Can I save a new version of a model and also keep a new version of an associated drawing?

[kevin399ML]

I have multiple parts that are nearly identical except for one dimension. I have modeled the first and created a fully dimensioned drawing. Is there a way to make the a change the model, save it with a new name and also keep a new version of the drawing without having to regenerate the new drawing from scratch? The only way I can get the drawing to update is to save over the original model using the original file name. I could start playing tricks by saving a copy to another location and then over-saving the original, but even if I do something like this, both versions of the drawing remain linked to the same model.

Is there anything I am missing, or do I just need to generate each version of the drawing from scratch? Sorry if this is already in the boards, but I had no idea what to search for to find this.

thanks

Kevin

[ClintBrown3D · Accepted solution]

Hi @kevin399ML 

If you view the drawing online, you can then download a Fusion Archive.

Click the Download icon, then Choose Fusion Archive. You'll be emailed a link to download.

If you upload this F3D, you will have a separate model and drawing that are linked, so you can now make edits without it affecting anything else.

[kevin399ML]

Thank you Clint! I have been trying to figure this out, but I am still not getting this to work. If I start from the model, I can follow the steps you laid out, but when I upload the .f3d file back into fusion I just have the model and not the drawing. If I start with the drawing, the file I get is .f3z and I am not able to get fusion to open this file.

[ClintBrown3D · Accepted solution]

Hey @kevin399ML 

If you upload the F3Z, this is a packaged Zip file that contains the drawing and the model. Once the F3Z file is uploaded, Fusion will unzip it and make a drawing and model available, it will take a couple of minutes.

[kevin399ML]

Got it. I was trying to open it rather than upload it. Thank you very much for the assistance!