Constrain distance to outer rectangle

[andrew_liyanage]

Hi all,

this is my second day using Fusion 360 and the first time ever using a CAD Software and I am still trying to figure out how this all works 🙂 I have a rectangle within a rectangle and I would like to define the distance on one side of the rectangle to the parallel side of the outer rectangle. I tried to use the horizontal/vertical constraint but it won't let me. How can I do this? I attached a screenshot, the yellow part is the distance I would like to define...

Your help is much appreciated!

[HughesTooling]

Just add a dimension?

[HughesTooling]

If you want the rectangles centred you could add a vertical constraint between midpoints.

Select the vertical constraint, hold the shift key down, hover the pointer near the middle of a line until the midpoint is found and pick. Repeat for the other rectangle. Also please don't attach pictures, just paste them into your message from the clipboard.

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

vert/hor constraint via symmetry

günther

[davebYYPCU]

Using the vertical / midpoint and final dimensions.

Might help.....

[andrew_liyanage]

Thank you so much, that's exactly what I was looking for, sorry this might have been a very straight forward task but as I am new to fusion I'm still finding my way around 🙂

[andrew_liyanage]

Thanks for the advice and help

[g-andresen]

Hi,

I would also like to point out that, as @HughesTooling wrote, pressing and holding the shift key is important in the first method.

günther