Revolve: Select axis

[Ex_Machina_Engineering]

OK, I was hesitant to ask this for fear of coming off as a HUGE noob, but...

In the revolve feature, I am trying to select a circular feature (extrude) as the axis of my revolution, and it doesn't work. Was that always like that? Did it work before the update? Am I thinking of Solidworks?

I'm pretty sure it worked before... No?

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

Fusion has never allowed you to select a cylinder as an axis for Revolve.  There has not been a change in this area that I can remember.  You need to select a  sketch line or a work axis as the Revolve axis

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Best practice would be to sketch components on an origin so center lines, faces are always available. If they don't fit, you can create construction elements. In your case Construction -> Axis Through Cylinder/Cone/Torus might do the trick.