Cut command leaves vestiges

[fsonnichsen]

I am using the CUT command and have reduced my problem to the simple construct shown here. Screencast continues to be evermore problematic so in case it doesn't come thru I have added an F3D as well. 

   Very simple - I have used Sketch to perfectly align the Target and Tool bodies and hope to get a resulting cube with a smaller cube taken out of it. I have, I believe, removed all the idiosyncrasies of  Sketch departing its Body by using Components for all my moves and cuts.

  At any rate you will see that after the CUT I have a Line and a Plane left over and cannot seem to determine why this happens. (there are some other references to this in other posts but I didn't see a resolution)

Thanks

Fritz

[HughesTooling]

Where's the problem? After hiding the sketches this is what I see.

[HughesTooling · Accepted solution]

Just a quick note. Don't get in the habit of using move and capture position. Capture Position can cause performance problems in bigger assemblies, you should use joints.

Here's your design using a joint that will update if position change. File's attached.

Mark

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@fsonnichsen wrote:

  Very simple - I have used Sketch 

  At any rate you will see that after the CUT I have a Line and a Plane left over ...

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To be more precise, you have eight lines and two shaded profiles (on two sketches) visible.  😉

[fsonnichsen]

OK-I agree that there are more lines But per Mark's comment--are these vestiges always there and ONLY removable by hiding sketches? (Sounds a bit like turning up the Radio when your car is making bad sounds!).

    If this is Fusion works, fine,  but I just don't want to be patching up something that needs to be addressed- I understand the need to return to the foundation sketch at times but I thought the timeline was there for that.

Thanks

Fritz

[HughesTooling]

There's an option in preferences to hide the sketch after it's used in a feature. Don't think using it for a move would hide it though and as a sketch has noting to do with a combine it's not going to be hidden after a combine either.

Pretty sure the default is set to hide the sketch, personally I have it unchecked/

Mark

[HughesTooling]

Just like to add, I uncheck the hide sketch option because I quite often want to reference a sketch in a later sketch so just find it quicker to leave it visible. It's easy to hide later, just right click on a profile or curve and pick hide from the right click menu.

Mark

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

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@fsonnichsen wrote:

--are these vestiges always there ....

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Those aren't mere vestiges - those are parents of the child features.

You don't want to delete a child's parents - simply hide them from the picture when not needed or make them visible when they are needed.

This all has parallel relations (pun intended) to the real world.

The sketches "give life" and initial characteristics to the features.  Without the sketches (parents) - the features (children) become "sick" and often fail.

[fsonnichsen]

OK and thank you for the feedback. I am fine with keeping/hiding sketches--I just wanted to be sure I wasn't doing something wrong!. 

cheers

Fritz

[fsonnichsen]

Mark-I finally got around to playing a bit more with Joints. I had originally set them aside along with assemblies as "advanced topics" (I am a beginner) but it has been said more than once that this is the proper way to move objects so I read up on it some more. I am not sure where the "Move" command fits in but I now see how the joint command works and will try using that instead-

Thanks

Fritz

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

The Move command causes more grief in this forum than any other topic, and should be avoided, until it's last resort.

Yes, please learn the Joint system, over the Move and Align commands.

Might help....

[fsonnichsen]

Thanks!

fritz