What Does ChatGPT Know About Drawings?

I jumped on the Chat GPT bandwagon and asked it to write me a blog post about some of the features added to Fusion 360 drawings in the last year… Everything from here on is AI generated:

Hey there, fellow Fusion 360 users! I’m back with another blog post to share some of the latest and greatest features that have been added to Fusion 360 Drawings recently. If you’re like me, you love creating detailed and accurate drawings of your designs, and you’re always looking for ways to improve your workflow and productivity. Well, you’re in luck, because Fusion 360 Drawing has been updated with some awesome new features that will make your life easier and more fun. Let me show you what I mean.

Hole Tables

Speaking of holes, Fusion 360 Drawing now supports Hole Tables! This feature allows you to create a table that lists all the holes in your drawing, along with their coordinates, size, type, depth, and other properties. You can also group holes by tags, filter holes by criteria, and sort holes by columns. Hole Tables are a great way to organize and present your hole information in a clear and concise way.

Broken Views

Another cool feature that has been added to Fusion 360 Drawing is Broken Views. This feature lets you break up a long or complex view into smaller segments, while maintaining the scale and alignment of the original view. You can use this feature to show more details of your design without having to create multiple views or use a large sheet size. You can also adjust the gap size and style of the broken view segments, as well as add break lines to indicate where the view is broken.

Auxiliary Views

Another new feature that makes drawing easier is Auxiliary Views. This feature allows you to create a view that shows a face or plane at an angle, perpendicular to your line of sight. This is useful for showing features that are not parallel or perpendicular to any of the standard views, such as chamfers, tapers, slopes, etc. You can also control the orientation, scale, and projection type of the auxiliary view.

Revision Tables, Clouds, and Markers

If you need to keep track of the changes and revisions made to your drawings, you’ll love the new Revision Tables, Clouds, and Markers feature in Fusion 360 Drawing. This feature allows you to create a revision table that lists all the revisions made to your drawing, along with their date, description, and approval status. You can also add revision markers to your drawing views that link to the revision table entries. To highlight the changes made in each revision, you can use revision clouds to draw attention to the modified areas of your drawing. Your title block will also show the latest revision of your drawing automatically.

These are just some of the amazing features that have been added to Fusion 360 Drawing recently. There are many more features that I haven’t covered here, such as Welding Symbols, Copy Table Data from Word/Excel/Google Sheets, Taper & Slope Symbols, Line Thickness & Text Height Controls, External Thread Support for Hole & Thread Notes, and more. If you want to learn more about these features, you can check out the official Autodesk website, blog, or YouTube channel.

If you want to learn more about these features, you can check out these links:

• March 2022 Product Update – What’s New
• Fusion 360 Drawings Roadmap and Update
• Fusion 360 Drawings: Revision Tables, Clouds, and Markers Are Here

I hope you found this blog post helpful and informative. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to leave a comment below. Until next time, happy drawing!