How do I hide construction lines?

[Anonymous]

I've been away for a while, and thought this would have been incorperated by now, but I can't see a way to do it.

[adam]

Please add this feature, it just seems like a simple and obvious requirement

[sanjay_jayabal]

Hi,

Similar to what Jesse was suggesting, I am wondering if creating an XRef component with all the construction geometry will work.  Definitely a tedious workaround, but could work.  Start with the Xref component in your design and keep adding construction geometry to the xref component (on the appropriate planes).  Depending on how much construction geometry you add, this will likely add some clutter as you will have to manage construction sketches separately in the xref but could get the job done for you.

Best regards,

Sanjay Jayabal.

[shahriarsifat1802164]

If you decide to hide only construction geometry, I think there is no other way to hide it.
you just click ok, and back to select another sketch,
thank you.

[Anonymous]

There are definitely workarounds, and at the end of the day it's just a QOL change, but it feels like a pretty obvious and helpful one. I'm sure there are code components that make it tough, but the design choices seem simple, and actually considering implementing this would be incredible.

[adam]

It just seems obvious that it is a required feature, I can't understand how it hasn't been implemented yet.

[siddharth.patilV3RVT]

Please add this feature the person who wants can turn it on from settings an after turning on while in sketch view rightclick on empty space then we should be able to toggel it

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you Attach a file here that illustrates how this would be useful?

[adam]

It would make selecting lines (eg, to fillet) far quicker and more convenient if you could hide the construction lines with a check box - just like you can for projected geometries and dimensions

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you add a Screecast of the process of adding the sketch “Filets”?

How did you add a “Fillet” with a diameter dimension on the right side in your image?

Can you Attach the *.f3d example here?

[davebYYPCU]

That sketch has no useful purpose for any construction lines, hide them with Delete Key.

Might help.....

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

How did you add a “Fillet” with a diameter dimension

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 maybe this way ?

günther

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@g-andresen wrote:

Hi,

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@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

How did you add a “Fillet” with a diameter dimension

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 maybe this way ?

günther

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That not a Sketch Fillet.  
I wasn’t born yesterday.

[adam]

It's not about filleting, the question is "How do I hide construction lines?"

It seems to be a basic and often asked for feature, which is missing from Fusion

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@adam wrote:

It's not about filleting...

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That contradicts you previous post.

Over the years (and acceptance of many proposed changes) I have found the most effective way of getting them accepted is by providing concrete examples that clearly and convincingly illustrate the benefit.

I can’t even figure out your example.  It is not clear and convincing to me.

Can you create a video or a better example?

[adam]

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@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

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I can’t even figure out your example.

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The image is simply to indicate what the missing feature is, ie.: The big red text and arrow pointing to where the "show construction geometry" check box aught to be.  The sketch there is just a random bit of drawing.

As you'll note, I'm not the OP of this thread (or the many others like it) and several others in this thread ask why the feature is missing.  It would be a useful feature (and one I believe was accepted, but never implemented, several years ago).

I learned on autoCAD back in the 90s, where I was used to putting construction geometries on another layer and simply hiding that layer when I didn't want to see or interact with it.  I guess, the feature I would like to see is the equivalent of a construction layer in the sketch, which can be toggled on and off.

Construction lines can get very crowded, so it's nice to be able to hide them, in order to see the outline you are creating more clearly.

Further, where you have a solid line on top of a dashed line, it's a fiddle to select the correct line when performing an operation like filleting (for example) where, sometimes, fusion creates a fillet between the dashed line and the solid line (and messes up the geometry or fully defined status of the drawing).

I have never created a screen-cast, so I'd have to figure that out...

[g-andresen]

Hi,

In principle, it is understandable to hide construction lines.
However, it is important to remember that they remain part of the sketch and therefore also contribute to whether a sketch is fully defined or not.

For example, if you create a construction line with open ends, the sketch will be marked as "Not fully defined".

günther

[davebYYPCU]

I am one who prefers to see what’s in the sketch, and to provide some balance, don’t want them hidden, User option would not be a benefit to me.

[adam]

Here is a (very basic) example of a time it would be useful to be able to hide the construction lines while performing an operation...

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/ca6bc85d-3151-4764-99fe-308a8942307d

[davebYYPCU]

Semantics -  2 out of 2 

both examples now of where construction lines have no purpose.  I use and need construction lines, but not as you demonstrate.

if I needed that outcome, construction square is last.  You will soon learn that Fusion will object to the duplicated diagonal confusion.

[adam]

For the same reason you might want to hide dimensions or projected geometry - to make things clearer and simpler when you don't need that extra detail cluttering up the workspace.

And where you wan to trim, fillet etc. in places where there are construction lines on top of solid lines.

You might be far more efficient than me in your use of construction lines, and the example I posted was the simplest I could think of, to show the problem.

I know it's not impossible to work around this in most instances, but it would just make life easier sometimes and seems like an obvious and straightforward improvement to the sketch environment.