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Fusion 360 can simulate tool paths if the machine used is listed as Simulation Ready in the Machine Library. I just double-checked to see if any additive machines are flagged as simulation-ready. Currently, only subtractive machines are simulation-ready. You can use the Fusion 360 Machine Builder to define a new simulation-ready machine, but I don' think it supports additive at this time.

@@3DSteve52 yeah, I have tried to add my custom machine, in machine builder when I chose Additive manufacturing it doesn't give the options for machine kinematics. May be they will release in upcoming updates

If you have linked to the Excel file, you should see the line that shows the linked Excel file at the bottom of the Parameter dialog box. If you see the file without any parameters, you may have named the parameters using invalid characters. You can't use spaces, which is the most common invalid character. If that is not the case, check the Start Cell setting, to make sure you are starting in the first cell you want. If it sees a blank row, it stops reading values. I hope this helps.

@@3DSteve52 Thank you for the reply, the spaces were the problem.

The Stock Location property is a Custom iProperty. If you go to the Custom tab of the iProperty editor, you can create custom properties on that file.

@@3DSteve52 i did that but it's not showing in the parts list in my drawing. do you have a video how to do that? Thank you

nevermind i got it figured. thank you so much for the video though. it's really helpful

@@air_wind_can_last I am glad you figured it out.

He forgot to tell us that. Too much time on styles and volt and didn't focus on the subject at hand, you have to go into ioroperties and add it in there.

If you are not seeing any change to the model, you will want to make sure you have done a couple of things. First, make sure you save the Excel file. The system see the modified time stamp an recognizes a change to the file. Secondly, make sure that the parameters you linked into the model are used by the dimensions of a sketch or feature. Lastly, make sure you don't have a local update, lightning bolt icon, that needs to be carried out. Let me know if you still have an issue after verifying that you have taken care of the items I listed above. Thanks, Steve

@@3DSteve52many thanks for your response. yes i figured it out that I linked excel file with multiple worksheets and changed the values in wrong one.

@@abdulansari2007 I am glad that you figured it.

the question is :how can I save my clean model using brush/lasso tool when I exit the isolation mode?

@@riccardomazza1780 Thanks for watching my video. I am not sure I fully understand what you are asking, but it sounds like you are making edits that are not getting committed to the model. I haven't used these tools in a while, so I just looked back into them. There are buttons for Confirm or Discard the edits I made with a specific tool. Is it possible you are clicking on another command before committing the edits? It also sounds like you are trying to separate one project into two components. I don't see a way to save a specific region of the model as a separate file. If this is what you are trying to accomplish, I think you are going to have to have two project, one for each component, and remove all faces that are related to the other components. I hope this helps. If I misunderstood what you are trying to accomplish, please let me know, and I will do my best to answer your additional questions.

I think you would have two options. First, link the same parameter spreadsheet to each component in the design. Secondly, you could use iLogic to pass parameters from the assembly down into the subcomponents. This approach does require the subcomponent to have a parameter to receive the value. There is a way to export and import parameters using iLogic too. That might offer an interesting approach to generating the necessary parameter in the subcomponents. Then use iLogic to distribute the necessary parameters to the subcomponents. Hope this helps.

If you slowly double-click on the pipe in the browser, it should let you rename the browser node. Once you have done that, it should remain static.

In Inventor 2023, you have a few buttons at the bottom of the iLogic Rule Editor. If you just click Save, then close the editor, your rule will save but not run the rule automatically. If you hit Save and Run, then the rule will be saved and run. I hope this helps.

Are you looking to create a text parameter or insert text into a sketch so you can emboss it? If you are looking to engrave or emboss text, you should create a sketch and use the Text command to add your text. From there you can use the Emboss or Mark commands. If you are looking to add a text parameter, there is a Text Parameter type under the Numeric option at the bottom of the Parameter dialog box. I hope this helps.

@@steveolson8283 hi there, no no, I wanted to import a text parameter say: Type on A1 and on B2 I wanted it to say B So that in reference it would reference between two types of models like Plate type A and plate type B. Thanks you nevertheless

Would you by any chance know how to export break line dims onto excel through a sheet metal model or in sheet metal flat model mode? For example an L shape piece. At its flat state you can see the major bend line. That bend line to us like a referred to as a break line. It’s what is used to know how far inward a tool needs to be to bend bend the part properly. I just need the bend line dim exported in excel. I haven’t had much luck exporting a basic dim through flat model state or anything. I can only think of creating a drawing and applying a dim there and then making a table that I can extract but the drawing would just add more steps. Thanks for the reply!

@@LealLens If you got to the flat pattern, you should be able to create a sketch that represents the break line dimension you need. It will be a Driven dimension, that just means that Inventor will control its value. That parameter then can be written to Excel with a little bit of iLogic. I hope this helps, Steve

Jim, for components like structural steel, Fusion 360 relies on a connection to McMaster-Carr. Under Insert, you should see a command to Insert McMaster-Carr component. I wasn't sure if they had structural steel profiles, but I just checked and found I-beams. Usually, you can click on a part that will let you download a CAD file. In this case, it didn't work. I tried it again with a bolt, which is what I usually do, and that worked. I am not sure why it didn't work with an I beam. You should be able to download it from the McMaster-Carr website and insert it. I can also tell you the Autodesk Inventor has Content Center libraries that contain many different structural steel shapes. It also has a function called Frame Generator that will allow you to create a skeleton of a frame/structure. Then you can place structural members from the Content Center on those lines/edges. There are even tools to create end treatments that create the right connections between frame members.

Yes, you can accomplish the same result by sweeping a sketch block. When I made this video the option to create a solid sweep was new. This was my way of testing that function and I thought it was interesting enough to share through a RUclips video.