topic Re: construct a plane through 2 edges doesnt work. in Fusion Support Forum

construct a plane through 2 edges doesnt work.

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:35:00 GMT

i drew to lines on two separate offset planes. i even tried make these two lines axes. but when i click on the create a plane through 2 edges or axes it won't let me select a second. it will only select a first. it is literally, what this feature is designed for, so i'm guessing it is bugged.

Re: construct a plane through 2 edges doesnt work.

jeff_strater — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:41:32 GMT

seems to work for me. Can you share your model and a screencast of what you are seeing? Remember, not all lines can be selected to create a plane. They must be co-planar. Not all combinations of two lines can form a plane. If that is the case, Fusion will prevent you from selecting a second line which is not co-planar with the first.

Re: construct a plane through 2 edges doesnt work.

karina.harper — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:31:59 GMT

@jeff_strater

Thank you Jeff for taking the time to clearly explain the answer to this question - even making a video to display the intended functionality! Your efforts and consideration are truly appreciated. 😄 You make this community a better place and @Anonymous and I are lucky to have your help on these issues.

Cheers,

Karina

Re: construct a plane through 2 edges doesnt work.

cgbongo — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:24:56 GMT

Hi everyone, sorry for reviving a 5 year-old thread but I've run into a similar issue.

I'm attempting to create a plane through two parallel edges to create a diagonal plane (represented by the blue line) that joins two RHS sections, lets call them A and B (seen below).

Bar A is a simple upwards extrusion created from the following geometry:

Bar B is created by sketching on a plane which has been offset vertically from the plane that Bar A was sketched on. the geometry looks like this:

The faint sketch profile is the profile Bar A was created from. From this, the outer edges of Bars A and B are constrained parallel with each other. Despite this, the outer edges of Bars A and B do not allow for a Plane Through Two Edges object to be created from them, as seen below.

However, the outside edge of Bar A and the inside edge of Bar B allows for a plane to be created, even though the inside edge of Bar B is constrained parallel with the outside edge.

Could anyone provide an explanation on why this occurs? I am unfortunately pretty stumped. I would prefer not to share complete files of this dataset since it's a proprietary design but I can try to provide clarification where necessary. Thanks in advance!

Re: construct a plane through 2 edges doesnt work.

Warmingup1953 — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:04:39 GMT

Can you share your Fusion file? The Devil has been known to be non-planar!

Re: construct a plane through 2 edges doesnt work.

g-andresen — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:07:56 GMT

Hi,

@cgbongo wrote:

..but I can try to provide clarification where necessary.

Please share a sample file!

günther

Re: construct a plane through 2 edges doesnt work.

cgbongo — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:44:00 GMT

Please share a sample file!

Unfortunately i am unable to attach the real file, but I've created a quick mock-up of the situation I'm attempting to model. Note that the Plane Through 2 Edges feature works in this demonstration model, and has also worked previously in my personal file, but seems to have stopped working in the current model for an unknown reason, hence my confusion. I am looking more for a general answer into why this might occur, as I have simply used a Plane Through 3 Points feature to work around this for the moment.

Hope this provides some clarity!