Surfaces in drawings

[Anonymous]

I have a body that I want to detail in a drawing, but when I start the drawing, a popup informs me that meshes, t-splines and surface bodies will not be represented in the drawing. This happens even after I've converted the body to a component. Is there a way to represent a free-form surface in a drawing?

[ahreum.ryu]

Hi @Anonymous, 

Thank you for your posting! 

If you have the surfaces, the error message will show. however you can create a drawing except the surfaces. Would you mind sharing your design file? Here is how to share it.

My email address is "ahreum.ryu@autodesk.com"

I look forward to your reply. 

Many thanks, 

Ahreum.

[TrippyLighting]

Correct. You cannot currently create a drawing from a surface body. No matter what components it's located in. You could, as a workaround thicken it a small amount and so create a solid body.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply. I solved the problem by using the surface to trim an underlying body. The disadvantage is that I lost the body I trimmed, so I guess I’ll need two separate files, one for the blank and one for the finished object. I would like to turn features on and off on different sheets of the drawing so I can show the part in different stages of machining in the same drawing, but that doesn’t seem to be possible.

[danePDEGN]

I've just run into this trying to create drawings for some concept art.  The main object is a t-spline body split into surfaces for rendering purposes.   I'm shocked that the model will not display in a drawing.  I can't see the logic for this.  I just want to show O-all dimensions.  Fusion team please bump this one up the ladder...it's been a problem for many years it appears.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Make sure solids are generated e.g. by (minimal) thickening, then it is possible.

günther

[TheCADWhisperer]

Autodesk Inventor Professional already has this functionality and has for years. 

[eric_schmidt]

How?

[jhackney1972]

The Thicken command is located in either the Solid or the Surface toolbar.