Fusion 360 Drawings
Drawings in Fusion 360. Were should I start? For quite some time, in my opinion, drawings in Fusion have been a dumpster fire. So much so that I’ve been known to lobby members of the Fusion team to scrap drawings and start from scratch. The good news is that drawings have been steadily improving and receiving attention. I have a lot of faith in the Fusion drawing project manager.
The good news is that drawings have matured to a point where they entering professional CAD territory. We will continue to see a focus on Fusion 360 drawings in 2022. The drawings Team has been very responsive to and open feedback. Autodesk also seems to be giving the team the resources needed to keep rapidly developing and improving the drawing environment.
Get your custom drawing templates!
I’ve been using Fusion for a really long time now. In fact, I’ve been using Fusion since before it was a product. It was a preview called Project Forge when I first got the invite to give it a try. There were no drawings in Fusion for quite some time. I’ve also been an Autodesk Inventor user for quite some time. That has given me the knowledge and insight to know how to create custom drawing templates from scratch. While Fusion drawings were growing up, I didn’t feel the product was ready to spend the time and effort to create custom drawing templates. Withe recent changes and improvements, I’m now willing to say that Fusion drawings are ready for this service.
for sale on mechanicaladvantage.com soon
Very soon you will see a new heading on www.mechanicaladvantage.com where you can purchase your own custom drawing template. Soon you will see three offerings available:
I’ve developed a “standard” drawing template that can be customized for your company. I’ll add your company logo, reference your company’s name in any text, and customize any tolerance values to your companies standards. This offering will be priced at $65.
Option two will be based on the standard drawing layout but allows for greater customization. It will be based on the original but things can be added, removed, and massaged. Fonts can be changed customized. Attribute fields can be added or removed from the titleblock. This offering will be available for $100.
Option three will be for a 100% from scratch drawing template based on customer requirements. With this option a customer will supply a title block that they want replicated in Fusion 360. This can be an AutoCAD file, a PDF document that shows the intent, or even a hand sketched rough layout of the titleblock they desire. This option will be listed on the website for $150.
Example of the basic custom drawing template.
Zoomed in view of titleblock
Of course users are always welcome to create their own custom drawing templates. The Fusion team provides the capability to allow anyone to create their own custom drawing template. However, a decision has to be made. Where is time best spent for a company? Designing products that generate money or taking time to create custom drawing templates that can most likely be created faster and better others.
Get in touch
While I don’t expect that it will take long to get these title block options listed on the website store, it may take a few days. If you want to buy a custom drawing logo for your company, send me an email to kevin @ mechanicaladvantage.com (remove spaces) and I can get you started on the process.