Most of would like Fusion 360 to handle PDF files natively. After searching this is the easiest thing I found that works for my needs.
First couple of steps is hard to show them as images at the moment.
- Open your PDF that you want to import.
- Do a screen capture of the PDF and turn it into an image format that Fusion360 can import.
- Set your drawing measurements to match your drawing. Had to change mine from MM to INCHES.
- Import the image to Fusion 360 by inserting the image as a canvas.
- When prompted I will choose the X,Y plane.
- For now just click ok as we will re-arrange it’s size and location in a moment.
- Click top view and scroll in close to the drawing.
- Find a reference so we can scale the drawing to actual size.
- Zoom in to your reference.
- Open up the Canvases list on the left.
- Right click the canvas that was imported and choose calibrate.
- Click on each end point of your reference.
- Type in the measurement for your reference.
- Press enter and then you draw should be to scale if you did everything correct. It may appear your drawing disappeared or got deleted.
- Zoom out to see your drawing.
- At this point you can move your drawing to any reference space within your 3D CAD environment. Trace or do what you wanted the drawing for in the first place and continue from there.
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