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Adjust Automation Settings

Learn how to control the Drawing Automation settings in the Drawing workspace in Fusion.

Control the Drawing Automation Settings

Important: Drawing automation settings are Forward Create, this means that the settings will not be applied to the current drawing, they will be applied to the next drawing created that uses these template settings.

In the drawing workspace, with a drawing template or a new drawing open:

  1. In the Browser, hover over the Document Settings node, then click the icon Change Document Settings next to it.

    browser - document settings

    The Document Settings dialog displays.

  2. In the Document Settings dialog, click the Automation Settings tab.

    automation settings tab

  3. Choose the desired options.

  4. Click OK to save the settings or click Push To Template to save the settings to any existing template.

  5. To accept the default settings, click Cancel to close the dialog.

    push to template

  6. Optional: In the Document Settings dialog, click the View Defaults tab to view or change the defaults.

    view defaults tab

  7. Optional: Choose the desired options.

  8. To accept the default settings and close the dialog, click Cancel.

Control for which components a sheet will not be created

In the drawing workspace, with a drawing template or a new drawing open:

  1. In the Browser, hover over the Document Settings node, then click the icon Change Document Settings next to it.

    browser - document settings

    The Document Settings dialog displays.

  2. In the Document Settings dialog, click the Automation Settings tab.

    automation settings tab

  3. Into the Omit Components with Components Name Keywords text field, type any components for which you don’t want a sheet to be created.

    omit components

  4. Click OK.

Caution: The Omit List does not create sheets for any component names. For example, if a component is called Walnut Base, it is omitted, as nut is listed in the Omit List.

Detect and Omit Fasteners

In the drawing workspace, with a drawing template or a new drawing open:

  1. In the Browser, hover over the Document Settings node, then click the icon Change Document Settings next to it.

    browser - document settings

    The Document Settings dialog displays.

  2. In the Document Settings dialog, click the Automation Settings tab.

    automation settings tab

  3. Select the Detect and Omit Fasteners checkbox to omit the Fasteners during the automatic drawing creation process.

  4. Click OK.

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