topic Flat Trapezoid in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Flat Trapezoid

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 04:29:40 GMT

Been looking for hours. How do I make a simple flat trapezoid on a plane, NOT a box with one end a different size from the other (lots of video's for how to do this for some reason). I have tried several different methods with no luck.

I tried making a rectangle, removing constraints and changing the dimension of 2 sides. This seems like it would be the easiest and best way to accomplish what I'm trying to do, but that just skews the rectangle. I could move one of the sides, but then it's just a guess if you have it centered or not.

I tried just drawing 4 lines, 2 the same length and 2 different lengths and connect them, but that does the exact same thing and just makes a skewed rectangle.

I have been using Fusion360 for a few months and it seems like every time I need to do something new, it takes hours to find the answer, and yes, I have been watching plenty of tutorial videos, but cannot find one for this problem. This part doesn't need to be answered, just venting as I'm really frustrated with it right now and the software is very unintuitive.

Thanks for any help.

Re: Flat Trapezoid

etfrench — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:27:02 GMT

There are at least 9 different types of trapezoids, but they all have two sides parallel:

Re: Flat Trapezoid

TheCADWhisperer — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:14:06 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
... I'm really frustrated with it right now and the software is very unintuitive.

I feel like I must be missing something in the problem description.

Can you hand sketch with pencil and paper your Design Intent and then Attach image here?

Re: Flat Trapezoid

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:18:38 GMT

AH, beautiful.....change the 2 angles. That makes sense, but it definitely was not something I thought of. All of my thoughts were about how to change the length of 2 sides.

Thanks very much for your help!!

Re: Flat Trapezoid

eshwari_kulk — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 01:18:38 GMT

agreed