Browser: delete and remove what is going on here ?!

[cekuhnen]

pressing delete (backspace) removes objects from the browser and does not delete the objects in the timeline.

in the browser selecting remove actually just deletes the objects in the timeline

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byzv_NlyKp_2Rm90bnc3UUNJOVU/view?usp=sharing

is there a way to map remove onto Delete/backswapce key ?

[Maowen_Zhang]

Thanks for sharing the issue!

As you see, we had a change as below to improve experience in current June update. 

     1) Rename 'soft' delete to "Remove", which results in the creation of a Delete feature in the timeline

     2) Delete menu item in Browser, which delete objects in browser and also objects in the timeline

I understand the issue you mentioned, it might be a good idea to bind the "Delete" key to the "Remove" command if which is more frequently used and should be treated as a default behavior. Will make sure our produce design aware of this. 

About binding short keys, current we don't have a user interface for it, there is one way by modifing one command definition xml file as below (Need restart Fusion app). Please let me know if you meet any issue about it. 

1.  find file (Mac): 

/Users/[user]/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/webdeploy/dev/[4efd8c33984c8e3cbdbec690cc46eb68067809d2]/Libraries/Applications/Fusion/Fusion/UI/FusionUI/Resources/CommandDefinitions/CommandDefinitions.xml

when Fusion is running, right click its icon "Options"->"Show in Finder"

2. replace below contents with new contents and restart Fusion application

Old:

<CommandDefinition Id="FusionDeleteCommand" HotKey="Delete">
<Tooltip>
<ExpandedContent>
<TextBlock _LCLZId="lclzDeleteCommand1" _LCLZText="Deletes the selected entity from the design."/>
<TextBlock/>
<TextBlock _LCLZId="lclzDeleteCommand2" _LCLZText="Select components, bodies, sketches, and construction entities to remove."/>
</ExpandedContent>
</Tooltip>
</CommandDefinition>

New:

<CommandDefinition Id="FusionDeleteCommand" HotKey="">
<Tooltip>
<ExpandedContent>
<TextBlock _LCLZId="lclzDeleteCommand1" _LCLZText="Deletes the selected entity from the design."/>
<TextBlock/>
<TextBlock _LCLZId="lclzDeleteCommand2" _LCLZText="Select components, bodies, sketches, and construction entities to remove."/>
</ExpandedContent>
</Tooltip>
</CommandDefinition>
<CommandDefinition Id="SoftDeleteCommand" HotKey="Delete">
<Tooltip>
<ExpandedContent>
<TextBlock _LCLZId="lclzSoftDeleteCommand1" _LCLZText="Remove the selected entity from the design."/>
<TextBlock/>
<TextBlock _LCLZId="lclzSoftDeleteCommand2" _LCLZText="Select components, bodies, sketches, and construction entities to remove."/>
</ExpandedContent>
</Tooltip>
</CommandDefinition>

[cekuhnen]

thank you for showing me where one can change that!

would be great to have soon a UI for mapping keys 😉

[Maowen_Zhang]

Yeah, looking forward to some UI for key mapping as you. 

Fusion 360 pursues ease of use, so won't "ask/ecourage" people to modify some special xml files which isn't convenient and hard to remember. 🙂

[cekuhnen]

I assume also that the edited xml will be changed with a Fusion update?

[Maowen_Zhang]

Yes, it's only temporary and not recommended. If new Fusion update contains new version of the file, then it will be overwrritten. I should add note for this, thanks for pointing it out!