Printing with Fusion360

[MJB206]

Hey All

I started using Fusion360 (non commercial - I'm not close to selling anything yet) a while back to lay out my designs - I've had a heck of a time finding a way to print at 100% scale - it seems the normal printing function isn't available in the non commercial version. I can copy and paste in to something like Photoshop, but it takes some tweaking to get the size right.

Anyone have a process they use? I've googled around and haven't found a decent solution. (I'm on a Mac)

thanks!
Michael

 

[REK Knives]

You will have to create a 1:1 drawing then export as a pdf... Then you can print the pdf as 'actual size' in your print settings

 

[MJB206]

You will have to create a 1:1 drawing then export as a pdf... Then you can print the pdf as 'actual size' in your print settings

Thanks. I’ve looked into that - it looks like they disable the PDF export from the drawing as well unless you have a subscription. Unfortunately, their pricing structure is a bit out of my ballpark for the moment. If I can find another solution where I can import a drawing and effectively trace it, I'll likely switch. In the meantime I can tweak the PNG/JPEG exports. I was just hoping there was another solution.

Michael

 

[pafka]

I do not print stuff out directly from Fusion, but at one point I needed an export to SVG, which could help you out as well. I also have the free version only.
There is an add-in called "Shaper Utilities", and if you install it into Fusion, you can then execute it, select a face (or even a sketch) to export, and you get an SVG file. The SVG file you can then open in something like InkScape (which is free), and export to pdf or whatever.
The question is whether or not to then maybe use InkScape from the start, because for 2D design it is also good (though a bit different than Fusion) and your flow would be simpler. Your choice of course.

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[MJB206]

Update: While PDF export isn't available from the Drawing environment without a subscription, the Print function is - so that gets me where I need to be.

Interestingly, my printer has a PDF export built in - in other apps, I can simply click that and save a document as a PDF - this doesn't appear to work in Fusion360 (it appears it's even blocking a 3rd party PDF printer app.) So, no PDF but I can print to scale.

Michael

 

[MJB206]

I do not print stuff out directly from Fusion, but at one point I needed an export to SVG, which could help you out as well. I also have the free version only.
There is an add-in called "Shaper Utilities", and if you install it into Fusion, you can then execute it, select a face (or even a sketch) to export, and you get an SVG file. The SVG file you can then open in something like InkScape (which is free), and export to pdf or whatever.
The question is whether or not to then maybe use InkScape from the start, because for 2D design it is also good (though a bit different than Fusion) and your flow would be simpler. Your choice of course.

Export an SVG File in Fusion 360

Export an SVG File in Fusion 360: A friend recently purchased a new laser cutter and asked me how to use Fusion 360 to export SVG files. I suggested simply exporting DXF files instead but it turns out the brand of laser he bought only accepts SVG files. This was the same problem I…

www.instructables.com

Thanks - I'll check that out. I've gotten used to some of the quirks in Fusion, but I'm not opposed to using something different. Does InkScape allow the importing of images that you can scale and size? I've done my designs on paper, imported them into Fusion, then traced with splines - this works really well for me.

 

[pafka]

Thanks - I'll check that out. I've gotten used to some of the quirks in Fusion, but I'm not opposed to using something different. Does InkScape allow the importing of images that you can scale and size? I've done my designs on paper, imported them into Fusion, then traced with splines - this works really well for me.

yes it does allow that - that is exactly how I work too.