Create a new Fusion drawing and place the base view

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In the Fusion Drawing workspace, you can generate professional 2D drawings of your 3D designs.

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The drawing starts with placing a base view,

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which establishes the orientation and scale,

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and serves as the main reference for additional views, detailing, and dimensioning.

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To create a new drawing, with your design open in Fusion,

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expand the Workspace menu and select Drawing > From Design.

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In the Create Drawing dialog, you can choose between Automatic or Manual drawing creation methods.

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If you needed to apply settings from an existing template, you would choose Automatic.

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Alternatively, leave Manual selected, as it is here, to create the drawing manually.

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Next, Reference the components that you wish to include in the drawing;

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for example, you can include the Full Assembly, only objects that are visible, or only selected components.

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In this case, select Full Assembly.

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Under Destination, for Drawing, select Create New.

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Then, expand the Template drop-down to select an existing template, Browse for a template,

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or, as in this case, create a drawing From Scratch.

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Here, set the drawing Standard to ASME and the Units to inches, and select a standard Sheet Size of B.

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The Width and Height of the sheet size are shown here as well.

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Lastly, set the Orientation of the drawing to Landscape, then click OK to generate the drawing.

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The base view is attached to your pointer and is represented by a shaded version of the view.

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In the Drawing View dialog, select the Orientation for the base view from the default, isometric, or named views.

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In this case, the default view, Front, is selected.

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Next, set the Style to Visible and Hidden Edges, and then select a Scale, such as 1:1.

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Move your pointer into the drawing to see the updated scale applied to the view.

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Back in the dialog, adjust the Edge Visibility as needed.

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For example, for Tangent Edges, select Full Length;

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alternatively, you can select Shortened or Off.

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In this case, enable both Interference Edges and Thread Edges.

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Then, select options for Automated Center Marks and Center Lines,

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such as enabling Center Marks and Center Lines for Holes.

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To place the base view, click the desired location on the sheet.

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Then, click OK to close the dialog and generate the 2D rendering.