topic Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

jstricklandZKXDP — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:31:23 GMT

Maybe I'm the only one whose sketches get absolutely littered with dimensions, but I often find myself in this predicament where its hard to get an overview without hiding all dimensions or worse going and deleting dimensions one by one only to have to use the inspect tool 8 million times to verify the dimension hasn't changed, it would be quite useful to either implement a feature to automatically hide specific dimensions or allow us to hide individual dimensions.

As this feature is already enumerated via the "FX" ( change parameters ) dialog adding a toggle for dimension visibility shouldn't require too much work on the dev team. On the other hand the dimensions I often wish to hide are the same constant values repeated several times over perhaps hiding the trace line and placing an annotation with the variable name would be more valuable than a toggle, an auto-collapse if you will. (requiring the user to set the variable for said dimension)

(Below is an example of how littered a typical sketch can get for me)

Thanks for your consideration!

Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

davebYYPCU — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:50:29 GMT

Maybe I'm the only one whose sketches get absolutely littered with dimensions

Yep.

On the other hand the dimensions I often wish to hide are the same constant values repeated several times over

Duplicate dimensions can be exchanged with an Equals Constraint, but Sketch Patterns are not recommended either.

Your workflow is causing your problem.

Blue articles should keep you awake at night.

Might help....

Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

g-andresen — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:01:05 GMT

Hi,

I think this can be made simpler and clearer.

Please upload the file and let us know what you would like to have at the end.

File > export > save as f3d on local drive > attach to post

günther

Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

jstricklandZKXDP — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:42:54 GMT

I'm unsure how to work around the "Sketch Geometry is over-constrained" issue, I know fusion automatically applies constraints but I'm unable to "speak the language" so to speak, either I'm over-constraining or under-constraining, a lot of my sketches take some time to draw to make them parametric, but occasionally (especially working with arc's or circles) 90% of the sketch will be fine parametrically but the last 10% will "glitch" out like a point going way out of the confines of the sketch.

Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

jstricklandZKXDP — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:57:54 GMT

attached is a sample sketch (a side view of a cabinet) with 2 - 8 1/4 drawer fronts and 1 - 13" drawer front

in the sketch you can see the gap between the drawer fronts is always an 1/8" and the gap from the top and bottom of the cabinet is also an 1/8", drawer fronts are usually either 3/4" or 5/8". a lot of what I do uses same measurements and my sketches wind up being very polluted

I've also attached a recent sketch, a door accent/trim piece as an example of generally how my sketches end up (I'm aware there is some errors in the door sketch, some of the geometry is unused and out of bounds (series of quick prototyping based on feedback).

Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

davebYYPCU — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:27:37 GMT

You are working too hard. Duplicated overlapping lines causes Fusion to have headaches.

Sample file needs only 4 dimensions to be fully constrained. (2 sketches for clarity.)

Step up the timelines.

The other file has 2 way symmetry and blue sketch articles will cause parameter change headaches for you.

Simplified sketch,

Might help...

Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

jstricklandZKXDP — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:33:36 GMT

You've opened my eyes to a different way to model sketches, I had zero idea thin extrude would allow you to specify thickness, additionally it hadn't occurred to me to apply the equals constraint in this manner this definitely changes things.

Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

w0nrp — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:07:30 GMT

In my case, I would like to hide dimensions for construction lines.
In order for a sketch to be fully constrained, even construction lines must be dimensioned.

Most of the time I use dimension lines for alignment purposes, and I really don't care exactly how long they are.
But the dimensions get in the way of the drawing.

Re: Feature Request: Hide specific dimensions

laughingcreek — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:50:08 GMT

instead of dimensioning these construction lines, I usually apply an equal constrain to them. (or some other constraint that that controls the length)