Tutorial: Setting up views

You can create 2D drawings from your Fusion designs, which enables you to generate PDF and DWG documentation of your Fusion model. You can place drawing views on sheets to document your Fusion designs.

In this tutorial, you:

• Create a drawing from the Fusion design.
• Place base, projected, detail, and exploded views.
• Edit a view's properties.

A finished drawing with base, projected, detail, and exploded views.

How to Get the Dataset

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

Basic Training > 08 - Drawings > Grinder_Vise

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.