Define Different Storyboards for placeholder Views

[jacob.michaels]

Hi.

I model cabinet assemblies in fusion, and for creating shop drawings, I've been setting up drawing automation. 

Placeholder views seem great, and I'd want them to reference a storyboard. The issue is, I can't figure out how to set up a template that'll allow me to specify the storyboard it references after the one that I generated the view from the start. 

Lets say I have an assembly with 4 cabinets. Ideally I'd like to have a document template that I can use 4 DIFFERENT storyboard views with, where each of the cabinets are isolated, and they are generated in the drawings as front elevation, plan view, side elevation, and isometric. 

However, I can't figure out how to create a template that'll let me achieve this. Why can't I edit the storyboard that a placeholder view is referencing?? I really don't like making separate files for each one, since each title block has to be populated with info, and updating 4 drawings per model becomes tedious to update and export, and prone to error. 

If anyone has a workaround to this, I'd love to know. 

Its really not all that much more work to just place views where I want them, but it would make for really clean process if I could automate this.

Thanks!

[ClintBrown3D]

Hi Jacob

Try running an automated drawing with a "from Scratch" template. You should see better results than with placeholder views.

Placeholder views in a template limit the possibilities that drawing automation gives you. We regard templates with placeholder views as “legacy” Smart templates when creating drawings. more on this here: https://clintbrown.co.uk/2024/02/26/fusion-drawing-automation-template-options/ 

[jacob.michaels · Accepted solution]

Ah! 

Thanks for the tip, that helped a ton. 🙂 

I've always used 'create drawing from storyboard' rather than 'from design' that seemed to be the key here.

The casework drawings are submitted with an architectural packet, so the template has to match what we use in Revit. The drawings have to look pretty, which is why I'm opting for placeholder views rather than fully-automated views. I also prefer to dimension things myself. 

Here's what I used did to achieve this. 

Full model.

3 cabinet types that make up this assembly. I've isolated each of these in the animation space

Drawing from Design > Automatic > Select Drawing Template 

Generated Drawings! it makes extra pages, but those are easy enough to Delete