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Creating a sphere at a precise location

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GPTech2444
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Creating a sphere at a precise location

Hi, I'm trying to position a sphere cut after I created it and I can't work out how. I have sketched a construction with a point on the end where I want the center of the sphere to be, but I can't move the sphere cut after I create it, I can't align it and I can't constrain it.

 

When I go back to edit the sphere I hover over the blue point at the center of the sphere and it shows "Snap To : -0.29115" but I can't move it, only resize the sphere.

 

I've tried the move command and the align command but this doesn't work.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Grant.

 

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jeff_strater
in reply to: GPTech2444

Positioning a spherical cut after the cut is made is difficult.  It's even more difficult in a Parametric design because Fusion does not yet support parametric Move Face.  

 

What I would recommend is using a multi-body approach.  I would create the sphere as a separate body, then reposition it to where you want, then use Combine to do the cut.  For example:

 

sphere cut 1.png

 

Invoke Move, and select the sphere as the body to move:

sphere cut 2.png

 

use the "point to point" mode in Move:

sphere cut 3.png

 

pick the sphere as the first point - this will select the center as the "from" point:

sphere cut 4.png

 

then, pick your destination point as the second ("to") point:

sphere cut 5.png

 

OK to move the sphere body:

sphere cut 6.png

 

Then use Combine, selecting the block (in this case) as the Target, and the sphere as the Tool Body, and choose Cut as the operation:

sphere cut 7.png

 

Hope this helps you get around this step in your design!

 

Jeff Strater (Fusion development)

 


Jeff Strater
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GPTech2444
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Thanks for the reply Jeff. This gives me another option on how to do it.
Grant.
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