topic Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Global variables, equations and dimensions

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:04:52 GMT

I would like to see a feature where you can add global dimensions, equations and variables for your model so that you for example can assign them to your sketch dimensions. When you change the global dimensions, equations or variables it wil be updated througout the model etc. to make easier and faster changes to your model.

Re: Global variables, equations and dimensions

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:09:58 GMT

I think I allready found it.

Status changed to: Implemented

schneik-adsk — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:45:11 GMT

GREAT!

Status changed to: Solution Provided

schneik-adsk — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 22:46:06 GMT

Changing to solution provided, don't want to misrepresent this as implemented based on idea station submission.

Re: Global variables, equations and dimensions

basm_abdrabbo — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:07:26 GMT

Driven Dimensions are not captured in the Parameters window.

Re: Global variables, equations and dimensions

changedsoul — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 03:37:26 GMT

Is there a work around for Driven Dimentions getting captured?

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:06:52 GMT

Hello,

I don't think this is a solved issue. One of the problems with parameters is that they exist in the same history / undo timeline as all of the other operations. So if you go back in the timeline to a point before the parameter was added, it won't be there to use. If there is a reason that it must be this way (and I can conjecture a few) then perhaps you could simply add a flag in the parameter modify window to indicate whether you're adding "Global" parameters which exist outside of the timeline, versus parameters which are bounded by the timeline.

I have had this particular problem on a number of projects where the idea of various parameters tend to emerge organically from the project being designed.

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

HughesTooling — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:05:01 GMT

If you roll the timeline back all parameter created are available but if you click undo after creating a parameter it is removed. Don't see the undo behaviour as wrong though as you might change a parameter and want it changed back.

Here you can see parameters created after where the timeline pointer is positioned.

Mark

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:44:21 GMT

Sure, and I thought about that too. The solution for that is easy enough. Let the editor have its own undo/redo stack like any other type of editor would.

Here's another perspective-- if you went to add/edit items in your tools library, you'd expect them to be there and available at any position in your timeline, wouldn't you?

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:53:54 GMT

I very limited work around is provided by an free add-on "Parameter I/O" that allows parameters to be read and written from/to file.

It will only help with undo, and planning. Write the parameter file, undo, read the parameter file. That way you will still have the

parameters you "undid".

It won't work with the timeline; its a horrid kludge; and Parameter IO is a quick and dirty piece of software with no error handling

that was written to demonstrate the API, and has hung around because its useful.

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:27:56 GMT

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

jared2HLDX — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:23:27 GMT

Hello moderators, is this still not an option? It's pretty essential to have global variables across an entire project. Any idea when this will be available?

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

Phil.E — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:03:45 GMT

Global parameters are available via Derive.

Workflow

Create an empty design
Add global parameters to the parameters table
Make them all Favorites
Save it as Global Parameters

Start a new design

Use Insert > Derive
Pick "parameters" option
Select the Global Parameters design

The global parameters will appear in your design.

Derive Help article

Does this help?

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

martin.kudlacek — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:36:36 GMT

Phil, you just saved me from insanity. I was looking for this for some time now.

Just a tiny little improvement to get this right - when I am typing down the parameter name to some field, it doesn't "autosuggest" it, as with the locally created parameters. I need to know the full name. If that could be fixed, it would make it lot more easy to use.

Thanks,

Martin

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

Phil.E — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:12:36 GMT

If named parameters are favorites ⭐ the search function brings them up without the full name.

In a design with derived parameters, they appear in the model parameters area and are not by default favorites.

What is your expectation? That a favorite parameter would also be favorite when it is put into another design using Derive? Glad to hear your thoughts on this.

In the meantime, find the global parameter and make it favorite after inserting it, you should have a better time with it.

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

ritste20 — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:21:01 GMT

+1 from me on automagically favoriting derived parameters if they are favorited in the source.

Regards,

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

Phil.E — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:30:36 GMT

Thanks. I logged an improvement ticket for this inconsistency.

FUS-84454

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

TrippyLighting — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:36:04 GMT

+1 from me as well.

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

volkerEF9NS — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:07:42 GMT

Good morning from Germany …

I have tried this solution, and it works - sort of 🙂

Maybe a misunderstanding on my part, therefor two questions:

The variables in the second design, that where I did a “insert derive”, have been renamed and are suffixed with “_Ref”. Can this suffix be altered or, better yet, suppressed altogether?
when the Parameters in the first design are modified and the design is saved, they are not automagically altered in the second design, instead I need to push a button the initiate a refresh. Is this how it is supposed to be?

with best regards

Volker Bandke

Re: Status changed to: Solution Provided

TrippyLighting — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:15:56 GMT

No.

Yes.