Import cad data into where ever a user wants for real man

[cekuhnen]

Fusion can load a local STEP to make a new design

Fusion cannot insert a local STEP file in an existing design

Fusion cannot insert a cloud STEP file into an existing design 

Fusion can insert a cloud design in a new design

Fusion cannot insert a cloud design into a base feature in a new design

Fusion cannot insert a cloud STEP into a base feature in a new design

I know nobody that uses DXF - I never even came across a person in industrial design.

We use STEP!

I have to say I am stunned that after years of asking for better data import Fusion is still the

only application that fails at offering those must have structural tools and functions.

[roambotics_scott]

Please, please, please make this work locally

Let me drop a .step into a design, import, and insert without having to upload it to the cloud first

[SeanMurphyADSK]

DXF is used extensively in the 2D cutting space: laser, plasma, waterjet cutting.

[Anonymous]

I do use DXF and many others like me: it's the to-go format for laser cutting. I also use STEP for 3D printing and milling.

[cekuhnen]

@Anonymous @SeanMurphyADSK

You use DXF for 2D work - I am talking about 3D models.

Yes DXF I use for the laser cutter myself. I did a change to the text that was not saved

because I realized after writing that the DXF import is only working for 2D drawings in sketches

and not DXF as a 3D model.

[Anonymous]

Most of us in the design world have to deal with models from many other software platforms.

Data import/export really really really matters

[Anonymous]

@cekuhnen I was replying to your statement "I know nobody that uses DXF", now you know one. So, while I understand the request to improve or expand import capabilities I'm totally against dropping DXF because I DO NEED IT and is one reason why I do use Fusion360.

On top of that, nowhere in your initial post you mentioned 3D models, but that might just have slipped away, no problem.

[cekuhnen]

@Anonymous

as mentioned I am revering to 3D models - of course do I use DXF for 2d work.

sadly this forum does not allow editing of initial posts so I was not able to corret

it after I noticed the mistake that insert refers only to 2d files.