Fusion Drawing Environment - Deleting of edges/lines

[BoehmeLVA4Z]

Hello together,

We are facing a problem in the Fusion Drawing environment. When I create a drawing from a design, Fusion displays edges that I don't want to have in the drawing. It doesn't matter which edge style I choose.

This issue was already discussed here:

Can I delete lines in drawing view? - Autodesk Community - Fusion 360

Back in 2018, this feature wasn't available in Fusion. Did that change in the meanwhile or are there any workarounds except changing it in another program?

Thanks,

Florian

[ClintBrown3D]

Hi @BoehmeLVA4Z 

Can you share a bit more information regarding what you would like to delete/hide?

Maybe a screenshot and if possible an F3Z of your files for us to have a look at?

[BoehmeLVA4Z]

Hi, 

sorry for the late reply, I attached screenshots of the edge I want to delete.

As you can see, whatever tangent edge type I select, the encircled edge stays, which is not correct.

I assume this is the case because there are two lines on top of each other and that's why Fusion does not delete it.

Either way, that is only an example where it is necessary for us to manipulate the drawing Fusion created and I would like to be able to select this specific line and have for instance the option delete when I right-click on it.

Does that make the problem more clear?

Regards,

Florian

[ClintBrown3D]

Hi @BoehmeLVA4Z 

As it stands, you cannot hide individual lines. From what you are saying, there may be several edges behind each other, which is why this is showing?

Please can you share an F3Z of your files for us to have a look at? You can attach the F3Z file here, or if it is sensitive, feel free to send it directly to me Clint. Brown {a} Autodesk.com

[BoehmeLVA4Z]

Hey,

I created an example file that produces the same problem. I attached the .f3z (containing the technical drawings and 3D model) and a picture of the lines we want to have removed.

In our case, this geometry represents the 3D version (inflated) of a tube out of plastic foil. The outer contours are welded, so for our technical drawing, which should only contain lines that need to be welded, these four lines are not relevant. Does that make sense? 

Best regards,

Florian

[ClintBrown3D · Accepted solution]

Hi @BoehmeLVA4Z 

I think I have a slightly better understanding of your requirement now   : )

There are 2 considerations here, the first one, is that the drawing represents the model geometry, if there are edges on the model, these will be displayed on the drawing.

In this example, if the finished product has a welded corner, the edge would not be sharp. If you considered adding a fillet to represent the weld, this would give a more accurate representation on the drawing, and give you a few additional options, something like this:

The second consideration is that this is a new feature request. Every customer request that we get, from meetings, emails, forum posts etc. gets collected and categorised in our feature request database. This information is used to prioritise the features that we build next. I've added your request to our database.

[BoehmeLVA4Z]

Hi @ClintBrown3D,

thank you so much, that is a nice trick to solve our problem for now. 

This is not an edge that needs to be welded in our case, since it ends up as a foil tube but that does not matter, because the most important part was that the edge does not show up in our drawing anymore.

Thanks for adding it to the feature requests anyways because I still think being able to manually change technical drawings comes in handy in many situations.

Best regards,

Florian