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Usability: use of custom parameters should not make entering dimensions harder

Usability: use of custom parameters should not make entering dimensions harder

Setup:

- I have a design with e.g. "trackDiameter" (parameter name contains "m")

 

I want 'm' but Fusion 360 suggests a custom parameterI want 'm' but Fusion 360 suggests a custom parameter

Steps:

- enter a dimension (e.g. "1m") and press Enter

 

Expected:

- the dimension should take effect, being 1 meter

 

Actual:

- Pressing Enter chooses a config value (e.g. "trackDiameter") instead, and "1trackDiameter" is not approved as a dimension

 

Work-around:

- Press Esc to hide the suggestion, then press Enter

 

This should be easy to fix, without changing the UI workflow. When Enter is pressed, and a suggestion is about to be selected, Fusion 360 could check whether the resulting metric ("1trackDiameter") is valid or not. This way entering "1 * m" + Enter would still pick the suggestion (as now), but for "1 m" + Enter the suggestion would not be applied.

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