topic Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour) in Fusion Manufacture Forum

Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

pete.oxenham — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:29:46 GMT

See attached images, an artifact appears once a 2d contour is selected. Third image is shown with hidden lines, you can see there is no geometry in the model that corresponds to this. The geometry doesn't show when in the selection interface, only once the contour is selected.

I have tried projecting a sketch onto the surface and selecting the sketch geometry rather than the 3d geometry - same thing happens.

This is from a project file last used about two months ago, this issue was not occurring on the older version of fusion.

To answer the usual questions

- No I cannot deselect that portion of the contour

- No there is not an artifact in the model

- Yes I have restarted Fusion

- Yes I have the proper tool orientation selected

- Yes the bug occurs in both the CAM file and in the base project file

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

seth.madore — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:34:56 GMT

Very interesting. This is NOT the first report I've seen along these lines, but we don't yet have enough data to go on to reproduce. Can you share your file?

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

pete.oxenham — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:37:40 GMT

More than happy to share the file, but would prefer not publicly. What's your email?

In the mean time, is there a way to roll back my software version? This is pretty critical to today's production schedule.

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

seth.madore — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:41:28 GMT

No possible way to rollback Fusion, sorry.

Let's take a look at the file and see what's going on

seth.madore at autodesk.com

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

pete.oxenham — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:53:49 GMT

Will do, sending over now. I'll make do with an old posted version for the time being.

For future reference, is there a way to opt out of automatic updates?

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

seth.madore — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:55:09 GMT

Working in offline mode is the only solution at this time. Even that is problematic, in that you are limited to 14 days offline I believe...

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

pete.oxenham — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:59:35 GMT

FWIW, I'm getting artifacts in 2D pocket as well

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

seth.madore — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:15:05 GMT

I think we have found a new bug. Here's a workaround. I will get this logged and circle back when I have more info!

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

seth.madore — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:30:47 GMT

This issue has been fixed in today's update, 2.0.6263. Please restart Fusion for the update to take effect.

Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you!

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

atherisinnovations — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:30:14 GMT

We really NEED either:

1) the option to roll back to a previous stable release (like a stable quarterly or monthly),

2) an email or some other notification (banner across Fusion's main window) 48 hours before a release so we can back up our machines (or go offline).

While you guys have designed some FANTASTIC and ACCESSIBLE software with Fusion, you have to admit there is probably a better way to deal with the automatic-push update process than playing roulette with what is mission-critical software for some people. There is a reason Microsoft has an early-access/insider update tier..

It would be like, on any random day, driving your car/truck to work and discovering that when the steering wheel is turned almost fully to the right -all of a sudden your brakes don't work, surprise!!

Re: Contour Selection Artifact (2D Contour)

seth.madore — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:51:57 GMT

I've been a customer of Fusion 360 for 5 years now, and it's been my biggest complaint from day one. As a customer, I too have been crippled by these forced updates, so I know what it's like.

Now, as an Autodesk Customer Support member, it pains me to see other shops suffering due to the frustration caused by errant bugs that are shipped in an unavoidable (forced, really) update.

The only consolation I can offer you in this area is this; they (the powers that be in Fusion) are actively working on solving this issue. All we can do is continue to apply pressure to them in an effort to drive home the importance of this issue.