Hello!
I might have a really simple problem, but...
How can I edit a feature after applying it? For example, if I want to modify the depth of a cut/extrusion in Model view, how can I do that?
Since Fusion 360 is out of the Beta phase that should be pretty easy.
Thank you for the help!
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You can use the move or push/pull command to edit the extrusion length after the features creation. The Re-Anchor and Reorient features will help you to perform this task to an exact specification. Check out these tips and tricks videos for more detail!
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Share-your-Fusion-360-knowledge/General-Tips-and-Tricks/m-p/3907376#M3
Let me know if this answers your question!
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As a more general reply, Pierre, some features in Fusion 360 can currently be edited and some not.
Autodesk has mentioned that they are working towards more history-based modeling, where all features probably will be editable.
I'm just repeating what I read somewhere else on the forums. Not very smart on these nuanaces, but hoping to get a Fusion 360 that works alike Inventor, but with less learning curve.
2 1/2 years later and you still can't edit an extrude featuer? That's a deal breaker for me. I guess I'm done trying to learn Fusion 360. It's just too different (and IMO limited) compared to the software I'm used to.
We added parametric modeling about a year and a half ago. Please watch the video below to see how to edit and extrude. You want to also make sure you are capturing design history with the timeline and not in direct modeling mode.
Cheers,
Mike Prom
Hi,
I am an experienced inventor user but cannot find my way in fusion easily.
Please give some more basic explanation how to do that. I do not see this icon you click to edit extrusion in my program. How do I get it on?
It seems I have a design with timeline history because in preferences it is checked, but how do I get this history bar visible.
Help says nothing about that, at least in sections I managed to find until now.
Cris.
Have you imported the model, imported models start out with capture history off. To turn it on right click the top component and activate Capture Design History.
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Thanks.
Help however is another mystery for me.
I cannot figure it out how I open help from within fusion. I know this sounds ridiculous but I really cannot find how to do this basic thing.
How do you get to help pages?
Cris.
Yes it sound ridiculous and finding the help is, don't know why they've hidden it so well! Click the question mark top right of Fusion screen and select Learn Fusion, when the page opens in your browser click See all Fusion learning.
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Hi,
Thanks, I have been trying to use this question mark before and tried all its content. And surprisingly did not find help.
I wonder why this is not just standard F1 and you have proper help pages opened? Or even better, just like it is in inventor, in almost every dialog window is a little question mark that, if clicked, sends you straight to help page related to this dialog.
Any way thanks. Now I know how to get there.
Cris.
@cpalmGTQTL wrote:
How do I capture design history?
The picture in post #8 show how.
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-validate-document/editing-features/m-p/6037199#M45734
Mark
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I'm running Fusion client on OSX.
If you know the thickness to distance of the original extrude, then you can use the push/pull tool on the element, then when the formula field opens up, you type in minus the original value plus the desired value as one big formula.
You can find the distance to subtract by using the measure command.
In the long run I founds it's easier to declare a user defined variable, then use this variable in the extrude function. Later if you want to change the extrude distance, simply goto the user defined variable and change it there.
Scaling something by a ratio sounds like a bodge you'd use in Rhino or some other modeler without history. If you know how to use a parametric modeler you'd just edit the sketch or feature to get the correct size. Coming from a background using parametric modelers like Solidworks, Inventor etc. you'd have no problems transferring your workflow to Fusion. If you don't want to learn a new workflow don't use Fusion.
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Wow. Ask a question. Get an insult. If I already knew Solidworks, I'd be using it. You could see I'm a new member and user. Sure if I already knew how to turn your snark into gold, I'd not have to work either. Mark if your reason to come to these blogs is to insult those trying to understand a program, please don't. Most people come here to learn or to teach. You did neither. What a waste.
@HughesTooling wrote:Scaling something by a ratio sounds like a bodge you'd use in Rhino or some other modeler without history. If you know how to use a parametric modeler you'd just edit the sketch or feature to get the correct size. Coming from a background using parametric modelers like Solidworks, Inventor etc. you'd have no problems transferring your workflow to Fusion. If you don't want to learn a new workflow don't use Fusion.
Mark
Have you read your own post, you call fusion crap and just insult and complain! Then you get upset because I point out you're using the program wrong and perhaps it's not the program for you. I've helped plenty of people on the forum if they want to learn. Also read too many posts from people who've used some other cad system and want fusion turned in to it because they don't want to spend the money on the program they really need and have decided Fusion's the program for them because it's free.
If you want to take the time to learn Fusion work through some of the how to tutorials in the help. If you need help start a new thread export and attach the file your working on, don't start with Fusion's crap in the first sentence and plenty of people will help you.
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