Fully Define Sketch

[Anonymous]

hello,

how can i know that my sketch is full defined ? 

thank you

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

That functionality is in preview. You can enable it in the preferences under "Preview"

[Anonymous]

thank you

[Anonymous]

Forgive me for bringing up this old thread, but can you please go into detail about how to enable enforcement of fully defined sketches?  I cannot see an option for this in "Preview".

It seems that my sketches are allowed to be left without being fully defined before I use them in features.  In SolidWorks I can set this to be enforced so that I cannot even exit the sketch unless it's fully defined.

[TrippyLighting]

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@Anonymous wrote:

It seems that my sketches are allowed to be left without being fully defined before I use them in features.  In SolidWorks I can set this to be enforced so that I cannot even exit the sketch unless it's fully defined.

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In Fusion 360 you cannot. It's that simple. This feature was in preview for a long time but is now a normal feature that still occasionally fails.

Once al sketch elements have turned black - with the  exception of construction lines ans projected sketch items - the sketch theoretically should be fully defined.

[Anonymous]

What other means do we have at our disposal to prevent problems with this then?

I don't really understand how a sketch may be allowed to be left under-defined before being used in future timeline features.

It seems that I can drag the edge of a cylinder (without being in edit mode) and have the entire model just explode before my eyes.

[Anonymous]

Hi, you can forcefully fix it under constrain menu.

[chrisplyler]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I don't really understand how a sketch may be allowed to be left under-defined before being used in future timeline features.

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A sketch may be allowed to be left under-defined...because Autodesk did not bake any enforcement into the software.

When a sketch IS fully defined, you will see a little red padlock icon atop the sketch's entry in the Browser. If it is NOT, you will instead see a little pencil icon there, suggesting that you continue editing the sketch.

It is up to the user to understand how to achieve a fully defined sketch, and enforce his own choice to do it.

Sometimes a user will CHOSE to leave some bit of a sketch under-defined, such that said user can drag (the edge of a cylinder perhaps) to watch his model explode all over the place. Or, more realistically, to make small adjustments by dragging until a design decision is made, at which point the bit can be locked down.