{"id":9213,"date":"2018-03-20T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=9213"},"modified":"2024-04-15T00:39:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T07:39:15","slug":"quick-tip-show-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-show-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tip: How to Show Dimensions in Autodesk Fusion (2024 Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Please view the updated video tutorial here:<\/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=\"Learn How to Show Sketch Dimensions in Autodesk Fusion FAST!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MRmZQDncexw?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<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In this quick tip tutorial, we answer a question from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fusion360\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fusion Reddit page<\/a> regarding how to show and use dimensions while outside of the sketching environment. This incredible capability will enable you to make quick and dynamic changes to designs, like on the chair in the following example:<\/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: Show Dimensions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5P62V4dGaso?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>As mentioned, both of those designs\u2014the Gateway Arch and Grasshopper Chair\u2014come from the same brilliant mind:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eero_Saarinen\">Eero Saarinen<\/a>. To learn more about his work, from furniture design to Washington Dulles Airport, see that linked Wikipedia page or this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/americanmasters\/eero-saarinen-architect-saw-future-watch-full-film\/7887\/\">PBS Documentary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you pay close attention, there are a couple of other tidbits in the video regarding mid-plane creation (and why it&#8217;s important), and zooming to fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks to Will Secor for the model of the Grasshopper Chair. To check it out and download it for yourself, <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.autodesk.com\/fusion360\/projects\/saarinen-grasshopper-chair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to use dimensions to make dynamic edits outside of the sketch environment in Fusion 360? 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