assemblies

[LBullied]

when working with assemlies is there some way to get back to the original position in relation to the origin after dragging components I only find a go to home position in a joint right click menu but don't see a way to set it when crating the joint

[innovatenate · Accepted solution]

When you drag components are you creating a snapshot?

Check out the below help topic and let me know if this helps or if you have any questions?

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/ENU/Fusion-F...

Thanks,

[Oceanconcepts]

Hi Nathan. That help topic explanation is I think a little unclear- does the Snapshot “maintain” a position of the component before a move so you can return? Or after a move as a reference? Or both? Linguistically it sounds as if it is both “maintaining” the position and allowing the component to move- which sounds like a contradiction. I think a simple example or picture would help to clarify.

[innovatenate]

Hey Ron,

The Snapshot just "remembers" the position of a components. It's like a polaroid camera, capturing a moment. 

Snapshots capture and store positional information about components but do not otherwise enforce any positional constraints or impact the available degrees of freedom for a component.

If you've ever seen the  "Some Components Have Been Moved" warning message during the creation of a Joint, it's because there is a pending snapshot that has not been captured in the timeline. Fusion 360 is just warning you that it will create a snapshot if you select Continue or revert to the original position if you select Revert. 

Whenever you move a component (not a body), you'll see the "Position" panel appear on the right side of the ribbon. You can choose to save a snapshot of the new position or revert back to the old position after a move. 

An awesome benefit of snapshots is that they can be used to create Positional Modeling features in your design. 

Around the 5 minute mark in the below youtube video, this is demonstrated in depth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ep8NsC-jYU

I hope this helps clarify a bit more about Snapshots. Let me know if you have any questions, I'm happy to help.

Thanks,

[LBullied]

Snapshot will show you where you were at some point in time but everything you created after that is gone. I do not have a lot of cad, 3D design or for that matter computer experience so I might not have explained it properly. most of my experience is Sketchup 8 which is easy to create things in but has absolutely no animation capabilities.I started with some basic components and mirrored them to the orher side of my center section. Then I was working on one side creating components  and moving parts to get the motion that I was lookig for. then I wanted to mirror all the new sfuff to the other side but had to get back to the original mirrored position to do it. I finally figured out that if you turn on the origins of the components you can align them to the design origins and got back to where I needed to be. Watching some other videos I found that you can create component in other components and if you create a component first turn it on then create your sketches it makes it a lot easier to find them when you wnt to change something. Now I have another problem after I mirrored all the parts inserted my second hydraulic cylinder, I crated all my joints now the second side works perfectly but the first side won't move. Must have a joint conflict that it' not telling me about.

         It's a steep learning curve but it"s easier than the Geomagic one that I tried out.