Fusion 360 Capture Design History: Tips and Tricks for Using this Powerful Tool

Fusion 360’s Capture Design History feature is a helpful way to record information about when components were created and modified. However, many users are unaware that once you turn the history off for one component in a file, the history for all components in that file is turned off. To avoid this rude awakening, here are two tips for using Capture Design History more effectively:

1. Create components in their own file and then insert them into the master file. Perhaps you have a component that you are experimenting with and you don’t want to capture its history. Why not create it in its own file where design history is turned off? After it’s in the desired state, you can insert it into the master file where Capture Design History is turned on.

2. Copy and paste components from the master file into a separate file. A variation on the first theme is to copy the component you want to modify from the master file and paste it into its own file. When you paste, the design history will be carried over with it, but you can turn it off in that separate file. Make your changes, save, and then insert it back into the original design.

To learn the step-by-step instructions for these tips, we’ve created a handy video. You can check it out in our ProductivityNow Portal.