Fusion 360 - Secrets of the line command

This video will show different things that can be done with the line command, right click options while sketching, and dimensioning tips.
Want to learn more about Fusion 360 CAD and CAM? Visit www.nyccnc.com where you can sign up for hands on training classes or subscribe to online learning content.

[@seattledanr5363]

I had no idea that I had so much to learn about the LINE command, for Pete's sake. Awesome video. Thanks!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

You know, I was probably as surprised as you were that I could make a video that long about the line command. Hopefully it was useful.

[@hallenb328]

This is the old interface but the info is still good. Thanks!

[@markkrantz1516]

Abom 79 recommended your channel and wow I am thankful. I really like your style. Thank you Mark Colorado

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hey thanks for stopping by. Hope you are liking the CNC stuff on his channel. Maybe over time we will work in some of his CAD CAM learning there too.

[@TNSR-Destiny]

I am DEFINITELY smarter now! It's amazing how many holes get filled in just a few minutes of watching your videos!!!

[@automan1223]

Kevin, I love that you use many paths to get the same result ! Very helpful !!

[@tonymarreiros3186]

My word...here i sit frying my brains and you just melt them with this tutorial. Thank you so much Kevin.

[@michaelkeymont501]

Wow, you’re giving Lars a run for his money!! This is some of the best F360 instruction that I’ve found! Thanks for you efforts - subbed.

[@romanpastuchsr2319]

Kevin, you get my vote for the best videos.

[@DieselRamcharger]

i cant follow lars. he is always off on some tangent.

[@overlycranked8674]

Concise, Precise, on the point, interesting surprise golden nuggets now and then and one of the best voice-over audio recordings on the KZbin. I wished all technical tutorials follow this example. Thank you.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Thank you very much. Glad you like it. Thanks for letting me know.

[@DCT_Aaron_Engineering]

Great work as always mate. Looking forward to a weekly Mechvantage video series in future 👍

[@williammills5111]

Clear and concise, thank you! Subscribed.

[@ansiaaa]

great info and well explained. even if it's a 6yo video, it's still very useful for newbies like me

[@vincentbarkley9121]

Nice job. I learned a lot. Thank you.

[@michaels3003]

Thank you! I am so glad I did not assume I already knew everything about drawing lines (I did not...).

[@sigung01]

Brilliant video for someone like me who is a rank beginner. I really appreciate content like this.

[@ChrisCiber]

OMG I never realized I could do this! This stuff will save me so much time.

[@sparrafien]

i am so glad i stumbled on your channel, i learned more here in 2 videos, than all other i watched, i am still very new to fusion, but managed to draw a roller ball bearing, a needle bearing with a seal, and a gear already.... cant wait for my next chalange, and then at some point a project of some sort

[@treelife365]

Thank you so much for your lesson! You are an EXCELLENT teacher.

[@ongolzinTV]

Thank you for introducing the detailed and kind tips. I also subscribed to your KZbin channel.

[@TikoyTV]

Such a good video!! Thank you!

[@iexcedo6918]

Legitimately learned a lot here

[@scottjhicks]

This is the kind of info I love! I have basic knowledge and experience with F360 and these kind of details are the things that were not taught in a beginners course. Thank you for sharing! I would to see more videos going into depth on some of the features inside F360.

[@bloogaming8827]

Awesome tutorial! I love how many ways there are to do things with fusion. I think my favourite way to make the bow tie would be to use the centre rectangle tool to create a 2x4 rectangle and then the diagonals fusion automatically draws for you

[@bluehandsvideo]

Awesome information Kevin! Thank you! I've been fighting with a sheet metal design that this will help with. :)

[@fliptop62deceived95]

Great information and well presented. Just fell off my chair with the line functions . This is a good help to learn Fusion 360 program.Cheers from Australia

[@Tj6139]

Excellent! Thank you

[@josefszuecs3823]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@UnkleSi]

That was awesome - thanks

[@autotuneengineering]

Awesome, I appreciate it!

[@robertqueberg4612]

Your videos are always entertaining, while being very educational at the same time. You present so many ways to skin the proverbial cat.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I’m glad you are liking them. There are always a lot of ways to do something so having a bunch of different methods available is always helpful.

[@pmally2006]

Great video, easy to follow along

[@dpanayotv90]

Great video!

[@mitchhayworth3952]

Great video. Thanks.

[@Sacramentoidioto]

I love you for this! :)

[@jevgenlv8119]

very useful video , thank you mate

[@spikekent]

Ages ago I remember seeing somewhere how to draw lines perpendicular to circles, but it's been bugging me for weeks because I couldn't remember how it was done. Thank you so much.

[@guytas]

Super!!! Thanks so much for this excellent tutorial. So well explained and all useful tips. 1000 thanks

[@DieselRamcharger]

You are a god send my friend! so many good little tips.

[@raybly6613]

Excellent demo this is the kind of tutorials I looking for. thank you! subscribed.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Thanks for letting me know. If there are other things you would like to see, email them to me at [e-mail]

[@andreklarenbeek369]

This was very helpful...thanks

[@ericzimmerman8426]

Great simple tricks for beginners, thx

[@mikejacobsen4206]

Great Tutorial!!!

[@SolidRockMachineShopInc]

Thanks Kevin, I really like your teaching skills. Steve

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hey Steve. Thanks for checking out the video and for commenting. Hopefully it helped a little bit.

[@CaptainC597]

this video is pure gold! Thank you :)

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I don't know if it is quite gold, but I'm glad you found it useful. Thanks for stopping by.

[@wolframherzog636]

Excellent explanation 👍👍👍

[@boblombardi9397]

Love that you explain every step.....excellent .........Thank you

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I'm glad you found the video useful. Thanks for letting me know.

[@ericlinders721]

A very good video and you are doing a very good job explaining step by step 😁

[@EdS808]

best video on the line command I have seen to date than you..

[@davidjangisherashvili1829]

thank you so much! very useful lesson. please make some more videos about other commands.

[@stephanc7192]

Great video

[@QuietStorm_]

great tutorial, not to late to learn for me🤩

[@SpottedEagleOwls]

Thank you so much

[@optoluxprime7892]

great job

[@chrisvos81]

good tips man!!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Thanks Chris. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.

[@cmcleanertechnologies5354]

Glad to see a new video from you Kevin!!! Hope you have a Happy New Year!!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Happy new year to you too! 2018 resolution: More consistent video scheduling!

[@cmcleanertechnologies5354]

Mechanical Advantage , And hopefully get to NC and go to some Dirt Races!!!

[@stevesrt8]

thanks!

[@petera1033]

As a raw beginner in CAD I just wanted to say thank you very much for posting this clear and excellent tutorial - I am subscribed and will work through all your videos. Pete

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Peter A Hi Peter. Thanks for the kind words and for subscribing. I’m always looking for ideas so if you have something you want to see, be sure to let me know.

[@petera1033]

Thanks Kevin - will do.

[@GamerboyproGamer]

wow amazing

[@turbocobra]

that first shape looked familiar! Very useful info on the line command. Good to see a vid from you

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Thanks. Yeah, you may have seen something similar before haha Hopefully I can get these out on more of a consistent schedule. I'm working on getting a pipeline built up again so they can be scheduled.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

PS, I still have a custom sign project I would like to run by you in 2018!

[@sont4554]

Very Helpful Thanks

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment.

[@devstefancho]

cool man~!

[@robevans8555]

Some great tips for a fusion newbie like me

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hi Rob. Glad it was useful. I'm always looking for ideas of what people want to see. You can comment on a video or send me an email [e-mail]

[@phillipanton1704]

Definitely just leveled up my sketching. 10:30 that is an awesome tip. Suggestion: The highlights you list in the video conclusion would be helpful in your video text summary. Solid video.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hi Phil. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm sure I can always improve these videos. See you in a few weeks for your CAM training!

[@adambergendorff2702]

Wish you taught a class in arizona, all your teaching is excellent, thank you again!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hi Adam. I live in Minnesota, so I wish I taught a class in Arizona too ;-)

[@adambergendorff2702]

it was about 45 this morning and it went up to 75

[@gidd.2804]

For those wondering with the 2020 update, for an arc with a line, it's holding down left click, not right click.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Did I say right click on the video? It was a mistake if I did.

[@gidd.2804]

@@MechanicalAdvantage I think you might have, I know at least some other people have in other videos, just wanted to help, especially since Autodesk changed some things with Fusion in 2020

[@Zamir321]

Great Video! I just hit subscribe!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

ZAMIR GAMBOA Thank you! And thanks for subscribing.

[@shaunm2208]

Cheers buddy

[@TechnoWit3D]

i have problem with construction line is not visible. I tried Pres "V" but doesn't effect. it only shows the dimensions but the construction sketch is not showing.

[@scTomorrow]

good video

[@maxrybold1531]

I would stick with option one and use the Symmetry tool instead of drawing the bottom line @3:18 But if I was in AutoCad, then I would use the method you highlighted in this video, since it is utilizing the parametric tools!

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

That is not a recommended choice. Symmetry constraints are computationally intensive.

[@keitholiver3981]

Good tips, can you use the fx function on the angles as well as the height example thanks

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Keith Oliver That should work. Should even be able to do trigonometry functions. If you can write the operation properly, Fusion can do the math. Thanks for stopping by.

[@avitolourenco]

can fusion360 do motion analysis like solidworks?

[@niharikapabba8893]

Hey ! that was a good video but I have small doubt about how to coincident circle and a rectangle . Probably you are supposed to join two points but how is it possible this way ......

[@Bigwingrider1800]

Nice vid..but I do alot of sheet metal parts..and most are not 3 holes 4 bends..I get step data from a customer in order to make tool cnc them and press them out. So I put the data in a good hit direction and generate tooling...is the t e a way to pull tools from a solid part..thank

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Good to hear from you again. I'm not sure I follow. Feel free to email me an example to [e-mail]

[@sunnyrabbit9467]

Thanks for the tutorial! Can you make a tutorial showing us how to create a meshed cylinder (expanded metal, 3/4" or so).

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Sunny Rabbit946 Hi Sunny. Will you be purchasing mesh material and making a cylinder out of that or will you actually be creating the mesh material?

[@sunnyrabbit9467]

Mechanical Advantage I'm trying to create (draw) a mesh then roll it up let say 10" radius with a 110 deg. rolled angle not 360 deg. Please help, thanks

[@gtjoshua]

After you do the first trim in the video, is there a way to measure the circumference of that shape?? I’d like to 3d print a TPU “tire” to go around that shape but need to know the length band I’ll need.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I just gave it a shot and there doesn't appear to be a way to measure the length in a sketch. However, if you make a solid out of the sketch using a command like Extrude, you can start the measure command and click on the face and the measure dialog box will show you the loop length.

[@andrewmartin4593]

Every time I think I'm getting dangerous with fusion I watch a video and get humbled.

[@manohoo]

could've been more economic to use symmetry to do the top triangle

[@gg48gg]

good info! What about drawing multiple lines consecutively with different (non coincident) points vs chaining a line? Do you have any tricks for that? Esc exits the line tool which is not ideal for quickly drawing consecutive lines. Alternatively double clicking or single click on the green check mark will terminate the line without chaining and without exiting the line tool. I have also mapped a button on my spacemouse to double click to terminate my lines. All of this works ok, but I would prefer to be able to toggle the line tool between chain and no chain somehow by a modifier key or some other method. Also, I wish there was an easy way to just extend a line to be longer but often there is an automatic constraint that gets set that won't allow you to drag the endpoint longer. Something like a modifier key to override or delete the constraining constraint would be handy (albeit with risks) in many situations, or maybe a modifier key to prevent automatic constraints from being set (e.g. drawing a horizontal or perpendicular line without automatically setting that constraint).

[@tluanem]

👍👍👍

[@chuckklemme6988]

How does one add or remove constraint selections from the palette?....also how to turn snap on and off? Thanks so much.

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

The video is a bit out of date. The constraints live on the toolbar now. You cad add or remove constraints by finding the constraint on the constraint panel and then you can click the 3 dots and choose pin to toolbar.

[@chuckklemme6988]

@@MechanicalAdvantage thanks so much for your reply. The challenge with using utube is learning from the ground up while the user interface is continually updating.

[@chris009able]

i am attempting to make the dreaded infinity hinge for some bracelets i wish to make but i cant get the straight lines to combine to the edges of my circle what am i doing wrong

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Make sure you see a little x appear when your line is touching your circle. When you see that, the end of the line and the circle will be coincident. If you don’t get that to happen you can also place a coincident constraint at the end of the line and the circle.

[@byt290]

How did you add all the constraints to the Check Box ????

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

This video was don’t quite a while ago before a major UI revamp. The way things appear in the video is how Fusion used to look at that time when this video was recorded.

[@dharsanam]

Thank you so much....when I use line command some times I don't get 'x indication. Pls reply

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

dharsanam I’m only taking a guess here. Start a new sketch, find the grid and snap settings on the bottom toolbar below the drawing window. Is snap to grid turned on? Shut that off and see if it helps if it’s on. If not, shoot me an email to [e-mail]

[@dharsanam]

@@MechanicalAdvantage thank you so much for reply...

[@tibodielod132]

Hi. I would like to ask how to fit a hole onto the surface of a pipe, not to fit to the center, next to it. For example i have a L=100mm D=20mm pipe and i want to drill a hole 10mm from end of the pipe and 5mm from the midpoint.

[@tibodielod132]

i hope you can understand what i mean

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hi Tibodi. I think this video will show you what you are asking for. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXaYhXeEl7ulqJI

[@davidtaylor6870]

Just following your videos, very good. However, in this video, I cannot follow the line command, and draw an arc. It is when you say "click" at about "5:50", is when I cannot replicate on my model. Thanks

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Hi David. Sorry for the delayed reply. Here is how it works. You left click to start the creation of the line. When you get to where you want the line to end you left click and hold and then drag the mouse in the direction you want your arc to appear. I hope that helps.

[@crozwayne]

Why have they removed so much from the sketch palette?

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

It’s now on the toolbar to free up space for modeling in the drawing window. No functionality has been lost.

[@brianwgDK]

where is the freaking constraint menu??? cant fin it

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

Now located on the main toolbar when you are in a sketch.

[@daos3300]

for a noob like me this is pure gold. or pure bitcoin. or >insert favourite thing of value

[@crozwayne]

how do you get the line to snap to an existing line? it used to work but this crap software gets more unusable with every update

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I’m not sure why you are having an issue. Feel free to email me [e-mail] and I’ll see what I can do to help.

[@crozwayne]

@@MechanicalAdvantage I started using Fusion about 6 years ago, since i subscribed and paid for it the product is becoming more and more unusable. it used to be good, very easy to understand but now its just a complete mess

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

I’m not experiencing the same issues you are. I’ve been using Fusion since 2013. It was an invite only beta. I haven’t had issues with it becoming more unstable. I use it to teach a few hundred people in classes a year. I’m teaching it to 3 sections of high school kids right now. I do custom programming for customers frequently. I just don’t experience the issues. Do you have examples you can show me that I can share with the Fusion team?

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

The paid version and the free version are the exact same code. For instance, if you signed out of Fusion and signed in with a free account, you wouldn’t have to reinstall the software. If you went to a different users computer that had the personal license and they signed out and you signed in with your paid account, it would be the exact same install. The code base it exactly the same.

[@crozwayne]

Nowhere near as good as Solid Works, but there again it costs peanuts so just what did i expect?

[@GizmoDuck_1860]

Pfft. What can you teach me about lines? Everything? Oh. (Grabs notebook)

[@crozwayne]

Doesnt work! I have a paid for Fusion 360 and to be honest, its utter f**king crap

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

It works. Some how some way, you have turned something off or aren’t quite doing something correctly. Email me [e-mail]

[@pierredurand6800]

Very valuable... thank you...

[@MechanicalAdvantage]

That's what I like to hear. Thanks for letting me know. I just want to make videos that have the content that people want to watch. Thanks for the comment.