Copy and Paste Views/Projections in 2D Drawing Space

[Anonymous]

It appears that the Drawing space within Fusion 360 has a lot of limitations, compared to any other CAD package. I do understand that this is a work-in progress, but it doesn't appear that there has been much progress as for improvements within the drawing space in the last couple of years...

I have read a few strings, primarily around copy/pasting text boxes (seems like it should be a given, but it's not...). What I am looking for is copy/pasting views/projections, within the same sheet and from one sheet to another sheet. It's not possible to do it within the standard copy/paste features, but is there a macro or add-in that could accomplish this?

Here is my situation. I have a model with a few hundred sub-assembly components, components, and bodies. I am creating a drawing that includes all of the individual pieces that make up a specific sub-assembly. To create a view and projections off of a single component/body, I have to hide the rest of the components/bodies I don't want shown. This is very time consuming. If I could copy and paste the first view I created with a single component (the rest hidden) and then switch which view is visible, this could save a lot of time.

Any tips/tricks to improve this workflow would be much appreciated. Also, does anyone know if this copy/paste issue is in progress and which update may include it?

[cmiller66 · Accepted solution]

Hi csaba1589,

You are right, copy/paste of views is not possible.  For your case (creating views of a single or small number of components from a larger assembly) the easiest way to add new views is to:

1. Open the design and the drawing (if  one already exists)

2. In the Model, select the component(s) in the browser > Right-click > Create Drawing

3. Now instead of Create New, select the existing (open) drawing, and then the Sheet (either create new or select an existing sheet).

Thanks,

Chris

[Anonymous]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your reply. The workflow you described works much better than the way I am doing it today! I appreciate your help.

I still hope we get the copy/paste feature soon... but for now this works great.

Thanks again,

-Csaba

[Anonymous]

Does anybody know how to fix this problem? Seems there's no help from Autodesk. This has to be one of the worst programs I have ever used. Please solve this issue Autodesk, 5 years have passed and still no solution. what a Joke! 

[Anonymous]

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[dave3PGN8]

Thanks to csaba1589 for the work-around!

But it would be much easier to be able to copy and paste views within the drawing environment.

[philipM4973]

"1. Open the design and the drawing (if  one already exists)

2. In the Model, select the component(s) in the browser > Right-click > Create Drawing

3. Now instead of Create New, select the existing (open) drawing, and then the Sheet (either create new or select an existing sheet)."

This seems to work at first, but at some stage there is no existing drawing sheet to select - only "CREATE NEW".

Closing and opening of the part or drawing does not help.

What is happening?

Can someone help?

[tonyXTMAY]

"1. Open the design and the drawing (if  one already exists)

2. In the Model, select the component(s) in the browser > Right-click > Create Drawing

3. Now instead of Create New, select the existing (open) drawing, and then the Sheet (either create new or select an existing sheet)."

If I try this it replaces the already existing component, so this is not a solution. I really agree with Miguel98BQX. As you really need multiple views in a drawing most of the time, a copy/paste from an existing component would save oodles of time. Why make the user experience so negative with such a stupid issue which should be easy enough to fix?

[jhackney1972]

The process you outlined is a valid process and works well.  Watch the video and see what you are missing.

[tonyXTMAY]

Hi John, I apologize for my mistake, you are correct. I did not set the "Sheet" option correctly, so it created a new sheet, hence my problem that the already existing component seemed to disappear.

I also found that I can right-click on a (main) component in the drawing view left side (BROWSER) and then select "Base View" which will do what I want without having to go to the original design.

Still, why not make life easier by adding the option copy/past an already existing view? As no one in this discussion pointed my find of selecting the BaseView from the browser inside the drawing, this shows that it is not really obvious/intuitive.

In any case, thanks for your help!

[zbyszekQCX2V]

2025 and still waiting for simple copy / paste...