Importing SVG Designs into Fusion 360 - 2021 Tutorial

Mastering sketch constraints is the key to being able to design whatever you want

In this tutorial we look at some best practices on importing SVG files into Fusion 360. I imported this design and then used it to extrude the shape into one panel and used joints to create a dodecahedron. Enjoy!

[TheFallenAngel]

To fix the scale issue from inkscape open inkscape then go

File
Document properties
Find the format drop down that more than likely says "mm" and change it to px
Go down to scale and change that number to 1.0
Go back to format drop down and change it back to "mm"

Close the properties window then export the file.
Now when you import to fusion it will scale correctly.

Basically inkscapes px scale is off and fusion bases scale off px scale. So when you export from inkscape it was scaling by whatever that px scale number was you changed to 1.

[joseayala]

1st video I've see by you, and I'm immediately hooked. Very well done walk through. you've won me as a subscriber.

[peterhart]

Your channel is a never ending library of amazing creation and tutorial.

[freedomseeker]

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for and to the exact degree I needed to understand how to move forward with my project. There is art and then there is precision and functionality. Fusion 360 is the place in my mind to make any modifications as to dimensional precision prior to 3D printing. Unfixing an imported SVG is what was killing me. I must say, I really appreciate your methods from production to presentation to dialog, the whole package. There are a lot of people on You Tube who either gloss over the things we need to learn or who really don't know what they are talking about. You are a great example of how the process of information exchange should best take place. I really appreciated this tutorial, subscribed and am looking forward to notifications on your future videos. Thank you.

[shguevara]

Thanks for the tip on "fin/unfix" constraint, somehow I've been moving my sketches caveman style but this is exactly what I needed. ❤

[cornishman]

I would love to see a video on joints and how you put this together very well done

[Dallasrebar]

That’s a great in-depth SVG tutorial. Thanks

[MsRaskauskas]

Great video tutorial as usual! I would love to see a video on joints and how you put this together.

[jwonderfulsuccess]

That was awesome. Much gratitude Vlad 🙏
Planning on practicing with all your videos

[CraigHollabaugh]

This was extremely helpful. I'm making outdoor patterned steel lamp shades using SVGs and we struggled a lot working with them. Should have watched this first, would have saved us hours of fussing. Thanks.

[yonekhadvash-nimrod]

my way of scaling svg is that: first i create sketch with the dimensions i want, make it construction lines. then, when i import the svg i can scale it directly from the import menu.

[johnday]

Have you ever tried using .DXF files instead of .svg? In AI instead of save as, go to export and then choose DXF when it ask for the scale make sure it says 1 mm to 1mm. Then in Fusion choose the import DXF from the import menu, just under import svg. This will import the file as a drawing as well and will scale it exactly to the size it was in AI. If your AI file has multiple layers fusion will also allow you to import the layers as different sketches, as one sketch or select layers only. I found using DXF files is a bit more functional than svg.

[garagemonkeysan]

Great video. Useful skill. Mahalo for sharing! 🙂🐒

[dbubd]

Hi Vladamir. Any idea what might cause an SVG to import into Fusion 360 without any faces to extrude? Does grouping or compound paths in Illustrator play a part? My sketch is basically a square with LOTS of holes in it. Thanks! I'm gonna go check out your other videos now.

[VinceMontefusco]

Followed your Scaling options. Excellent. I have Fusion 360 - 2024 version. Are there any changes? Thanks, Vince

[coulterjb]

Any tricks to get smooth curves from an Imported svg? I don't have too many points but I'd love to know if there is a way to not manually re-trace it with spline.
I have been trying to place a chamfer on a logo that has sharp corners (inside corners) that fusion cant handle and having to deal with less points would help a lot.

[geofisica_aplicada]

Hi Vladimir, I am taking your class in Udemy and I really enjoying it. You are truly an exceptional instructor. I am in the process of buying a 3D printer for my self. Do you have any recommendation? I see Ender is quite popular, but I want to buy something a little bit more professional.

[jaderebecca]

I’m not sure if it’s just my experience, but whenever I insert an svg, before I click okay I change the scale from 1.0 to whole load of 3) because it’s always 25% smaller for me. No need to think about it, just the same scale every time and it’s always worked out 😊

[BABUABDULRAHAMAN]

Hi, instead of svg inserting... try dxf file, it is much better way you don't need to calculate anything in will insert with exact dimension...but i don't know all programs have dxf export option.

[VinceMontefusco]

I figured out a way to scale in Inkscape. When I brought the SVG into Fusion, it was scaled correctly!