Extend tedium

[etfrench]

Please watch the entire video.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/06c30ccf-bdb1-416e-94a5-86f31e103dd9

Why can't we select the target to extend or trim to?

[ahreum.ryu]

Hi @etfrench,

Thank you for posting. 

I can't figure out it through AVI... 

To help me better understand this issue, Do you mind sharing the public link to the file with me?

Many thanks! 

[jeff_strater]

I understand what you are asking, @etfrench.  You want sketch extend to be a two-selection operation.  The curve to extend, and the target.  This was just a design choice.  For 80% of the extend cases, the current extend is better, because the "extend to" curve is obvious.  It's just a single click, instead of two.  Where it gets tedious is if you have a lot of virtual intersections, as in your case.  This is where we extend to the infinite extension of another curve in the sketch.  You might ask why we need to support virtual intersections.  The main reason is this kind of case:

You want to extend both lines to meet.  If we don't support virtual intersections, this cannot be done.

So, that's the reason.  I agree in your case it is tedious.  I would probably just draw another line and make it colinear in those cases.

Jeff

[etfrench]

For any drawing that is more than just a simple rectangle, extending a line or curve will take more than two mouse clicks.  Selecting the source and target will only use two mouse clicks no matter how many other lines, curves, or virtual intersections exist. I would estimate the percentage of trims and extends that only take two mouse clicks in Fusion 360 is under 5%.

Here's how I would like it to work: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/6a8e0b5d-968b-4b85-be24-3fe93271d8ac

[ahreum.ryu]

Hi @etfrench

Your video is very interesting! and I'm sorry I couldn't help you... 

I found out a post from IdeaStation. "Trim and Extend"  It has already accepted to Future Consideration. 

If you have a different opinion, I think It would be better to post in the IdeaStation.

Many thanks!  

[mad.macs]

I struggle with the interface for extending lines almost every time I use it. The current implementation one makes sense for small uncomplicated drawings. As the complexity of the drawing goes up the utility goes down. In some of my drawings it can take up to 10 clicks to extend a line to the desired location. If I create a line as an extension instead I find necessary to overshoot, and trim it later.

It would be very nice if there was an option to extend a line TO a line or better yet, a trim tool that let you pick two lines, and extend them both to meet. The interface could be something like the way the fillet tool works.