as a mesh, then bend and tapper the mesh and export from Blender back into a file that I could import into Fusion leaves the model barely editable in Fusion. Bending a body in Fusions natural format is the correct way workflow wise to get the job done with precision while keeping the body editable. Also I realize the bending within sheet metal is somewhat possible. I just cant see how it would an effective option in circumstances like mine. I have attached a .stl file of the final model the I had to import back into Fusion. sincerely, George

Max_Marz · ‎02-10-2020

Just ran into the brick wall of not being able to save a linked copy of a component out of a (assembly) design? Are you kidding me?

qwksilver · ‎02-08-2020

I'm seeing requests for this going way back, the earliest i read was 2015 but I'm sure there is more. So I'm taking a photo from a tall vantage point, good focus, and so angle loss to camera lens geometry is minimal. I add that to fusion canvas, calibrate, and draw on top of it to find hole pastern to make a case for a custom computer build. What I would really like at this point are the following. permanant and changable calibration points (ie two horizontal for width scale, and two vertical, or on an angle to establish height), these should project to a sketch, allowing the sketch to remain in alignment & scale horizontal/vertical alignment calibration (ie two points that are on the same horizontal plane) the ability to change opacity on the fly (shortcut key ctr-pgup/down or something...) It might be easiest to just allow import canvas into a sketch plane, add a few calibration point/circles/rectangles/etc, and contrain those with dimension, changing the dimensions would scale those images, and a large part of the drawing proportionally. All the other functions above would just follow along. Anyway, improving these features are a big deal and should have been addressed a while ago.

Anonymous · ‎02-07-2020

The ability to control line weight within the drawing interface would be a awesome... I can not currently get detail with out an exploded view... Other than a few quirks this software is very good for what we do keep up the good work.

Intuos5 · ‎02-07-2020

For 3D sketching, I would like to see a construction point option in which the offset from its host is parametric, similar to the offset construction plane feature. This could be used to host a point on sketch geometry with a coincident constraint, to then specify the offset distance from the host.

Intuos5 · ‎02-07-2020

Can we get a divide/ subdivide line based geometry feature? This feature should be able to place points according to a specified distance (interval), a specified number of points or at a specified ratio (between 0-1). Ideally it would be fully parametric and update with modifications to the host geometry. The addition for this is the fact that it places points on top of the host geometry.

gman-r · ‎02-03-2020

Can you please increase the hit boxes on the navigator expander buttons. So often especially when selecting a plane for a new sketch I try to expand something like the Origin and end up selecting whatever plane hit test to just clicking on the canvas. Also I generally have a lot of trouble expanding and collapsing items, having to attempt two or three times sometimes. I will get the mouse over and get feedback but clicking is enough to move it out of the bounds of the image. Who the heck actually tries to click on items in the drawing area that are behind the object browser anyway?? I think this can be done easily by making the image bigger and padding it with transparent pixels without any visual changes.

Anonymous · ‎02-01-2020

I need help logging into multiple seats of Fusion 360. I currently have purchased 3 seats of Fusion. When I log into my account, I then add a user and assign the products to that account and then invite the person. I get the email sent to me with instructions to setup a new account. When I do that, I only get a 30 day trial. Why am i not getting the full license I paid for and that was assigned to my email? Please help

Anonymous · ‎01-31-2020

When I'm using a bore template I have to add a finishing pass. Now it goes up to retract height every time, so I'd like to see a "stay down" option added to this part. 🙂

Anonymous · ‎01-28-2020

Cloud storage is great, but I need to manage my design files in my own git repository and your current cloud management system is preventing me from doing that. Please make it so I can select whether files are saved locally (as in Eagle), in the cloud, or both. You should also let me select what file types I want, whether integrated fusion files: fbrd or separate fusion model, schematic, and board files.

jean-michel_legoff · ‎01-27-2020

It's possible to simulate some packaging using sheet metal feature. It could also work to decaorate the 3D model applying a decal and keeping continuity from face to face, but the pity is that when you unfold the sheet metal model you lose the decal to see what to print flat, or whrer exactly the pattern was positioned. Many Thanks

bbratus · ‎01-27-2020

This has already been suggested a few years ago, but it did not gather a lot of support then. Nevertheless, I think that this is quite an important feature that has lead to quite a lot of errors at our end and that it needs to be implemented. Even if the Capture Design History is enabled by default, this only applies to new Fusion documents, but not for the imported files. For imported files Capture Design History has to be enabled for each file separately, which can lead to unnecessary errors and problems.

marchancomponents · ‎01-26-2020

Hello, In last weeks i have found a very important limitation in the rigid body definition. This tool can only use geometry vertex as anchor point. This is a very important limitation, becaus in some cases, you simplify some parts by rigid body conections, so you need to use the CDG to apply forces or other loads/restrictions. All fem i have used have the option to select by cordinates, cdg of selected surfaces or singula geometry points. Can you improove this tool to make it really useable please? Regards J

hair_helmet · ‎01-25-2020

Add Stock X Y Z Dimensions and Stock Point Location to Post Processing Comments This would save an incredible amount of work flow process time with not having to reference the model multiple times during setup.

lee9966 · ‎01-24-2020

I have found the wider lines in the CAD workspace to be very helpful. Could the same thing be done for the red progress bar that shows during a CAM simulation? Its a bit hard to see with my old eyes 🙂

Anonymous · ‎01-22-2020

for many wood working hobbyists especially those that previously used ArtCAM, the shift to Fusion has been a mixed feelings one, there are certain features I miss that were on ArtCAM that I haven't been able to find yet on Fusion 360 such as v-bit carving, or machine along vector. anyone have any tutorials on specifically using fusion 360 for wood working?

ianEH8VX · ‎01-16-2020

I haven't been able to find reference to it, but it seems like the adaptive toolpaths used to have a check box for 'even stepdowns'. It would be slick if one could select a maximum DOC not be exceeded and then Fusion could choose the closest stepdown that fits the overall feature being machined.

Anonymous · ‎01-15-2020

I like the comments option in Fusion. Don't use it so much to for communication with others, but more as notes to myself! Auto Expand Comments menu if used I would be super nice if the comments menu expanded automatically on "file open" in case of comments in a file. Comments linked to history line It would also be super useful with comments liked to entries on the history line (features, sketches, etc.)

Intuos5 · ‎01-13-2020

If you edit multiple favorite or user parameters, you'll have to click on each box before changing the inputs. It would save quite some time to be able to navigate through them using the arrow keys.

lee9966 · ‎01-09-2020

This is a simple one. During a tool path simulation the little red progress line that moves across the screen is hard to see with my tired old eyes. Could it be a few pixels wider so it would be easier to see?

MikeMaker · ‎01-09-2020

I have a 27" 4k monitor... while this is great the majority of the time, I find the icons small had tricky to quickly locate with the mouse. It would be great if there were an option to increase the icon size for larger format monitors and user preferences. Fusion is not the only software who have yet to embrace high resolution monitors; some Adobe software and Solidworks also share this fault.

Anonymous · ‎01-08-2020

Hello, Problem: Clicking on a design from the folder view on the left and receiving an error, "We cannot perform this operation. We'e not able to open the design because it references designs from a deleted project." I think it would be a solid idea to give more info on which deleted files the model in question was referencing or giving any potential courses of actions. Right now, you receive an error and then it appears you can not do anything about it.

jbrewlet · ‎01-08-2020

I would love to see some improvements to the lack of ability to select circles including: Select Quad Points On 2nd point selection, allow nearest point selection Tangent selections These things should work both in Measurements of solids as well as Sketch workspace for dimensions. -- I'm aware of this dimensioning trick but it's pretty lacking still (and very buried in a Right-Click Context menu).

Anonymous · ‎01-07-2020

• Possible: Constrain a point/endline to the midpoint of another line/arc Constrain 2 lines' midpoint to be coincident (eg: symmetrical cross) • Not Possible: Having a line (A) going through the middle of another line/arc (B) and being constrained to it. • Current Solution: Create a split line (A1/A2) with 2 collinear lines, and constrain the meeting point with the midpoint of the other line (B). • Bonus: Making a midpoint/centerpoint a selectable reference would also allow any other type of constraints (aligned, concentric...) This exists on every other CAD softwares I used in the last 10 years...

Anonymous · ‎01-02-2020

I liked how in Inventor how you were able to view all of the features/modifications of your part under the browser. This way it would be very easy to see/edit/rename/delete all the features that belong to a body.

Anonymous · ‎01-01-2020

The animation workspace is extremely basic and lacks the ability to turn on on manual keyframes. The only way to stop the annoying auto-keyframes is to put the current time indicator in the 'cupcake zone' (red icon) This is a very awkward way to stop automatic keyframes. Please include camera on spline to make complex moves, such as navigating through model, orbiting. The only way to make a good animation is to export to another software.

Anonymous · ‎12-27-2019

As a technical illustrator who generates training manuals and specification documents, I constantly capture screen images (using SnagIt) to copy-and-paste them into an illustration program. I need to be able to capture multiple images of any particular model from a variety of viewing angles, but I need to be able to do so using the exact same "screen zoom value" for each one. I have used other CAD programs that have a feature such that if I click on the "magnifying glass" tool in order to change my screen zoom, a data field appears when that tool is active and I can see the current camera zoom and I can modify the value to set a particular desired value. This let's me generate repeatable zoom values for the screen so that my captured objects are of a consistent size, especially from one work session to the next. Yes, I can define new "Named Views", but because I cannot set the camera zoom, I have no way to ensure identical camera zoom (and thus identical object size) from one Named View to the next. The inability to set a numerical value for camera zoom, and thus the inability to obtain repeatable images, ends up being a show-stopper with regard to utilizing Fusion 360 as the basis for my technical illustration. (Or am I missing something? - Entirely possible.)

Anonymous · ‎12-27-2019

i love the new 4 axis rotory toolpath but as its a expirimental feature it hhas its flaws whitch is fine but i like a way to make the tool do multiple depts in the tool axis and a starting point front to back or bat to front selection also i like to point aut if a smal tool sees a gap it wil goi down in it but then the tool wil hit the ater pilar for example t pilars ofset from the rotery acis wht a gap inbetween the tool wil dive in there and mil the ather pilar i love the new feature a cant wayit for it to grow

Arbitur95 · ‎12-24-2019

I often get to a point where I have so many lines that it becomes difficult to recognize them apart. Individual coloring such as in Inventor and maybe notes to sketch lines would greatly improve my and others user experience using Fusion 360.

Henrik_Horlin · ‎12-25-2019

If I want to use geometry in another sketch as a visual reference only in a new sketch it is hard to avoid selecting the elements from the other sketch when you are in the newer active sketch. Turning off the ability to select sketch curves/points etc in selection filters removes the ability to select them in the current sketch as well. It would be nice to able to right click on a sketch as an entity (or any body/component) to be unselectable but still visible. This has been possible in the past?

3d_low · ‎12-24-2019

Hi, I think it would be nice if the browser tree worked as intended. If you could freely move parts and sub-assemblies in the browser tree. On the same topic, i think it would also be helpful if derived components could be moved into a sub-assembly. When i design fixtures used to make multiple parts, I could really benefit from being able to organize the derived components and its relative fixtures together in a sub-assembly.

n8bot · ‎12-18-2019

This is probably obvious, and already in the works, but I thought it was worth mentioning because I don't see it already mentioned here. Can we browse GD results online, via Team Hub? To be super awesome, we could even browse ALL generative outcomes from ALL versions of ALL projects which we have access to, without having to do the switching game between projects and designs. Kind of like a, "view generative results" page that encompasses all results.

Anonymous · ‎12-17-2019

Hi there, after editing a feature A that is before a feature B, the B one might not work when refreshing/regenerating it. Currently, when then editing the B feature, it almost never shows where the lost references were. Somestimes I can't even see how many references were involved. I therefore tend to always add new features to my model instead of modifying the existing ones, because I would then spend too much time on troubleshooting. It then makes the model heavier and slower to regenerate. Thanks for your help!

Anonymous · ‎12-17-2019

Hi there, having learned CAD with Creo, I miss a selection mode consisting in selecting a first surface, and then a set of object defining the boundaries. The software then selects all adjacent faces starting from the first one to the boudary (included or not). This is a great help when the model is getting complex and has a lot of tiny faces that I need to find, zoom on, select, etc. Thanks!

tiktuk · ‎12-16-2019

It could be great if there was built-in help/docs for all the settings and options in Fusion and even better if this was a community wiki both accessible as a website and within the tools. It could also just be a repository on Github but a regular wiki would propably gather more contributions. It would need a certain markup for Fusion to know exactly what controls were described where but that should be totally possible. A bit like Wikipaedia is integrated into the macOS Dictionary (super useful). Short videos could also be available. One could even take it a bit further and give cloud points for contributions, it would be win-win ☺️ . It would reduce the Fusion staff's support burden too if users found answers more easily. (You already have a little bit of it with the large tool tips but those are high level and not available for everything.)

maker9876 · ‎12-13-2019

If one clicks on a component within an assembly it will be highlighted in the Timeline. However if one clicks on the Mirrored instance of a component NOTHING shows up in the timeline. SUGGESTION: clicking on a Mirrored component highlights the relevant Mirror operation in the Timeline.

David-Truyens · ‎12-12-2019

Usual workflow: You isolate a component Start working on the component Then you unhide on of the other components Next you start working on something else. Now the only option you have is unisolate.... So I would like to always have a button to isolate. Hope that's clear. Let me know if you need a screencast or anything. Regards, David

roambotics_scott · ‎12-30-2015

I tried being very careful creating empty components and activating them with a new design. Unfortunately I learned that saving and restoring resets the active focus to the top level in the graph. I didn't realize this until an hour or two after reloading so now things are unrecoverably intermingled. It'd be really great if the current active component were persisted in saves / reloads.

HughesTooling · ‎12-30-2015

Just like to add to Trippy's idea, it would be useful if you could link directly to a specific post in a threat like you can on the CAM forum. See this example. Cam Forum Mark

Anonymous · ‎12-11-2019

while working on parts with a lot of faces fusion bogs down a lot on my computer (i7-6700hq nvidea 950m). i would like the option to select all my constraints in the cam environment for multiple setups and only after i am done compute the hole lot. while working now i have to wait until the last selection has finished computing before i can continue working. i have the same problem with a parametric design that needs multiple input parameters to be correct. if the compute for the parameters would happen when the window is closed (or the option is given when to compute) the workflow will be munch quicker. attached is a model 100% parametric witch would benefit greatly from this idea

DLWinegardner · ‎12-11-2019

I use dual dimensions (In/mm) on my drawings; I would appreciate an option to set a stackable dimension format as an option to the default tandem dimension format.

Anonymous · ‎12-11-2019

Here is a quick and easy way to model Knurling onto a cylinder. Strictly speaking this isnt Knurling proper as it is cutting the surface rather than displacing it, but if you just want the aesthetics more than the part to manufacture it might work for you and its quick and easy. So easy that I think it could be incorporated into an existing tool (Coil) or an adapted form of that tool might work. 1. Draw a cylinder I use a 50mm diameter x 50mm high 2. Start the coil command 3. I used revolution & height, diameter is 50mm, revolutions is 0.35, height I did half of the cylinder so 25mm, you want an internal triangle set to inside and the section size is 1.75 in this example 4. Repeat the command but set the rotation in the opposite direction. 5. This gives you 2 cuts into the cylinder, then just pattern the 2 Features, 36 times And that's it. I've included a screencast

Anonymous · ‎12-29-2015

A Drag and Drop option for choosing the JPGs for canvas could speed up the workflow. Thanks

Anonymous · ‎12-11-2019

Hi, In MANUFACTURE under MILLING, Can you add a new CUTTER type to the tool library for tipped ENDMILLS. You have FACEMILL, CHAMFER, BORING as tipped tools but not an ENDMILL, Having a Tipped ENDMILL option, which includes geometry of the tips and the holder would be a great addition to the CAM side of things regards Mark

nfg001 · ‎12-05-2019

The ability to select more than one circle/sphere at a time. Clutters up timeline and is just a pain to select multiple holes.

jcsantilli · ‎12-05-2019

There is a problem with the way unisolate works. If I isolate a component and then I delete it, all the rest of the components are hide (I can't right click and click unisolate because I don't have the part anymore) and I need to go 1 by 1 and unhide the components. Doesn't make sense. Once you isolate a component should be an unisolate button on the screen. Thanks

joshuaKVQMF · ‎12-04-2019

Not sure if this has been suggested or not, and i know it is an option to select drills from a material list,but i do mostly lathe work. Instead,at the beginning of modeling your part, set your model material accordingly. Then, when you go in to manufacture\cam, when you select your tools the speeds and feeds are automatically set and pretty close to recommended starting points. I work with a lot of different materials, and the only way for me to do this, other than changing my speeds and feeds manually for EVERY SINGLE TOOL EVERY TIME, is to make a full tool list for every tool we have and for every different material we run. Also, if you designate your tools correctly the speeds and feeds should change for number of flutes (exa.- face mills, chamfer tools, 2/4/6 flute endmills, etc.).

Anonymous · ‎12-03-2019

I would love to have the ability to create a simple sketch while in CAM. This would allow me to create a line or point needed only for the CAM operations, without having to exit manufacturing, then create sketch, then go back to manufacturing and generate all my tool paths again (or keep them protected). The sketch does not have to be tied to the timeline in the design space, as it's only related to cam. This would allow me to move faster and have more freedom withing the cam space. I believe an ideal place for this option would be directly inside the "geometry" tab when creating a new operation. Have a selection box option to "Draw Line &/or Project". The create your desired sketch, then select the sketch you just created as the geometry for the cut. The sketch is only tied to that operation. Thanks for your consideration.

fuzzzor · ‎11-29-2019

using text on cylinder volume for extruding is complex or a hell. can you create possibility to use a spline with text or use similar 'sweeps' with text and follow a path for exemple.

DLP_Graphics · ‎11-29-2019

It seems there is no easy way to flip a body or component so you have a mirrored version of it. I come from Sketchup and if you want to flip something you just used the scale command and entered -1 for the factor. Easy! I have asked on the forums and it seems the only way to do it is use the mirror command but if you don't want the original you are stuck with it or have to hide it or whatever. It shouldn't be this hard in software this sophisticated. How about using the scale function or adding flip checkbox to the copy/move dialog?

trpfry · ‎11-28-2019

When creating joints or using the move (point-to-Point) command I have to go left/right with the mouse very often. It would be nice to have some shortcut like Shift+Enter to accept the current selection and advance the menu to the next required selection. This would save a few seconds at many occasions. this is already standard in other CAD Software like Nx or Solidworks So for moving point-to-point instead of selecting all the bodies to move (in the middle of the screen) -> go with the mouse to the menu (right) -> click Origin Point-> go with the mouse to the middle of the screen -> go with the mouse to the menu (right) -> click Target Point-> Enter it would be nice to be able to keep the mouse in the middle of the screen and select all bodies -> shift+enter -> select Origin -> shift+enter -> select Target -> enter It is so much more convenient

maker9876 · ‎11-25-2019

When zoomed in on an extrude or section analysis sometimes the drag-arrow ends up off-screen. This can be problematic if simultaneously trying to check something whilst adjusting the arrow. SUGGESTION: have the arrow move automatically such that remains on-screen.

BrentonRettig · ‎11-24-2019

Please give us the ability to have the same three infeed modes for thread milling that are currently present in turning. Currently both Fusion 360 and HSMWorks only support the first mode of a constant infeed. This will significantly improve thread mill tool life. It would be great to have that same functionality in HSMWorks as well. The attached pictures show a constant .012" infeed. The first pass barely scratches the bore. The second pass removes almost all of the material and completes the M8 x 1.25 thread. The first pass should be taking about 75% of the total radial depth of cut, while the second pass should be taking the remaining 25%.

maker9876 · ‎11-24-2019

As the view approaches a direction perpendicular to a Section Analysis so it becomes progressively impossible to make adjustments to the depth of the section by sliding the arrow provided for the purpose. Suggestion: provide a slider in the Section Analysis Dialog Box that the user can switch to when the on-screen arrow becomes inaccessible due to the viewpoint being close to perpendicular to the section itself.

Anonymous · ‎11-23-2019

As everyone knows that fusion 360 has a great ability to work with freeform organic shapes, but there are very important features that help to complete the consumer design products as ( lip, Groove, boss...etc). We request from Autodesk team highly consideration to work on these feature to help fusion expand in plastic industry world.

FrodoLoggins · ‎11-23-2019

Maybe a checkbox somewhere:

fleming.kyle.william · ‎11-23-2019

I would like to import and use extended libraries from within the Python API. Specifically xlrd and openpyxl xlrd would allow us to populate parameter expressions from a familiar file format and not pose a huge security risk... Thank you

maker9876 · ‎11-16-2019

After a F360 software update is installed and F360 relaunches typically it appears as a new icon in the dock. The "old" icon being the alias that one has saved in dock to the F360 app instance in the Applications folder. It's already annoying to have 2 icons simultaneously and then at some point one will inevitably click on the "old" icon which will the attempt to launch the new software update which is already running. Further confusion and things go from bad to worse. This problem has existed since as long as I can remember and it would be great to address it so that we don't have to quit the F360 instance that launches after installation-restart in order to launch it cleanly from the "old" icon permanently in the dock.

Anonymous · ‎11-14-2019

Hi, Being pretty senior in using all CAD system (solidworks, proe / creo, Catia...) I am truly missing this simple feature : Create an opened sketched line and add thickness to it when applying extrusion, revolution, etc... It's pretty annoying having to sketch, or the whole thickness in the sketch, or make a closed sketch and apply a shell. Too many functions for such a simple feature. But maybe I don't know how to do it in fusion (as I pretty did not follow any course on it). Thanks for your consideration !

RogerInHawaii · ‎11-10-2019

When you do a Compute All you can get a small red Icon in the lower right corner of the window that indicates that the design contains some warnings and/or errors. Hovering over that icon pops up a brief overview of the problems, including a count total for warnings and errors. CLICKING on the icon brings up a comprehensive LIST of all the problems. Double-clicking on any of the items in the list causes the Timeline to adjust itself so that the related item in the timeline is visible and highlighted. That is VERY helpful in getting right to the item that needs addressing. HOWEVER, in order to actually DEAL with the issue, like editing a sketch or fixing a Revolve, you have to CLOSE that dialog. And that means that, even though you might fix the first problem you double-clicked on in the list, the list is no longer accessible for clicking on, and thereby getting directly TO, the next problem you want to address. You CAN, while the list dialog is visible, click the COPY icon on the dialog and grab a copy of the text of the list in the dialog. And of course you could then bring up something like Notepad and PASTE that text into it, so that you can see the list. But that text, of course, does not provide "click-to-get-to" functionality like the dialog itself does. In fact, that list doesn't even contain enough information (like which Component the error or warning is in) for you to know where in the design it actually resides. SO, could it be possible to make that Error dialog REMAIN UP (until you explicitly close it) while you address the problems it lists, like editing referenced sketches and other features in the timeline? Doing so would make it so much easier to actually get to the related items in the timeline. Or perhaps provide some means up BRINGING IT BACK UP after you've dealt with the current item in the list? As it stands now, you have to do a complete new Compute All in order to bring it back up. For large projects that can take an inordinate amount of time.

maker9876 · ‎11-08-2019

When select an opacity from standard list (10%, 20%....) then next time one consults same menu for same part that opacity should show with a Tick next to it. Relatedly, if a custom opacity has been previously selected then there should be a Tick (or some other visual change) next to the "Custom..." option in the dropdown. As per this thread: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/selected-opacity-does-not-remain-checked-in-dropdown-menu/td-p/9124152

Anonymous · ‎11-06-2019

I recently tried Gravity Sketch VR and the implications of working CAD in VR were immediately obvious. The way that you could move around and scale things and look at them as if they were actually in front of you was extremely compelling. What was lacking from it was good parametric modeling capability and all the tools and features that are present in Fusion 360/Inventor. I'd love to see Fusion 360 adapt the tools and workflow to working in VR. I know this is a hugely tall order, but it's where the future of computing is heading. Might as well start now...

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