{"id":88781,"date":"2026-07-10T06:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=88781"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:45:59","slug":"introducing-find-similar-autodesk-fusion-design-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/introducing-find-similar-autodesk-fusion-design-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Find Similar in Autodesk Fusion: Reduce Duplicate Parts and Reuse Designs Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Reduce duplicate parts and improve design reuse with Find Similar in Autodesk Fusion. 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But when existing parts are hard to find, teams oftenn recreate components that already exist somewhere else in the organization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introducing Find Similar in Fusion, a capability available with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/fusion-for-design\">Fusion for Design<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/design-extension\">Fusion Design Extension<\/a> that helps teams discover and reuse parts with similar or identical geometry across a Fusion hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That duplicate work can feel harmless in the moment. Over time, it can create more parts to manage, more drawings to maintain, more BOM entries to review, and more variation for sourcing, manufacturing, and service teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find Similar helps teams avoid that cycle by making it easier to search by geometry, compare similar components, and make more informed reuse decisions before creating something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1154\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-15.jpg\" alt=\"Find similar Autodesk Fusion\" class=\"wp-image-88782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-15.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-15-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-15-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-15-768x425.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"reduce-duplicate-parts-before-they-multiply\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reduce duplicate parts before they multiply<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Duplicate parts do more than clutter a hub. Each unnecessary part can create downstream work across sourcing, inventory, documentation, manufacturing, and service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may need to be reviewed, released, purchased, stocked, tracked, and<br>maintained, often alongside parts that already serve a similar purpose.<br>Inventory carrying costs typically include warehousing, handling, taxes, insurance, depreciation, shrinkage, obsolescence, and the opportunity cost of capital tied up in stock. These costs are often estimated at roughly 20% to 30% of total inventory value, though actual costs vary by business and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is why design reuse matters. By helping teams find components with similar or identical geometry before creating something new, Find Similar can help reduce duplicate content, improve data consistency, and make Fusion hubs easier to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"search-by-shape-not-just-by-name\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Search by shape, not just by name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional search depends on how well files are named, tagged, or organized. But design data is not always perfect. A component may live in another project, use a different naming convention, or have been created by a different team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find Similar helps close that gap by searching for components based on geometry. You can use the command on an assembly or an individual part, then review similarity-ranked results from across your Fusion hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means teams can uncover reusable designs even when they do not know the exact file name, part number, or location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"find-existing-designs-faster\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find existing designs faster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before starting a new model, designers can use Find Similar to ask a simple but important question: Have we already made something like this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The command searches for similar or identical geometry and returns results ranked by similarity, helping teams quickly compare potential matches. From there, designers can decide whether to reuse an existing component, adapt a proven design, or continue creating something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"narrow-results-to-what-matters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Narrow results to what matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Find Similar includes controls to help focus your search. You can filter results by project and choose whether internal components are included, making it easier to search in the right context and reduce noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For teams managing large amounts of design data or working across multiple projects, these filters help make similarity search more practical and actionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"build-cleaner-more-consistent-design-data\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build cleaner, more consistent design data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Part reuse is not only about saving modeling time. 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