Tutorial: Annotating a drawing

You can create 2D drawings from your Fusion designs, which enables you to generate PDF and DWG documentation of your Fusion model. You can add dimensions and annotation geometry to sheets in a drawing to document your Fusion designs.

In this tutorial, you:

• Add dimensions, center marks, balloons, and symbols commands to annotate a drawing.
• Create a Parts List.
• Use the Text command to add notes to a drawing.

A finished drawing with dimensions, center marks, balloons, text, and a parts list.

How to Get the Dataset

In the Samples section of your Data Panel, browse to:

Basic Training > 08 - Drawings > Connector_Joint_Drawing

Double-click the thumbnail image or model name to open the model. Then, follow the steps in the activities. This dataset is used for all activities in this tutorial.

1. If the Data Panel is not shown, click the Show Data Panel icon at the top of the screen. The Data Panel appears on the left side of the program window.
2. The top level (home view) of the Data Panel is divided into three subsections - PROJECTS, LIBRARIES and SAMPLES. Scroll to the bottom of the PROJECTS list if necessary to see the SAMPLES list.
3. Locate the Basic Training entry under SAMPLES and double-click it. The Data Panel now displays a list of the folders containing the datasets used in the tutorials.
4. Locate the folder of interest and double-click it to see a list of the available model files. Some tutorials only contain a single dataset. Others contain multiple datasets.

Get comfortable using the Projected View, Section View, Detail View, and Base View.