Creating a multiple sheet drawing

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In this video, we're going to create a multiple sheet drawing template.

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After completing this step, you'll be able to create a custom drawing template.

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In fusion 360, we want to carry on with our gear reduction housing for production drawing.

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We've already created four drawing sheets and each of them have their own unique features.

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We created a custom title block that we used on sheet one and sheet two.

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Sheet two contains an assembly view with a parts list for that assembly.

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Sheet three contains a storyboard view showing just the assembly housing.

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And then sheet four shows the same storyboard view, but this time it shows the entire parts list for all of the components.

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We want to replicate this in a drawing template.

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A template can be reused downstream for other designs or to create new detailed drawings of updates of this design if needed.

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The first thing that I want to do is make sure that this is saved and then I want to go to my file, drop down and create a new drawing template.

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The template can be based off of existing drawings or it can come from scratch.

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We might want to come from scratch if we're creating custom title blocks.

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But since we already made them in this detailed drawing, I'm going to use my gear reduction housing for production,

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it's going to automatically bring in the standard the units and the sheet sizes that I used in that detailed drawing.

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Once we get started, you'll notice that it has four sheets listed across the bottom and it has our custom title block on the first sheet,

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notice that the representation that we have is assembly component, folded component, flat pattern or storyboard.

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For this first drawing sheet, we're going to use the home view on the assembly component and simply place it in the center,

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make the tangent edges full length and say okay.

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Next, on the second sheet, we're going to create a base view once again using the assembly, once again with the home position,

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we're going to place that a little bit to the left tangent length and this time we're going to create a table.

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This is going to be in the upper right hand corner.

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Next, on sheet three, we're going to create a new view and this time the representation is going to be a story board.

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In this case, remember that when we had the storyboard, we had just three components of the assembly housing.

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We're going to place those components and once again place a table in the upper right hand corner.

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Next, on the last sheet, once again we're going to create an assembly representation from the storyboard.

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But this time we ended up using all components.

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Going to place that here and once again we're going to add a parts table to the upper right hand side.

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Notice that the last two sheets have the original title block in the first two sheets have our custom title block.

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From here, we need to save the template notice that it says, we can only save this design in this folder.

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I'm going to simply title this template and I'm going to select "Save".

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Notice that when we go to the file dropdown save is the only option we don't have save as or save as latest.

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We have template zero. But let's double check our data panel to see if the template is there.

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Notice that the template is being created currently isn't saved.

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So we need to wait until it's inside of our drafting for manufacturer folder before we try to use it on a detailed drawing.

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Once the template is saved and ready for use, you can always go back and create a new detailed drawing and simply select the template to be used.

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Now, it's important to note that when we're creating a detailed drawing from a template,

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that information that will automatically be brought in such as the project name,

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that will automatically be populated and information like the parts list that comes from the assemblies will be populated as well.

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However, you will need to go in and manually suppressed components and add dimensions were needed.

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But this is a great way to speed up production,

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especially if you're creating multiple sheet drawings and you need to use a detailed drawing template to simplify that process.