https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315264#M64546 <P>Tabs only work on 2D geometry, if you are trying it on 3D curve, you have to model tabs instead.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="2021-05-15 10_58_59-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/919159iB7AA3C9C091EBA0D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="2021-05-15 10_58_59-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" alt="2021-05-15 10_58_59-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" /></span></P> Sat, 15 May 2021 18:00:48 GMT Anonymous 2021-05-15T18:00:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315223#M64545 <P>Seems a spline curve will not allow me to set tabs.&nbsp; Is this not allowed or another bug? &nbsp; What am I missing here?</P> Sat, 15 May 2021 17:25:16 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315223#M64545 dghylin 2021-05-15T17:25:16Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315264#M64546 <P>Tabs only work on 2D geometry, if you are trying it on 3D curve, you have to model tabs instead.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="2021-05-15 10_58_59-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/919159iB7AA3C9C091EBA0D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="2021-05-15 10_58_59-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" alt="2021-05-15 10_58_59-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" /></span></P> Sat, 15 May 2021 18:00:48 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315264#M64546 Anonymous 2021-05-15T18:00:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315304#M64547 <P>I dont believe tabs will work with splines. Not a bug, just not a supported feature.</P> Sat, 15 May 2021 18:45:03 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315304#M64547 johnswetz1982 2021-05-15T18:45:03Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315321#M64548 <P>I think tabs are restricted to 2D geometry.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="2021-05-15 12_02_21-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/919165i91D7F58AF41B5050/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="2021-05-15 12_02_21-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" alt="2021-05-15 12_02_21-Autodesk Fusion 360.png" /></span></P> Sat, 15 May 2021 19:04:25 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315321#M64548 Anonymous 2021-05-15T19:04:25Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315361#M64549 <P>Without your geometry I can not say exactly.&nbsp; But I can say some general things about 2d contour and 2d profile tabs:</P> <UL> <LI>Tabs by distance work by distance along each segment, not along the whole contour.&nbsp; So if you have only small segments (shorter than the tab distance) on your contour you will not get any tabs.</LI> <LI>You should be able to place manual tabs anywhere, except splines and conics where they only work on endpoints.</LI> <LI>Tabs by distance does work on splines and conics.</LI> <LI>Tabs on a conic segment can have problem with their orientation and spacing.&nbsp; If there is only one tab by distance on the conic segment, it should be placed in the 'middle' and it should be perpendicular to the edge at that point.&nbsp; 'Middle' of a conic is often not equal distance from the end points.&nbsp; Tabs not in the middle of the conic may not be properly perpendicular.</LI> </UL> <P>Improving tabs is one of my goals.</P> Sat, 15 May 2021 19:40:43 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315361#M64549 MattWynn 2021-05-15T19:40:43Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315595#M64550 <P>Thanks all for the comments. Matt touched on the spline subject and<BR />with a little bit of brain work I believe I found a work around that does<BR />the trick.</P><P>Don</P> Sun, 16 May 2021 00:03:46 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10315595#M64550 dghylin 2021-05-16T00:03:46Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10813647#M64551 <P>Please share work around.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:13:13 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10813647#M64551 JeffreyArney 2021-12-10T06:13:13Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10815492#M64552 <P>see&nbsp;<A href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-manufacture/tab-positioning-at-points-cannot-select-points-on-spline-edge-of/m-p/10813640" target="_blank">Solved:Tab Positioning At Points cannot select points on spline edge of part</A>&nbsp;for workaround</P> Fri, 10 Dec 2021 22:22:19 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/trouble-with-tabs-for-a-spline/m-p/10815492#M64552 MattWynn 2021-12-10T22:22:19Z