Adjust automation settings in Fusion

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You can adjust the drawing automation settings easily in Fusion.

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Begin in the Drawing workspace with a drawing template or a new drawing open.

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In the Browser, place your pointer over the Document Settings node, then click Change Document Settings.

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The Document Settings dialog opens.

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Before you make changes here, note that changes to the drawing automation will not be applied to the current drawing.

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Rather, they will be applied to the next drawing created that uses the selected template settings.

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In the Document Settings dialog, click the Automation Settings tab, and then choose the desired options.

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Scroll the list to review the many options you have control over for the main assembly, subassembly, components, and more.

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For instance, you can even control which component names to omit from sheet creation.

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In the Omit Components with Components Name Keywords text box, type any components for which you do not want a sheet to be created.

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Please note that fasteners from the Fasteners library are omitted automatically.

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In this example, some small parts and “Ref” are listed.

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Some organizations will include “Ref” in part names that are used only as reference parts in the design,

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so listing Ref here will prevent those parts from being included in the drawings.

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As you are entering these, also keep in mind that the Omit List applies to related component names as well.

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For this example, if a component is called “Walnut Base”, it would be omitted, because “Nut” is listed in the Omit List.

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In the Document Settings dialog, click the View Defaults tab to change the drawing view defaults.

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Here, you can adjust the Type, Style, Edge Visibility, and the look of center marks and center lines.

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When you are finished making changes, click OK to save the settings,

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or click Push To Template to save the settings to any existing template.