{"id":27349,"date":"2022-01-18T17:24:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T01:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=27349"},"modified":"2024-03-25T01:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T08:45:51","slug":"january-2022-product-update-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/january-2022-product-update-whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2022 Product Update – What’s New"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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See the latest fixes (Jan. 31, 2022)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

New Product Design Extension Now Available<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Kicking off 2022, we are introducing a brand-new extension called the Product Design Extension. Geared towards design professionals working primarily on consumer electronics and product design, the Product Design Extension gives you a set of design features that are aware of how a part is going to be manufactured, and automatically chain the workflow together, specific to the material used in the design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When this concept is applied to plastics design, you can apply enough repeatable rules in commands like, shell, thicken, rib, boss and others and dramatically speed the time to complete because you\u2019re spending less time typing in the same dimensions to multiple commands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve identified the next obvious command applied to newly created geometry like draft and fillet and have them automatically applied as part of the feature, driven from the material you select so that if you need to change material, the changes are instantly reflected in all the plastic features. Let\u2019s also not forget about our new geometric pattern feature as well, making it easier for you to create the right aesthetic in your design.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the launch of the Product Design Extension, we’re also excited to introduce 2 exciting new Preview Features as part of the launch: Design Advice and Volumetric Lattice. Design Advice will help you identify manufacturability concerns based on best practices for plastic injection molding and provide recommendations to address them. Volumetric Latticing enables you to create complex lattice geometry right on the solid body. If you’re interested to try these Preview Features, please refer to the Preview section of this blog post for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Product Design Extension is accessible through the Extensions button in-product<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about Product Design Extension.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n

Assembly Design<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n

New Read-Only For Me option for distributed designs<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you’re working on a distributed design with multiple project members, there may be times when you want to view, analyze, or experiment with the design without reserving it and blocking access for other project members. Read-Only For Me<\/strong> lets you temporarily make the design read-only for yourself, so you’re free to navigate the design while other project members continue editing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Read-Only For Me.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Replace Component Option <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There may be times when you need to replace an external component with a different component in the context of the assembly. Previously, this involved removing all instances of the external component and inserting a new one for each instance you needed to replace. This was a manual and time-consuming process, and often required you to fix broken assembly relationships, like joints and assembly contexts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Replace Component<\/strong> feature lets you quickly swap in a different external component at the same point in the Timeline and carry on with your work in the assembly. If the replaced component is a direct copy of the original, Fusion 360 will even reconnect those assembly relationships from the original component. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to replace external components.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n

Modeling <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n

New Tangent Relationship tool<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introducing Tangent Relationship, a new command under the Assemble drop-down panel. Tangent Relationship gives you the ability to have 2 components tangent to each other and when one component moves then the other move tangentially to it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Previously, you may have tried to use Contact Sets or used a Joint limit’s rest position (if needed) to model cam in a slot \/ cam follower type of mechanisms. This would have revealed performance issues in complex assemblies, as the contact set algorithm used performance intensive collision detection on every drag\/move. Now with Tangent Relationship tool, you\u2019ll be able to perform those actions without the performance hit.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve defined a Tangent Relationship, you\u2019ll be able to edit it again in the Timeline as well as find it as an entity in the Browser under the \u201cRelationship\u201d folder.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Tangent Relationship.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reference Driven Dimensions within a sketch<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As once being one of the most voted ideas in our old IdeaStation<\/a>, you are now able to reference a driven dimension within a sketch. Previously in Fusion 360, driven dimensions defined in a sketch were not exposed as parameters and therefore could not be referenced by other parameters within the same sketch, as well as outside the sketch, in other sketches. Now the are exposed as parameters, and you are able to refer them as so.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sketch pattern distance or angle can now reference driven dimensions. All dimensions like linear, angular, axis aligned, circle diameter and radius, elliptical major\/minor diameter and radius, and concentric are now also supported to refer driven dimensions (inward use) and to be used as driven dimension in other parameters (outward use) within the same sketch (with the exception being tangent and offset dimension).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are currently working on enable you to refer driven dimensions outside of the sketch. More news around this coming soon in future updates.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about referencing Driven dimensions.<\/a> 
Learn how to reference Driven dimensions within a sketch.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Associative Behavior now in Create Form > Match Command<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Organic modeling with associativity? Yes please! Now in the Create Form > Match<\/strong> command, there is a new option called Associative<\/strong>. Once checked, the edges matched to any reference geometry become associated with that reference geometry. This means that if at any point you decide to modify the reference geometry in the parametric design environment (albeit a solid, surface, or sketch), the T-Spline form associated to that geometry will also automatically update and maintain its relationship. This makes the hybrid use of T-Spline forms and parametric solids all the more powerful and versatile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to create an Associative Match.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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News Ways to Convert, Repair & Export Mesh Bodies<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As another advantage of having the Product Design Extension<\/strong> comes with the new ability to convert mesh bodies into organic T-Spline bodies. That\u2019s right \u2013 triangles faces to quad faces. It\u2019s now finally possible.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now in the Convert Mesh<\/strong> command, you\u2019ll notice a 3rd<\/sup> option appear in the Method <\/strong>section called Organic<\/strong>. There are 2 things to look out for: 1. Make sure that you have the timeline enabled before you invoke the Convert Mesh tool, and 2. Make sure that the Operation option in the Convert Mesh dialog is set to Base Feature (if you are working in parametric design mode with the history Timeline turned on).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*Please see the Improvements and fixes thread for known issues related to this functionality.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More good news \u2013 Repair Mesh<\/strong> has graduated out of preview and is now available as an official tool in the Mesh <\/strong>tab. We\u2019ve also enhanced the Save As Mesh<\/strong> dialog to include an option to push the mesh object to Netfabb. If you\u2019re exporting OBJs or 3MFs from the Save As Mesh<\/strong> dialog, appearances applied to mesh bodies are now also included in the exported files.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to convert mesh bodies<\/a>
Learn how to repair mesh bodies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Simulation<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n

New Fusion 360 Simulation Extension<\/strong> Now Available<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By subscribing to the Simulation Extension, you will no longer be required to pay Cloud Credits for running Simulation Studies for the duration of your Simulation Extension. The Simulation Extension has an annual and a monthly subscription option along with a 7-Days trial to evaluate your requirements. The Fusion 360 Simulation Extension\u202funlocks key insights of product design performance and quality through mechanical, structural, and injection molding analysis tools including:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n