Fusion -> Desktop Connector -> Inventor(19) -> Part Dwg

[Anonymous]

Hi there

We need to make our drawings in Inventor 19.

i am trying, using Dektop Connector and the Place command, to insert an assembly from fusion and make a dwg from a part in this assembly. 

But it seems i can only make a drawing of the whole assembly and not of a specific part in it.

How can i Place a Fusion assembly in Inventor(19) and make a dwg of a part in this assembly? 

[xianhua.chen]

Hi,

When using "Reference Model" option to import Fusion data, Inventor won’t generate standalone part for each component, and Inventor could not create drawing based on these local components inside an assembly. If you don't need to keep the reference relationship between Fusion file and Inventor file, I suggest you use "Convert Model" option to import the Fusion data, in this option, Inventor will create standalone parts, then you could create drawing for them.

But if you want to keep the reference, and import the whole Fusion assembly, you could try create new Views and hiding the components you don’t want, then create the drawing based on that assembly and view, in this way the drawing will only show this single part.

BTW, if that part is the only component you want to import and create drawing, use the "Select" function in Import dialog, import it into an Inventor part and continue drawing creation for it.

[Anonymous]

Ok, thanks.

Oh man, and i thought the Desktop Connector could make Fusion finally be useful again here. 😄

Without a reference the AConnector isn't useful anymore.

To bad the drawing environment of fusion is completely crap and useless in industries.  

[ToddHarris7556]

We have the same need : leveraging Inventor's drawing capability to document Fusion models. This is a pain point for us, and we sure look forward to improved functionality down the road, but for the time being, here's how I do it:

1) Create Inventor container assembly, and use ADC to insert the Fusion assembly into it. (It would be *great* someday to simply be able to create a drawing from Fusion model, but this is where we are.)

2) Create drawing of Inventor assembly. In the drawing browser, just control visibility of parts for the drawing view. We don't create Views in Inventor, because doing so breaks the association with Fusion model Design Rep. 

It's not pretty, but it does (for the most part) allow us to create the drawings that we need. 

[xianhua.chen]

Hi,
Thank you for sharing your practice. It is really nice to see how you work between Inventor & Fusion. I am going to  forward this post to our PM, would you mind adding your idea to Inventor Idea Station? Every year Inventor team will review the top voted ideas and try to bring more values to customer in new releases.
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/idb-p/v1232/tab/most-recent