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Difficulty selecting menu items and model/sketch entities
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I've noticed throughout Fusion 360 that it takes a couple tries to select various items including entities in sketches, items in the timeline, etc. I've noticed the same issue on two PCs and my Mac, so I'm pretty sure it's a UI issue. Some examples I've had:
- When trying to edit a sketch or feature, I will right click a feature or sketch in the timeline, but Edit Sketch or Edit Feature is grayed out. I have to click away and then right click again and the option becomes available.
- When trying to select a face with a relatively small area, I have to zoom in quite a bit before it becomes highlighted when I mouse over it. This happens especially with very small faces or edges.
- As I orbit around, especially after having to zoom in and out from selecting edges and faces, the center point seems to move around and eventually movin around the model becomes very clumsy. Then I have to reset the orbit anchor point, which doesn't seem to work all the time. I know it's been a requested feature already, but it would be great if Fusion would automatically center the orbit around whatever entity I select without having to go through the extra steps of activating a keyboard shortcut or clicking a separate icon. It's a method that works great for a lot of people in solidworks.
- When I try to edit a feature or sketch profile by trying to select the feature on the model, the three dashes over the icon in timeline don't always appear.
- In a sketch if I want to add a dimension to an entity (line, curve, circle, etc.), I will activate the dimension tool, select the entity, but the dimension won't show up. The entity will highlight showing that it is selected, but I have to click away to deselect it and try selecting it again before the dimension shows up. Sometimes it takes doing this two or three times before it shows up. I have also noticed that when I try to dimension a line, selecting the line won't work and selecting the end points is the only way to dimension a line.
- When I want to dimension the vertical or horizontal distance of a line that is at an angle, it only lets me dimension the overall length of the line. I have to select the end points to dimension the vertical/horizontal distance. It's not a huge issue and I can understand the reasoning, but it would be much easier to just select the line (when the dimension actually does show up) and drag my mouse perpendicular to the line I'm trying to dimension and automatically be able set the dimension I want. On larger models with a lot of sketches, that would save half the clicks over the current method.
Has anyone else noticed these issues? They make working in Fusion frustrating, especially when working on a model for hours on end and they make doing simple tasks take so much longer than they need to be.
- When trying to edit a sketch or feature, I will right click a feature or sketch in the timeline, but Edit Sketch or Edit Feature is grayed out. I have to click away and then right click again and the option becomes available.
- When trying to select a face with a relatively small area, I have to zoom in quite a bit before it becomes highlighted when I mouse over it. This happens especially with very small faces or edges.
- As I orbit around, especially after having to zoom in and out from selecting edges and faces, the center point seems to move around and eventually movin around the model becomes very clumsy. Then I have to reset the orbit anchor point, which doesn't seem to work all the time. I know it's been a requested feature already, but it would be great if Fusion would automatically center the orbit around whatever entity I select without having to go through the extra steps of activating a keyboard shortcut or clicking a separate icon. It's a method that works great for a lot of people in solidworks.
- When I try to edit a feature or sketch profile by trying to select the feature on the model, the three dashes over the icon in timeline don't always appear.
- In a sketch if I want to add a dimension to an entity (line, curve, circle, etc.), I will activate the dimension tool, select the entity, but the dimension won't show up. The entity will highlight showing that it is selected, but I have to click away to deselect it and try selecting it again before the dimension shows up. Sometimes it takes doing this two or three times before it shows up. I have also noticed that when I try to dimension a line, selecting the line won't work and selecting the end points is the only way to dimension a line.
- When I want to dimension the vertical or horizontal distance of a line that is at an angle, it only lets me dimension the overall length of the line. I have to select the end points to dimension the vertical/horizontal distance. It's not a huge issue and I can understand the reasoning, but it would be much easier to just select the line (when the dimension actually does show up) and drag my mouse perpendicular to the line I'm trying to dimension and automatically be able set the dimension I want. On larger models with a lot of sketches, that would save half the clicks over the current method.
Has anyone else noticed these issues? They make working in Fusion frustrating, especially when working on a model for hours on end and they make doing simple tasks take so much longer than they need to be.
