Cannot export drawing template
You're right. It looks like there is no way to export a template. Not in the ribbon, the data panel or in the web front end (what usually has more export options than the desktop client).
But - you can copy / past the template via the data panel. And this works across projects, too.
Not sure what you're talking about. Are you talking about drawing templates, copy small designs (not drawings) or about tile blocks?
@Anonymouswrote: ...Also, how does this help me when creating new models??
Sure not - how should a Drawing Template designing something? Or am I getting something wrong?
@Anonymouswrote: ...Will I have the option to use that template when creating a new drawing from a new model, as long as that template is living in the project folder?...
Yes you can do this. One templates, many designs, many drawings
Perhaps this video gives you an idea about the drawing templates in Fusion 360
@Anonymouswrote: ...And if the design that the "template" was generated from contains x-refs, you wont be able to copy it to another project folder...
Design generated from a template? How can a Drawing template contain x-refs? Are you talking about including drawings in drawings?
@Anonymouswrote:
Thats what was great about the save as template tool: it broke the reference to the model, giving you a clean draft layout that you could select in a drop down menu prompt right before you moved into the drawing space.
I'm not aware that Fusion 360 has such a function. Can you remember when Fusion had this?
Okay, so the answer is:
File>New Drawing Template.
Previously, you chose from the "Output" button on the drawing environment ribbon to select "output as template"
As far as the Xrefs go, I was referring to the fact that before this file>new drawing template option was implemented, you could not enter the drawing space without saving and linking a design you were already working on. This linked any and all xrefs to the drawing itself , which keeps you from moving it to another project folder, making the "copy and paste a blank drawing" work around less effective and just about useless.
Having the Placeholder view option is also essential, which can only be accessed in template design environment.
Your methods ignores this functionality, and does not provide a user with "true" templates, as you have shown in your screenshot, your creating drawings "From Design"...........That is the "link" thats troublesome.
Accepted solution
Hi bravo1delta9,
There were indeed a few changes made around templates last year. As you mentioned, in the past a drawing had to be associated to a design, then if you set your drawing up the way you wanted, you could export as a template for re-use later.
The same functionality is still available, it's just been moved. If you have a drawing set up the way you want, and want to use it as a template, you can click File > Save As and change the Type to Drawing Template (*.f2t).
But, if you already have a template set up the way you want (even if it's in a different project) you can use it for new drawings, by browsing to it when you create a new drawing:
Once a template is created/saved it can be re-opened and edited for future use (these changes won't be retroactive to existing drawings). As a first step I'd recommend getting the template set up with logo, notes, etc. then move on to the placeholder views.
Hope that answers your question, if not please let me know.
Thanks,
Chris
