Fusion 360: How to Export as DXF File! Fusion Friday #27

How to export a sketch or body in Fusion 360 as a DXF file in order to plasma cut, waterjet, laser, route, etc!
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[@larscw74]

This makes creating templates for building guitars really easy, thanks.

[@Sentientfx1]

Very clear description here mate. Thanks for posting these. I've learned such a lot from you.

[@thirtythreeeyes8624]

Super simple thanks for keeping the video short and to the point. I can tell I'm going to be watching a lot of these fusion 360 how to's.

[@TheBdd4]

Thanks for the very clear and to the point explanation. It really helped me, a new one to F360.

[@garyhowe88]

This came in handy today! Thanks for all the effort you put in!

[@eddrm4685]

When looking for a particular component in the Browser If you right click on it in the work space then scroll down to "Find in Browser" this will find and open the component folder you are looking for. You may have to change your "Selection Filters" to "Bodies". Hope this helps.

[@ScottMoyse]

+Ed T You don't have to change your selection filters... you only have to double click on the component. The only catch is if you double click on a component that is inside another component, then it selects the parent (the assembly its in). Then you can select Find in Browser from there.

[@eddrm4685]

Scott Moyse Thank you that's good to know, I have been setting the "selection Filter" to bodies only, this will save some clicks and movement of the cursor.

[@ClockwerkIndustries]

Thanks so much for this! Glad I found it, the past 2 days I have been stuck trying to export sketches for bodies for my new laser cutter and for my CNC router also. Cheers!

[@junedvahora2711]

Hey, thanks.That really helps, I was trying the same thing in body instead of sketch.

[@RyanSmith-yy4sq]

Everytime I safe a DXF file like that, and I insert it later the lines on the sketch are messed up. Like the sketch isn't the same I have to fix it up.

[@jamesmckeand3505]

Double click on a component to select, right click to get menu you can Activate at the top of the list and/or isolate (right above find in browser)

[@allsortsofinterests1]

Right click on the component and select "Find in browswer" or find in timeline, or find in window, depending on the situation.

[@ScottMoyse]

+NYC CNC don't forget the double click trick

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thank you! I was going nuts trying to work out how to export my drawings to DXF

[@adrianguirola6791]

great video, very helpful for further projects

[@escoffierdesign179]

Cheers sir this helped me out a good bit. Keep up the good work

[@JG-no4qr]

Is this only for 2D shapes that will be cut out from a sheet of material? Does it make sense to get a dxf file for a bowl?

[@james2j764]

Another great informative video. Autodesk should pay you. I'm coming across from Solidworks to Fusion because I'm fed up handing money to solidworks and every now and then I think, oh this would be so much easier in solidworks then you show how to do it in fusion the easy way, bingo. keep up the good work

[@MrOrangeman18]

im having a really hard time with this. only making a flat part for laser cutting. trasnfer to dxf fine. but machine shop cannot open it on solidworks and it comes up with with an erdw file. so cannot get my parts cut because of it. ive tried it on auto cad and works fine. please help me or point me in the right direction. cheers

[@PjotrStroganov]

Exporting one item isn't the main hurdle. Now try doing it for all components.

[@TROYOSTRANDER]

Any advice for a depth recognizing multi layered dxf export for woodworking with 2.5 axis milling?

[@brianfaini]

LIFESAVER!

[@Camdem]

Awesome Thank you

[@mirrays6856]

thank you

[@Hirudin]

I was just looking for a way to do (something like) this, thanks!

[@chrishonrado2526]

Thanks for your Tute on exporting to a Dxf file. I am just wondering if there is a way to add/show a dimension on the Dxf file?

[@add859tankionline]

Like you said in the video, you have a lot of bodies/components in this project. So how am I supposed to automate this process (converting to dxf) on all components in a project.

[@nssdesigns]

So how do you join/merge all your sketches into one sketch so you can send all the parts to be water jet cut at once form the one file??

[@Tywon]

Hello Could you share how to save spur gears to dxf? I tried to project gear to new sketch and then save it as dxf but when I open it in inkscape there are lines missing. What is proper way to do this??? Thank you! Great tutorials!

[@tomscietvirs2379]

cannot open dxf format in other programs! i'm using the training version of fusion 360 could this be the reason?

[@voyasart]

thanks, bud.

[@loisforcioliconti1398]

new to fusion360 thanks for your vid!

[@TheRangeControl]

Please help... The face of the model someone made for me has holes in multiple sketches... I need to laser cut it. How to I get it to project the holes in all of the sketches???

[@mendozacous]

Thanks this helped out a lot

[@noiseforthealgorithm4668]

what about multiple sketches in one dxf file?...this is driving me insane

[@tordisblue]

did you ever happen to find a solution for this?

[@noiseforthealgorithm4668]

@@tordisblue nope

[@joshuacollins385]

If you create a new sketch and copy and paste everything from the other sketches into it then you should end up with one sketch that has everything you need, and the positions of the parts shouldn't change as long as you don't change them after pasting them in. I really wish there was just a combine option, but at least there's a way to do what you want even if it's slow and tedious.

[@Allan-mf1he]

Thanks for teaching!

[@joachimjohansen1583]

Thanks John! i have been wondering how to do this. :D

[@kentvandervelden]

What screen recording software do you use? I really like that the keyboard strokes appear. Thank you.

[@kroha_4464]

Thank you so much!

[@TheRangeControl]

Ok... I made the DXF. BUT, how do I get Inskscape to: 1.) Keep it in inches? 2.) Import proper scale?

[@RevampedOutdoors]

Have you figured out a good way of doing this? This is driving me nuts currently, I export the sketch but it's too large when imported into cutting software. Apart from resizing in the cutting software I'm not sure how else to do it, frustrating for sure if the cutting software isn't really precise though.

[@KISSMYACE3203]

Also wondering about the scale. I've sent out .dxf files to a couple companies and they've both called back wondering what scale I'm drawing in. But if I upload to any online cutting service, it always scales it correctly. I've found you can save a drawing as a .dxf with dimensions, but whenever I open it back up, it's all fubar with sketches floating around in 3 dimensions.

[@danielkitson6878]

hi john, the video is great i as i knew it would be lol, i have found that if you right click on a component at you bottom there is an option to "find in browser " this makes searching a lot easier, the next one i am working on is making a bolt and v groove bearing move together when joined any ideas ??, i have sent you a fusion 360 file for an arm tool changer i am working on , when its done and finished i think it will me very cool, keep up the good work and many thanks for this fusion Friday, thanks Daniel

[@danielkitson6878]

hi john, check your emails lol, sent you some emails on a cheap linear rail and rollers, this could be good for some of the viewers that want to build a cnc machine, thanks daniel

[@nancygosen1250]

Daniel Kitson A sort and sweet video to the point thanks Andries BREEDT

[@jamesbarratt593]

Mate unless you now know, to find anything in the left panel you simply right click and select find in browser. Personally I think there should be a short cut key and in browser it should highlight much more than a silly squiggly line. Really hard to see.

[@KerryHarrison-Woodturning]

How do you get that big title on you video thumbnails? Thanks

[@GiacoWhatever]

And then how do you deal with KERF? What's the faster way?!

[@Josh-fk1nn]

select part in your model -> right click -> find in browser

[@handsfreekvm]

Good part Starts at 1:50

[@stormbringermornblade8811]

Hey john i was just wondering when you get that type of file in does fusion 360 allow you a blown up image of that file type just curious . Helps me to understand the modeling better just wondering if it was a function. thank you and your videos are awesome as usual.

[@stormbringermornblade8811]

well it a multi part structure blow up mean to show a expanded pic of all part's at one time or a exploded view of part .????

[@TheRangeControl]

Please show "laser cutting" from Fusion 360 if possible.

[@vilesovds]

Thx a lot!

[@VLAHECO]

very cool as alwayd

[@DStrayCat69]

Great information :-)

[@ChrisDePrisco]

Speaking of TONS of components, what about a video on organizing all of those; or isn't there a good way yet? I think in Inventor you could make folders (I haven't used it in a while). Right now I'm making sub-assemblies but it's a massive PITA that you can't make changes to parts in the main project and have them propagate back into the original parts. You saw my CNC project before and it's only getting more complicated and harder to navigate!

[@eddrm4685]

+Chris DePrisco I agree it would be very helpful to see a video on how to organize the browser!!! Mine tends to get very disorganzed.

[@tomdchi12]

+Chris DePrisco "allsortsofinterests" and "Ed T" below commented on the right click --> "Find in browser" to go from the model back to the "browser." As I do more complex projects in Fusion 360, I'm getting more and more aggravated at the "browser" and the total lack of means for organizing it. I haven't tried in a while, but last time I did, I couldn't even drag components up or down to at least group them informally. Folders, "sub-assemblies" and the like would help a lot. Scrolling through a long, unorganizable list of component model numbers is tough and wastes time. I'll bug the Fusion guy next week at the Chicago user group.

[@eddrm4685]

Thomas Donalek Yup same here!!! Just tried dragging them up or down the other day with no luck.

[@lpogon]

thx for your vid! :)

[@X_Studios]

So I don't have dxf on my save as

[@joelibarra6974]

omg thanks a lot!!!!!!!!

[@thenozar7603]

Just saved me SO much time.

[@GiacoWhatever]

And then how do you deal with KERF? What's the faster way?!

[@GiacoWhatever]

Not for the laser cut... :(((