Assembly features with linked components - e.g. finishing of a welded structure

[Anonymous]

Hi,

as far as I know this can't be done yet in Fusion360. The problem is, I need it!

So I have a welding structure that needs finishing after it is welded. This calls for assembly features

It works just fine with unlinked components, but it doesn't work with linked components.

When can we expect this to be implemented?

I searched the forums and on the few places it was mentioned, people could use workarounds or switch to unlinked components, but I can't do that. If there is something I'm missing, please let me know!

[jeff_strater]

you are not missing anything.  Unfortunately, Fusion does not today support "Assembly Features" - meaning features that are applied only at the Assembly level and do not impact the referenced design.  

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the quick response.

Any idea where it is listed on the priority list?

Is this something I can expect in the coming year(s)?

[jeff_strater]

@Anonymous - to be honest, it is currently not very high on the priority list.  I'm sure we'll get there eventually.

There are some workarounds, though.  The use of Derived Component can help here.  If you use Derive instead of Insert, a local, modifiable version of that component is placed into your design, that is still linked back to the original.  So, you can make changes to that instance without affecting other instances, yet changes to the original will still propagate to the Derived component.  That's fairly close to an Assembly Feature workflow.  The only downside is that it can get expensive, size-wise.  If the component is large, each Derive will cause a separate copy of that component to be included in your design.