- The Timeline marker disappeared when you activated a component, making it impossible to scroll back to a previous state.<\/span><\/li>
- Local rendering didn\u2019t work when you installed Fusion 360 under a Non-English account. Now it works as it should. <\/span><\/li>
- We cleaned up some CAM code that was causing some in-stability in certain tools. <\/span><\/li>
- Contour selection in Manufacture became very polygonal and was no longer a smooth curve when curved edges were selected. This did not instill confidence, since you don\u2019t want the machine to cut angles on a part that should have been round. Turned out this was a display problem. It\u2019s now smooth again. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nApril 12, 2019 Product Update – What’s New<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
v.2.0.5677<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These recent issues are now fixed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Weird zoom issue<\/a> that was reported by those of you on Windows 7 machines<\/li>
- Crash issue you’ve experienced when you turned off the visibility of certain sketches<\/li>
- Settings values in Machine Configurations applied incorrect values<\/a><\/li>
- The lead-out and lead to center for the Bore Toolpath were wrong, leading out a small amount and proceeding in a 3 axis manner back to Top Height.<\/li>
- The stock generated by a relative or fixed size box or cylinder was not shown when the “Stock” tab of the setup was active.<\/li>
- There was some wonkiness in the code where it caused the setup sheet to incorrectly scale the SVG path<\/a> of the tool to be huge.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Slicer Add-in Updated<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’ve updated Slicer add-in so that it works with the UI Preview. If you have the old version installed, uninstall it and grab the latest one!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nApril 8, 2019 Product Update – What’s New<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
V.2.0.5658<\/p>\n\n\n
[toc]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\nUsability<\/h1>\n\n\n
[icon name=”apple” class=”” unprefixed_class=””]<\/span><\/a> We\u2019re leaving the Mac App Store soon<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This update will be the last one we\u2019ll be making to the Mac App Store version of Fusion 360. <\/span>Starting from the next major update<\/b>, Fusion 360 will no longer be offered on the Mac App Store, and we\u2019ll be honing our efforts on updating the version of Fusion 360 that is available from our Autodesk Fusion 360 product page. <\/span>This decision did not come lightly, but we believe is the right thing to do. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t worry though, because Fusion 360 for macOS isn’t going anywhere<\/strong>. By putting our focus into a single location (instead of multiple deployments in multiple locations), we will be able to have better control over our updates, and you\u2019ll no longer have a disparity in functionality between macOS versions of Fusion 360, since it is all coming from the same source. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are currently using the Mac App Store version of Fusion 360, no sweat. Follow the instructions laid out on <\/b>this article<\/b><\/a> and you will be back designing in no time. <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[icon name=”file-text-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Fusion 360 Mac App Store Transition How-to<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
We thank Apple and the Mac App Store for the incredible run. We also want to thank you, the community, for the continued support! Fusion 360 for macOS will continue to be supported, improved, and developed with everything we have to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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[icon name=”gift” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New!<\/span> Measure Tool now has secondary units<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow when you select a face or an edge with the Measure tool, you\u2019ll be able to also display the secondary units of your choosing. This way you\u2019ll have the measurement in both metric and imperial units right away in the same dialog.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Design names now maximize document tab space<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe\u2019ve improved how your design document names are using the document tab realestate – they are now better at maximizing the document tab space available. This way you\u2019ll still be able to see the full name even if you have multiple tabs open.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Create Mesh Section Sketch moved to Solid Tab > Create drop-down (in UI Preview)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe\u2019ve renamed Create Mesh Section command to <\/span>Create Mesh Section Sketch <\/b>and moved it from the Create panel within the Sketch environment into the Create panel within the Design > Solid tab. Now you can use the take without needing to go into the Mesh environment. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notable fixes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- HiDPI resolution toolbar scaling issue
<\/b>A number of you running Fusion 360 on hiDPI Windows machines experienced bad toolbar UI clipping issues where it made Fusion 360 close to unusable. We dug into the code and found part of it was not playing well with the hiDPI override option. We untangled that knot and now the toolbar should no longer be clipped, even with the override option turned on. <\/span><\/li>- Right-click > workspaces > 2D Drawing now defaults to \u201cdrawing from design\u201d
<\/b>Did you know that you can access workspaces by navigating via the right-click context menu? We found out that the \u201c2D Drawing\u201d access point actually didn\u2019t do anything. Now it\u2019ll default to creating a 2D drawing based on the design that is active. <\/span><\/li>- Fusion 360 icon will no longer be moved after an update on Windows
<\/b>No one likes it when their cheese gets moved, and that\u2019s why we made an improvement to updates where Fusion 360 will no longer be replacing, move, or change the Fusion 360 icon when it is updated on Windows machines.<\/span><\/li>- ESC key cancels timeline playback<\/b>
HughesTooling<\/span><\/a> caught a bug where <\/span>pressing the ESC key<\/span><\/a> while the timeline was being played no longer stopped the playback. Apparently the trigger got unhooked, so we hooked it back again and now the ESC key works well. <\/span><\/li>- Sketch tab title issue fixed in PCB environment (in UI Preview
<\/b>When you created a sketch within the PCB contextual tab, you had access to your sketch tools but the Sketch tab itself was missing. This was caused by a glitch in The Matrix. We fixed the glitch. <\/span><\/li>- UI Preview issue with loading Add-ins<\/strong>
Jeevesme<\/span><\/a> reported that whenever he toggles over to the Tools tab in the UI Preview, Fusion 360 got allergic to some of the add-ins he was using and froze unexpectedly. We prescribed Fusion 360 some allergy medicine so it can still do its job even when coming in contact with add-ins with old API. <\/span><\/li>- Selection issues in the Mesh environment
<\/strong>When you\u2019re working with mesh bodies in the Mesh environment, your selection behavior should automatically adapt to selecting mesh surfaces instead of solid faces. This was not the case when Mesh is a tab environment in Direct Modeling modem which made selecting areas of a mesh surface next to impossible. <\/span><\/li>- Disappearing toolbar when closing\/accepting \u201cGenerate\u201d dialog fixed
<\/b>We found instances where if you tried to close or commit the \u201cGenerate\u201d dialog in the Generative Design workspace with the production UI running, the toolbar will suddenly make like a tree and disappear for no reason. The only way to bring it back is to click somewhere in the canvas. This weirdness happens in other workspaces too, and we just had enough of it\u2019s mischief so we put an end to this behavior.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\nData Management <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
[icon name=”gift” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New!<\/span> Trash Folder now available in Fusion Team <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe long-awaited trash folder is finally here! Now when you go to Fusion Team from the data panel (by clicking in the name of the project), you will be notified that a new Trash Folder is available, so that deleted items are not gone forever. Next time you delete a design, the deleted file will appear in the Trash folder. Please note that some remaining services are still trickling in, so some of you may not see it until April 10. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are working with multiple team members in a project and are the admin of the project, you will have access to the trash folder and manage what has been deleted.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOnce you\u2019re in the Trash folder, you\u2019ll see your deleted items (files and folders) as well as the date they\u2019ve been deleted. And just like all trash folders, if you decided to restore a file or folder, you can right-click on it and select Restore, and it will be restored to its original location. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\nModeling<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
[icon name=”gift” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New!<\/span> Physical Distance type in Plane Along Path at Point<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow when you use Plane Along Path and want to place a plane at a specific distance but want to use an actual distance value instead of a scale value, you can change the Distance Type to Physical to reveal the actual distance in the default units selected. Change the Distance to your desired length and voila, the placement of the plane will be updated. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notable Improvements and fixes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- T-Spline engine updated
<\/b>We\u2019ve updated our T-Spline engine in this update, which fixed a number of issues, including one where extruding a Torus after having applied a mirror symmetry to it causes Fusion 360 to crash.<\/span><\/li>- \u201cOne-off update..\u201d message when working with old sheet metal parts no longer appears
<\/b>There was this annoying message that popped up when you were working with old sheet metal parts. It told you that you had to perform an one-off upgrade to the part for maximum performance compatibility.<\/span><\/li>- Shell tool stability improved
<\/b>We found a few instances where using the Shell tool on specific designs was causing the software to lock up. This is now sorted.<\/span><\/li>- Issue with opening certain designs fixed<\/strong>
Laurence_kc<\/span><\/a> reported <\/span>an issue<\/span><\/a> where one of his files no longer opened. He pointed out that he hadn\u2019t made changes to the model for weeks. We dug into the code and found some wonkiness with how Fusion 360 is opening designs. Now designs that have not been touched in awhile should open just fine. <\/span><\/li>- Thread Angle on <\/b>ISO Metric Trapezoidal Threads are now 30 degrees instead of 60
<\/b>Yup, <\/span>this is finally fixed<\/span><\/a>. Many of you have noted that the thread angle on ISO metric trapezoidal threads have a standard of 30 degrees, but for some reason Fusion 360 had them at 60 degrees, which was incorrect. Now it\u2019s correct.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\nSketching<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
[icon name=”gift” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New!<\/strong> Manage Lost Projections<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes when you’ve made sketch projections based on a design and decided to change the design later down the road, your sketch projections may lose its reference geometry depending if you were projecting from the edges (and not the profile). When this happened, you couldn’t re-associate\/fix the broken references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow there are ways for you to fix them. When you come across a yellow sketch with projection reference issues, the error message will show which edges are missing, highlighting them in red. By locating the Sketch entity in the Timeline, right-click will give you an option to Manage Lost Projections. This will open a dialog that lets you fix each lost projection by selecting a new edge as reference, deleting the reference, or delete all. Also, this doesn’t just work for edges, but you can also relink faces and bodies as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[icon name=”gift” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New!<\/span> Show\/Hide Projections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThere is a new option in the Sketch Palette that lets you show\/hide sketch projections, so you can finally project sketches to your hearts content and turn them off when you don’t want to see them, turn them on when you want them back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Work planes and model faces can now be used as mirror lines <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nYup, you can now select a work plane or model face and use it as a mirror line in the Sketch > Mirror tool. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Move\/Copy now has Set Pivot option to reorient the manipulators<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe updated the Move\/Copy command so that when you want to re-orient the manipulator to be normal to the sketch line as it\u2019s default starting position, you can click on the Set Pivot option and pick where you\u2019d like to reorient the manipulator. This behaves very similar to the Set Pivot option in the Edit Form tool when sculpting a form in the Form Environment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Uploaded AutoCAD and DXF Splines are now editable CV Curves<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hooray! If you\u2019re working with AutoCAD and DXF files that contain splines in them, you\u2019ll be able to open (or upload and open) them in Fusion 360 with the splines being editable as CV curves. Another welcomed improvements to bridging the gap between our family of products. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Project Splines retain their control points when after projection link is broken<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Previously when you un-linked a projected Spline sketch from it\u2019s original source, the spline lost all of its control points even though the control points were what determined the spline\u2019s curvature. Now when you un-link a spline projection, the un-linked spline will retain all of its control points.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\nGenerative Design<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
[icon name=”gift” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New!<\/b><\/span> Streamlining Generative Design to Simulation<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe heard that you wanted an easier way to reuse the setup from a generative design study in a simulation study to do additional validation work. Now, all newly generated designs will have the load case and constraint data associated with all outcomes. When you export the outcome and open it in the Simulation workspace, you will be prompted to apply the loads and constraints. The loads and constraints will be automatically applied and you will just have to press solve. Bing!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[icon name=”gift” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New!<\/span> Generative Design Results Sharing<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPrior to this release, if you shared a document with generative design results with other users, they could not see the results in Explore. This didn\u2019t make sense for a lot of reasons, so we have added support to include generative design results in shared documents. Now, if User A shared a document with User B they can see the results and export outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
[icon name=”gift” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] New!<\/span> 2-Axis Cutting Manufacturing Method now in Preview<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nManufacturability is one of the key tenets of our generative design solution. We continue to expand our manufacturing method support, and have introduced 2-Axis Cutting as Preview functionality for you to try.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This method will allow you to create constant thickness designs that are well suited for water, laser, plasma or 2D profiling operations. As you\u2019ve come to expect with generative outcomes, purchased designs will contain fully editable sketches as directly usable geometry.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved<\/b>!<\/span><\/span> Expanded Functionality of Connector Obstacles<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Connector Obstacle tool has been a welcomed addition to the generative design workflow, as a fast way to create obstacles. Operations like copy\/paste, mirror and patterning worked fine for creating the obstacle geometry, but these new bodies were not automatically being recognized as obstacles. Now there are.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Outcome Export Messaging<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In our March update, we improved our ability to export usable outcomes by including an additional geometry conversion routine. In some cases, we heard you were confused as to why there was no parametric timeline in some outcomes. To help resolve this confusion, we added new messaging to tell you exactly when this new routine is used to create an outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Additional Pre-checks for 3 and 5-Axis Milling Constraints<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of you ran into issues with solves failing when incorrect combinations of tool parameters were input for 3 and\/or 5 axis milling constraints. We talked to our machining experts and implemented a pre-check to prevent these bad setups.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\nManufacture<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Round shank holder<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPreviously, a boring bar could be modeled with a round holder but not with a relief angle. Now, in addition to round boring bars WITH relief angles, you can also accurately model the following round shank tools during toolpath verification and simulation:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Internal grooving tools<\/span><\/li>
- General turning tools with \u201cround shank\u201d checked on<\/span><\/li>
- Internal threading tools with \u201cround shank\u201d checked on<\/li>
- External grooving tools with \u201cround shank checked on<\/span><\/li>
- Face grooving tools with \u201cround shank\u201d checked on<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Improved!<\/span> Angled Turning Tools<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow when you program Turning Face, Turning Profile and Turning Chamfer operations using angled tools, you can set the compensation type to \u201ctip tangent\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toolpaths can be programmed with an angled tool by either setting the \u201cTool Orientation\u201d parameter in the operation (generally used with a dynamic rotary angled holder), or by setting the \u201cOrientation\u201d parameter of the tool in the setup tab in the tool library (generally used with a fixed angled holder).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- General turning tools with \u201cround shank\u201d checked on<\/span><\/li>
- \u201cOne-off update..\u201d message when working with old sheet metal parts no longer appears
- Right-click > workspaces > 2D Drawing now defaults to \u201cdrawing from design\u201d
- Local rendering didn\u2019t work when you installed Fusion 360 under a Non-English account. Now it works as it should. <\/span><\/li>