Using Model Sketches in Drawings

Autodesk Fusion 360 drawing environment is still developing and sometimes you need certain critical drawing dimensions which, at this point, are not possible with the available functionality.  In this short video, I will show you how to use model sketches to provide key points for the placement of a couple of these types of drawing dimensions.  
 

Using Named Views in Fusion 360 Drawings

Named views, in your Autodesk Fusion 360 models, can be used for many purposes.  One of these is to define a special view, that will be needed in the 2D drawing, to created required documentation dimensions.  In my short video, I show how to create a named view and then use it to establish a special view in the 2D drawing.  This view will be used to place true length dimensions on selected edges.

Creating Fusion 360 Angular Dimensions for Special Angles

Fusion 360 has some amazing tools but it is a new product and it is still being developed to handle all 2D drawing dimensional needs.  In a recent Fusion 360 Forum post a situation was presented where Fusion 360 would not recognize the edges of a tapered cut on a round object.  The user was trying to create the following dimension which I created in an Inventor 2D drawing.

Since the part is round and the angle cut in completed around the diameter, the two angle edges created in the section are not recognized by Fusion 360.  I have created a short video showing my workaround for this issue.  It is not perfect but it is better than not being able to create the dimension at all.

I would like to thank Adam Krefting for the use of his Fusion 360 model which I used in my video.