{"id":56919,"date":"2023-06-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=56919"},"modified":"2024-03-18T18:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T01:40:50","slug":"drawings-workspace-auxiliary-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/drawings-workspace-auxiliary-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Auxiliary Views in the Fusion 360 Drawings Workspace\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In this tutorial, you&#8217;ll learn about the Auxiliary Views feature in the Fusion 360 Drawings workspace. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-at-8.17.46-PM-1-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"fusion-360-drawings-workspace-auxiliary-views\" class=\"wp-image-56927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-at-8.17.46-PM-1-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-at-8.17.46-PM-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-at-8.17.46-PM-1-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-at-8.17.46-PM-1-1536x981.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-06-at-8.17.46-PM-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Auxiliary Views enable you to create views perpendicular or parallel to a model&#8217;s edges of the base view in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/2022-fusion-360-drawings-recap\/\">Fusion 360 Drawings workspace<\/a>.\u00a0This is especially useful when your model has features that aren&#8217;t perpendicular or parallel to the main view.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video tutorial below, we have a pocket hole jig that allows a user to create pocket holes when making furniture.\u00a0As you can see, we need to dimension the holes that are at an angle to the base view.\u00a0With Auxilary Views, we simply start the view and select the line we wish to project off of, and pull it either parallel or perpendicular to this line.\u00a0 Now you can see a view that looks directly at the holes and allows you to dimension the holes in this model.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quick Tip: Auxiliary Views in the Drawings Workspace | Autodesk Fusion 360\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/97Ku7VuekIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"aspect-ratio:500 \/ 281;width:100%;height:auto;\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you know how to use the Auxiliary Views feature in Fusion 360.\u00a0That was easy! 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