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It would be awesome if I could type e.g. "M5" into the diameter text field of the hole tool, and it specs the hole to that size of screw/bolt. Ditto for sketching circles.
The problem with that is there are grades of threads and materials. It is best to know the exact diameter you want to drill for a given job or material according to the grade of thead. For instance I use a smaller drill in aluminum than I would in steel. Unspec'ed parts of course. I have a pretty good tap and drill chart that I like to use.
Fusion360 does have a "physical material" selection option for its bodies/components. And if the thread grade is also important, I see no reason why there couldn't be a drop-down listing common thread sizes (perhaps along with bolt size).
Sure, I could use a table - I do this already, because no in-application feature exists. But Fusion360 seems to do a great job of removing toil/rote tasks, so I don't see why they couldn't attempt something like this.
Solid Works has a great hole call out function. In it you can specify threaded or clearance hole by bolt size. This also associates this information with the feature so that when you go to create shop drawings it's as simple as clicking on the feature and the properties self populate.
If you are making parametric model. Maybe this workaround can sligthly reduce your repetitive work:
From "Modify" panel click the "Change Parameters" , the parameters dialog pops up. Then click the '+' button beside the "User Parameters", input the parameter name and its value.
Now you can input "M5" in diameter text field of the hole or sketch circle.
If this kind of parameter is in quantities, Fusion API script is a good choice to do that.
There are several hole and thread ideas at the top of our most voted IdeaStation list. I will include this idea in our talks when we review the other hole and thread ideas.
