September 2024 Update and Community Bug Fixes (Design)

[seth.madore]

Hello to the Fusion Design Community! 

In anticipation of the September update going out in the next couple of weeks, we've decided to do an early drop on the details of what community reoported bugs have been addressed this time around! If you want to get an early jump on these fixes, you're more than welcome to apply for the Insider Program and get early access!

We greatly appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to notify us of the issues that you find in Fusion, and we would like to show that appreciation! 

In an ongoing effort to increase our transparency as well as our communication with you, we're continuing with our initiative of calling out all the Forum Reported bug fixes that are included in each update. The list below comprises all the issues that have been raised by our engaged community. So, without further ado, here is what we're going to see in the September 2024 update (creator of forum thread and the thread itself, in no particular order):

Design

You no longer need to isolate a component to extract the thumbnail	@luca.giorcelli9CG7C
Thumbnail are easier to create with the API	@leonsgraham
The API can now generate thumbnails of all components in a design	@luca.giorcelli9CG7C
Exporting the thumbnail images present in the data panel	@dgorski
Parameters should no longer be stacked	@robertmarteau
Joints should now work in Simulation	@chill_wes001
Surface Revolve > Chaining; should now correctly remember the state	@HughesTooling
Linear Constraint should perform better	@lee.krasnow
The body should no longer disappear when you cancel edit	@jeevesme
Configurations; easier to name themes	@Julie_7
Configuration tables should be easier to manipulate	@Julie_7
API call of ConfigurationRows.item should be null instead of failing	@TMC_Josh
Changing row names should now be easier	@Julie_7
Ground to Parent is now an option when inserting XREF's	@ltomuta
Constraints should be respected with offset curves	@GRSnyder
Offsets on projected geometry should be more stable	@steve3957T
Importing an SVG should no longer cause Fusion to freeze up	@steve3957T
Importing an SVG shouldn’t cause Fusion to crash	@frandy_sanchezRY8QR
SVG importation from Inkscape should be more stable	@binon_stepane
Import SVG shouldn’t cause Fusion to freeze	@richardg19001
Sharper utilities should now work properly in Fusion 360	@xarynh
Importing SVG sketches should have better success	@trojanowski_d
Importing an SVG shouldn’t cause Fusion to crash_PT.2	@frandy_sanchezRY8QR
Mac iOS, the Fusion browser shouldn’t overlay other applications	@rlenicheck
Some general modeling and spline math fixes_PT1	Anon
Some general modeling and spline math fixes_PT2	@daniel.ashbrook
Some general modeling and spline math fixes_PT3	Anon
Some general modeling and spline math fixes_PT4	Anon
Fusion Mac (Intel) should be more stable	@dstoddard
"Look at" should be more predictable when camera is “Perspective w/ortho faces”	@mac_ito
Opening an assembly from a drawing no longer opens just a referenced part	@richard_borrettGAZAB
Printing drawings shouldn’t result in failure	@daniel9CZJK
Making or opening a Drawing shouldn’t crash Fusion	@JcaveJRL8C

Just as in prior updates, this isn’t to suggest that those are the only fixes that we've included. The list above are the issues specific to the Design community; within this update our team has additionally found and fixed well over 100 different bugs and issues.

Still haven’t seen your issue on the list and wondering if/when it's going to get fixed? Don't hesitate to "bump" the original thread that you created, and I'll be happy to chase down the status of your issue!

Thanks for contributing to what makes the software truly great!

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[scruff.r]

Not sure if this change came with this update or one before, but I'd like to propose some tweaking to it.

In previous versions, the "Save as Mesh" feature remembered whether to export as file or send to a print utility.

With the new dropdown list at the top of the dialog it always reverts back to "Export" requiring an extra step to select my own preference over and over again.

Hence I'd like to propose to either bring back "automatic recall" or add a new setting in the general preferences in order to explicitly designate my preferred option.

[RajkumarIlanchelian]

@scruff.r We are aware of this change that was made for another reason. baed on feedback we are going to revert back this experience shortly. We are testing the revert and hopefully should be able to update here soon. 

[RajkumarIlanchelian]

@scruff.r We have deployed a new version 2.0.20494 that should now address this issue. Please let us know your experience in this new version. 

[babygiftcollections]

That's fantastic news! I'm excited to see the improvements coming in the September update. The transparency about addressing community-reported bugs is really appreciated.

I've been using Fusion for [number] years and have found it to be an incredibly powerful tool. However, I've encountered a few [specific issues you've experienced]. I hope these are addressed in the update.

I'm also curious to know if there are any new features or enhancements planned for the future. Thanks for the update and keep up the great work!

[scruff.r]

Yup, that fixed the issue for me 👍

Thanks

[jaco_tech]

I am confused ... you mention the issues raised by @luca.giorcelli9CG7C about thumbnail generation. But i do not find any documentation about that ?

https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/september-2024-product-update-whats-new/

Not listed/mentioned on the blogpost and i cannot find anything on the api reference for the Design object regarding thumbnails.