The print dialogue in Fusion is relatively simple, you hit print, it sends your drawing to the printer, magic! What may not be obvious, is what happens behind the scenes, and how the drawing is scaled. Here’s how printing from Fusion 360 desktop client works. Fusion 360 prints 1:1 when the paper size of the... Continue Reading →
Smart Template – “All Level” Drawings
With the April 2021 release of Fusion 360, the drawings team have introduced support for the creation of "All Level" drawings using smart templates. If you already have smart templates set up, you can use them as before, and benefit from the new functionality. When creating a new drawing (using a smart template), you can... Continue Reading →
Quick Tip – Smart Templates
Drawing automation in Fusion 360 is really easy, thanks to "Smart Templates". "Smart Templates" are essentially drawing templates with placholders for drawing views and tables. The good news, is that you can use your existing drawing templates and add in placeholders as needed. "Smart Templates" are extremely simple to set up and use. I've created... Continue Reading →
Quick Tip – Creating & Reusing DWG Title Blocks
This post shows a workflow that will let you export your favorite Title Block from Fusion 360 to DWG, for re-use in existing drawings, or to import into a new template file. If you've ever wanted to change the Title Block in your drawing to match a newer design, this tip could work for you.... Continue Reading →
Fusion 360 – Marching on!
The March update to Fusion 360 is something not to be missed. This update is HUGE! So what's the big deal? Well, for starters the team has included a bunch of productivity updates as well as introducing brand new Assembly Concurrency workflows, and a new Nesting & Fabrication Extension. For more details including workflow videos,... Continue Reading →
25 iLogic Routines to Speed Up Drawing Creation
Creating engineering drawings can sometimes seem tedious, but drawings are one of the most important parts of any design. In fact, your drawing is the contract with the manufacturer, an agreement that contains all the specifications and key dimensions that your product will be manufactured to. Why not automate workflows, making drawings easier and faster... Continue Reading →
iLogic: Export Flat Patterns of iPart Members to DXF
By Bhavik Suthar I have written an iLogic utility to export the flat patterns of all the members of an iPart to DXF. The code automates the process of creating DXF flat patterns, saving the DXF with the instance member name as the file name in the same location as the original iPart. Here is... Continue Reading →
iLogic: Export Custom iProperties Of All iPart Instances
By Dutt Thakar I recently found a question on the Autodesk forums, where a user wanted to export the custom iProperties of all iPart instances to an excel document. I have found two ways to do this this. The first, is to scan the iPart Author table, get the data from it and then copy... Continue Reading →
iLogic Quick Tip: Get IP Address
I have a Vault server on my laptop, I connect to it via a second PC or via the Vault mobile App. I tend to use the IP address as the server name, because it works well with the mobile app. The problem is that my IP address changes each time I reboot the laptop.... Continue Reading →