Lay Parts Flat With Arrange in Fusion 360 Tutorial

Quickly lay parts flat for laser cutting or CNC machining in Fusion 360 with the Arrange Tool.

[@SlickDiecast]

You make this so easy to understand. I’ve watched a handful of videos and was so confused until I watched yours.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@chance9979]

Thanks for the short and direct video. Really helped me lay out my projects for CNC and Laser.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped CNC and laser cut 👍

[@FragenMaister]

my man, you are a god. wish i would have found this vid earlier but still such a huge help onwards. thanks

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@chadbennett]

Thank you for this great tutorial.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Welcome, happy modeling I'm Fusion 360 👍

[@ww6156]

I had no idea I could do this.... this is gonna save some time

[@WhatMakeArt]

👍

[@user-ph6vq8uc1o]

Wow. Super useful - thanks!

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@SoleilGuitars]

Earned a sub!

[@WhatMakeArt]

Glad it helped 👍

[@mikewindsor5957]

Thank you for such an excellent and clear video on this topic . One of the most frustrating things about trying to learn Fusion 360 is the constantly changing user interface . Following your tutorial step by step I could not ( as of December 2022 ) find the " Advanced arrange" box it is not there and subsequently my version of 360 does not behave like yours does in the video . I'm not sure what the best way to learn the nuances is when Autodesk keeps changing the interface and invalidating so many excellent videos that are more than 6 months old

[@WhatMakeArt]

Software updates can be both exciting and frustrating Will be doing an updated video this spring about laying parts flat for laser cutting and CNC in Fusion 360

[@D4RKFiB3R]

For my usage (3D printing), the Add-In "3D Print Plus" can do a similar job for me (getting a model to lay flat). Just choose custom orientation, select the axis you want and click OK to save the .stl And it's free :)

[@WhatMakeArt]

Great to know, thanks for sharing with everyone 👍

[@D4RKFiB3R]

@@WhatMakeArt After learning how to do it the hard way from your "Arrange Panels Flat" video, and then finding out about the MapBoards add-in, I thought there must be someting else out there. So thank you and @Svein-Inge Kallevik. This has been frustrating me for far too long :)

[@sveininge]

oh this is fantastic:) ill try it out right away.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Great, hope it helps 👍

[@sveininge]

@@WhatMakeArt to bad its only paid user licence :(

[@sveininge]

But you could use shaper origin plugin to do almost the same, it export files to svg and its free. maybye your next video ?

[@WhatMakeArt]

Yes, but you can still use the planer joint method that I show in other videos, it works pretty well

[@WhatMakeArt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJS9q6ZqoZ6Eo7c Shows how to use joints to lay them flat

[@ianmcdermott4546]

Love your videos. Looks like this feature was just removed for the free personal version with the latest update. I was just starting to use it, and then it forced an update and it went away.

[@WhatMakeArt]

This is another way to do it without the arrange tool, this is how I did it before the tool existed, it's a little bit more cumbersome but still allows to modify the model after it is flat kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJS9q6ZqoZ6Eo7c

[@ianmcdermott4546]

@@WhatMakeArt thank you! I have been using 360 for personal 3D prints, and have recently been working on a project for some card game storage for my shelf since I have access to laser cutters at my work. Your videos have been incredibly helpful, was just watching and starting to use some of these tips getting the files prepped, and then Fusion forced an update and they went away, haha. Oh well. Thank you again for the link to this video!

[@shipcake12]

Hi. I follows in you but I found something in menu ARRANGE 1. Orient, Rotate & Grain 2. Quantity, Priority & Filter is advanced arrange feature start trial in 14 days. what different from standard menu? thank you

[@WhatMakeArt]

If you have advanced Arrange then you can use multiple envelopes for your pieces and Fusion will lay them all out on the two pieces. You can also control how Fusion rotates different parts if some need to be rotated a certain way on a material

[@VeebsRK]

Heads up even when you can find it, arrange has now been taken away as an option unless you pay. Dont see anyone noting this when I search for how to arrange on fusion 360

[@WhatMakeArt]

Yes, sometimes fusion 360 pulls back features that were once free, here is another method of laying pieces flat with joints for manufacturing, it is a bit more time consuming, but it's quite flexible if you make a copy of your model and then it also automatically updates with changes to the previous components kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJS9q6ZqoZ6Eo7c

[@travishandl880]

In your original model, are you using joints to create your assembly? I have tried advanced arrange and sometimes I get an error message, and my joints turn red in color

[@WhatMakeArt]

For this model, no joints were used, just projection from previous components to align things I used to use joints to lay parts flat for manufacturer I also find it's better to click each face individually rather than let fusion decide which face should be down or up Everything needs to be in its own separate component at the same level for arrange

[@Amaybe898]

Is it possible to do it in reverse? If you have flat parts and you want to visualize the 3d in fusion?

[@WhatMakeArt]

I don't think so, unless you had the parts as components and assembled everything with joints

[@AndysBastelkanal]

Can i export the flat items to DXF for my laser?

[@WhatMakeArt]

Yes, you can export a DXF file for laser cutting from fusion 360, here is a video showing how kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHupeYCMbKZsirc

[@diocod4400]

Is possible to export just the manufactured model to auto cad?

[@WhatMakeArt]

Fusion 360 supports all kinds of file exports and formats. You can export a format compatible with AutoCAD and download it from Fusion online.

[@sven5183]

Does this also work, with the student version? because I cant find the arrange option :I

[@WhatMakeArt]

Yes, it should work with the education version unless it was recently changed

[@turnerkilgore6818]

Arrange was not available in the manufacture environment for me! I found a preview feature in preferences that disabled Arrange in the Manufacturing workspace. The feature was called "Automated Arrange". Make sure to disable this feature if you want to follow this workflow in the video. Now I need to delve into automated arrange to see if it is a better workflow...

[@WhatMakeArt]

Thanks for giving everyone a heads up about the menu rewording

[@camt1818]

I just discovered this too. I prefer the method shown in the video. I had issues with the stock setup getting messed up every time I made design changes. Then all of my toolpaths got lost.

[@fezjr231196]

Thank you so much :)

[@Shorrey]

Arrange feature is not available for Personal (free) license, right?

[@WhatMakeArt]

Yes, that is true. But this video below shows an old way of accomplishing the same task without using the arranged tool, it uses Fusion 360:s joints to lay parts flat kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJS9q6ZqoZ6Eo7c

[@Shorrey]

@@WhatMakeArt Oh wow.... Big-big thanks! This really helped. :-)

[@D4RKFiB3R]

@@WhatMakeArt Thank you :)

[@sveininge]

i stumbled over map board pro plugin. you should check it out. its a plugin that is really awesome. can be used on hobbiest license.

[@WhatMakeArt]

Sweet, I will Thanks for the tip, definitely better than using joints to lay things flat

[@sveininge]

@@WhatMakeArt its super fast,

[@sveininge]

@@WhatMakeArt i Also Tried out Mortise and Tenon plugin, it cost like 30usd but worked great. So those plugins combined makes boxes for laser cutting fast really fast. Also working fine under hobbies licensing.

[@WhatMakeArt]

I use SketchUp a lot and they have great plugins as well. Glad to know that there's a good fusion 360 plug in ecosystem

[@D4RKFiB3R]

Thanks

[@iraklibeggi7385]

I can not find arrange command . . .

[@WhatMakeArt]

You have to turn it on in the Fusion 360 preferences

[@WetDoggo]

Doesn't really work on free version though

[@WhatMakeArt]

This video shows how to lay parts flat in Fusion 360 without using the arrange tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJS9q6ZqoZ6Eo7c

[@younewser]

advanced arrange is now $2000

[@WhatMakeArt]

Yes, expensive but the basic arrange still works for most projects

[@MrJayemes]

@@WhatMakeArt is this still the case? Can't seem to use any kind of arrange on personal license. It's marked as only for paid subscription. I'm trying to access the function via Solid -> Modify -> Arrange

[@WhatMakeArt]

That may have changed, if it's not available. This video shows how to do a similar thing by using planar joints to lay things flat at the same level kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJS9q6ZqoZ6Eo7c

[@djfirestormx]

fantastic they just moved this to paid version only, bye bye fusion. enough greed is enough

[@WhatMakeArt]

It's frustrating when previously free capabilities are put behind paid subscriptions but here is a video showing you how to lay parts flat without the arrange command using joints in Fusion 360 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJS9q6ZqoZ6Eo7c