Fusion 360 design to a dimensioned 2D drawing

How it works

1. 1In Fusion 360: File → Export → choose STEP (.step) and save (or right-click a component → Export).
2. 2Upload the STEP to Drawlytic — assemblies split into up to 30 parts automatically.
3. 3Orient each part in 3D (lay the reference face flat) and name it.
4. 4Generate, adjust dimensions free if needed, download PDF / SVG / DXF / STL.

Why export STEP instead of a mesh or a screenshot

Fusion 360 can export STL, OBJ and 3MF meshes for printing — but a mesh is only an approximation made of triangles, so nothing can be measured from it exactly, and Drawlytic rejects mesh files for drawing generation on purpose. STEP is different: it carries the exact boundary-representation solid, the same geometry Fusion 360 itself computes with. From that solid, Drawlytic's OpenCascade kernel projects the front, top and right views plus an isometric view with true hidden-line removal — solid visible edges, dashed hidden edges — and every dimension on the drawing is a measurement of the real model, in millimetres.

The automatic pass covers what shops read first: counted hole callouts like 4×Ø8, fillet radii, chamfer and taper angles, overall width/height/depth, thickness chains and center marks, with labels placed to avoid overlaps. The result is delivered as vector SVG, as framed PDF sheets in A4, A3, A2, A1 and Letter with a filled title block, as an orthographic projection DXF (VISIBLE/HIDDEN layers), and as a 1:1 top-view DXF on a CUT layer that goes straight into LightBurn or your CAM nesting software.

Multi-component designs and iteration

Export the whole design and Drawlytic splits it: every component becomes its own part (up to 30, largest first) with its own drawing package, and the complete model gets an assembly overview drawing. In the 3D preview you orient each part — the lay-face-flat tool snaps the face you click onto the table, which for laser parts means the cut profile projects exactly right — and rename parts so your names appear on the sheets.

Design changed? Export and upload again; generation is deterministic, so the same geometry always produces the same drawing. On any finished drawing, Measure & adjust is free and unlimited: dimension extra edges, measure point-to-point, add angles, drag labels, and re-render the PDF sheets at fit or true 1:1–1:8 scale. Cross sections (SECTION A-A, hatched at 45°) are free too.