Introducing auto dimensioning in Fusion drawings

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In the Drawing workspace in Fusion, drawing automation is the automated process that generates 2D drawings from your designs.

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This process helps to reduce errors and time spent on repetitive tasks,

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and it enables you to create consistent, preconfigured drawings quickly.

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To take full advantage of drawing automation, it is recommended that you create templates in advance.

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This prevents you from having to set drawing preferences from scratch each time you create a drawing.

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Here, a preconfigured template is selected to create the drawing.

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Drawing automation offers a powerful tool called Auto Dimension.

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On the Drawing toolbar, click Dimensions > Auto Dimension.

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In addition to automatic dimensioning, this tool is also used to adjust the created dimensions.

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The Auto Dimension dialog lets you select the dimension strategy that best suits your drawing.

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From the dialog, scroll through the dimensioning alternatives.

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The thumbnail shows you what the dimensions will look like.

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When you select a specific dimension strategy, the drawing updates, and more options become available for that specific strategy.

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Where applicable, the Datum Location allows you to choose where the datum is placed and where all the dimensions are referenced from.

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You can use the Density slider to increase or decrease the number of dimensions.

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When you are satisfied with the dimensioning, on the toolbar, click Dimensions > Tidy Up.

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This automatically moves dimensions that are overlapping; and rearranges, re-sorts and resizes objects on the sheet.