Creating joints between reference planes
No, reference planes cannot be selected for joining,
It would make much more sense for you to share your design so we can suggest a better strategy. If you keep using Fusion 360 like SW then you'll have a very unpleasant experience.
Hello everyone
Thank you for your inputs. I was actually trying to work on a simple bearing assembly in Fusion to figure out how it deals with assemblies. Below is a picture of what it all looks like. The inner ring is grounded.
So the first thing I was trying to do is to mate the ball with the curved surface of the inner ring. In Solidworks what I would generally do is apply a 'coincident' mate between two reference planes (originating from the respective coordinate systems of the inner ring and ball) and then apply a 'tangential' mate between the curved surface of the ball wit that of the inner ring. Here in Fusion, I tried creating joint origins on the surfaces but obviously I am doing something wrong. Since, as has been mentioned here by others, Fusion's workflow is quite different, I was wondering what would be the smartest way of achieving what I described in 360. I am also attaching the f3d file here for reference.
Regards
Here is how I would approach this:
Note, this was a pretty quick-and-dirty attempt, and if I took the time to get some measurements and parameters, could probably have done a more exact job. But, this gives you an idea how to use Joints and Joint Origins to assemble stuff. It is a different approach, I'll grant you, but I've found that once I get used to it, there is little I cannot do with a joint.
Jeff
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
Here you go, just use the joints and point to point. Even threw in a Motion link so it looks correct while rotating
@speedfreakgarage wrote:
@TrippyLighting What a terrible tone-deaf answer. There is a reason SW is considered superior to Fusion. Someuuthing so simple as constraints to construction planes should be a Day 1 basic feature. Working with complex parts and assemblies in Fusion is such a pain because of "joints" instead of constraints, but i can't afford Solidworks, so i'm trapped with Fusion. You guys need to get your act together and give us better constraint features.
Background: I use SW at work every day, and then Fusion at home once a week or so.
My answer is based on over 30 years of professional CAD use in machine design. I started using SolidWorks in 1998. In my industry SW has a market penetration of 98%. While I do 95% of my concept work in Fusion these days, I still work with SW occasionally and I am very familiar with SolidWorks.
Also, as an Autodesk Expert Elite, I am not an Autodesk employee. I just help out here on the forum 😉
@speedfreakgarage wrote:
Incorrect. I have been using Fusion pretty much since it first released way back in the day.
You could still learn something by coming to the forum and asking for feedback.
@speedfreakgarage wrote:
What i'm doing is not possible with these "joints" without a lot of trouble.
That might well be the case! There are cases where I wish I had a simple geometric mate available.
However, 90%+ of the day-to-day joint/assembly situations I came across are easier to solve with the Joints in Fusion.
It is also possible that a simpler workaround exists for what you designed. Having a second set of eyes look at a specific problem often helps.
A much better alternative to a rant in an existing thread is to start a new one, explain the problem in detail, share a model and perhaps even a screencast and ... hope for the best 😉