How to hide/show all dimentions in sketch mode?

[Anonymous]

Just getting started.  I've looked for this question in the training videos and the forums for over 2 hours.

I'd like to know how to hide (not delete) all dimensions in 2d sketch mode.

I found one post with screenshot from 2013 see link below,  I have the option above "Hide Profile" and the one below "Show Hide", but not Show Dimentions.

Have the menus changed?

What do the light bulbs mean?

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/design-validate-document/help-how-to-hide-dimensions-in-sketches/m-p/4...

Thanks 

[ahreum.ryu]

Hi @Anonymous

Welcome to the Fusion 360 community!

If you want to hide your sketch, you can click the light bulb or Mouse right click in the sketch you want to hide.

Please take a look at this picture.

If you need more help, please let me know 

Hopefully this helps solve the issue.

Many thanks 

[TrippyLighting]

I'd say hat took less than a minute ?

[Anonymous]

I think you for the reply.  I guess I was not clear in my wording.  That option is not there.

Any idea why you have the option and I don't?

[ahreum.ryu]

Hi @Anonymous

Are you still working on the sketch? If you click the stop sketch, you can see that option. 

while you are in the sketch mode, you can't hide dimension.

Many thanks! 

[TrippyLighting]

You only have that option when

1. not in actively editing a sketch in sketch mode
2. when selecting a sketch in the browser

The a sketch is encloses an area e.g. a closed rectangle, or a circle, Fusion 360 colors the enclosed area in orange to indicate it is a closed profile, ready for extrusion, sweeping etc.

[Anonymous]

In your screen cast you what you are doing doesn't hide the dimensions.

[TrippyLighting]

In my first screencast I sho how to die /show the dimensions of a sketch (when not actively editing a sketch in sketch mode).

In the second screencast I am showing/hiding the sketch profile.

Also, your computer is not going to explode if you experiment a little with this yourself 😉

[Anonymous]

Okay I'm not understating something here.  If I stop sketch mode then how do I draw additional lines, boxes circles ect.?
I find I can delete the measurements which removes them, but I don't want to delete them.  I just don't want them cluttering up the screen while I and adding lines, rectangles etc.  It gets too confusing with the lines and the measurement lines.

Can you still sketch when in the Stop Sketch mode? 

[TrippyLighting]

No, while actively editing a sketch in sketch mode you cannot hide dimensions, but you can hide certain things to help de-clutering the sketch.

[Anonymous]

The screen casts are very confusing as all they do is loop.  It's hard to know when they begin and when they end.  Is there a way to slow down the playback of the screencast?  You go so quick I can't see the menu option you are clicking on.  Not sure if you can do it, but it would be nice to have narration so I can understand what it is you are doing?

I don't have a clue what's going on in your second screen cast.  It looks like you are changing the color of the background not hiding the dimensions.  The dimensions are there in the before and after. Thanks for trying.

[Anonymous]

Let me try asking my question another way.  I'm working in 2D with pieces of wood.  I'm trying to sketch the pieces together at different angles so I can get their final measurement.

I need the grid for layout.  But if you look at the screenshot you'll see the 2D outlines for the wood, along with the demotion lines and the numbers for the size make if confusing to know if I'm connecting the piece of wood with the dimention line or the eduge of a piece of wood.  The contstraits are not the problem iti's just all of the parallel lines for the edges of the wood and the dimention lines.  If I could just hide the dimetion lines I would have been done hours ago.

Am I going about this all wrong?  Do you have a better way?

Why is it in your menu options you have a way of not showing it.  And on mine the option isn't there.

Thanks

[davebYYPCU]

Your layout and planning are letting you down, you have room to the right for some dimensions, but you have placed the lower vertical 66.00 across other parts if the layout.

when placing a dimension you have control to put it in a logical location, you have the ability to move them if in the way.

I can't begin to understand why are asking to hide dimensions while still sketching, when they can be better placed.

Browny

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

Having seen and answered one of your other theads I cansee now where the disconnect is!

You need to leave the 2D world behind. Forget it.  You've now entered the world of 3D where sketches are only the menas to get to 3D geometry quickly.

So keep sketches simple. I am glad I am catching this so early 😉

The first thig you should be doing is to create one (empty) component for each board.

then you should activate a given component and create one sketch for that one board and extrude it to the desired thickness. That will simplify the sketch!

Then you can assemble the boards using the joint sin the Assembly menu.

Drawing all boards in one sketch is not the best workflow. this works well in some designs, but not in this one.

[Anonymous]

I think your are spot.  Your just turned on the light bulb in my head.  Please follow along with me and tell me if I'm getting it.  By the way I've watched the Intro to Sketch 1 and 2 five, six times and this is not explained at all in them.

Okay so here's what I'm getting.  Let's make this really simple.  Lets'  say I'm building a picture frame out of 2 x 4s.  (No router or depth 3D cuts.)  Just four pieces of wood with 45 degree cuts in each corner.  In my mind this is a 2D object.  In Visio and other 2D drawing programs I would just draw all four pieces of wood on one piece of "drawing/sketch paper".

I think what you are saying, (hope I'm right) is that even though I'm making an 2D sketch I need to sort of think in 3D.  Where in Visio I would have used 1 sketch page, in 360 I really need to use on page for each piece of lumber.  So really what I should be doing is drawing one piece of lumber on each sketch page.  So one page for the top, one page left, right, and bottom.  The sketch pagers are "transparent" so when I look at what I'm making I see it as one 2D drawing?  (But it's really made up of four individual pages.)

Now this makes sense as to  why the dimensions can't be hidden If there's only one object per page it wouldn't be confusing at all.

Is there a video tutorial that covers all of this?

I'm guessing that each page for each piece of wood is under the Sketch in the menu.

So now I'm a bit confused as to the terms.  Can you help me out in creating a new project.

From the Menu Click Create Sketch.
Next pick the face/surface to view.

Now here's where I would normally starting sketching placing objects.  But I'm thinking I need a sub-page. (One for each pieces of wood for my picture frame.)  Not seeing how to do that.

If I create a sub-page with the dimensions of say the left side of the frame is there a way to copy that sub-page (or copy the object) so I can paste it on another sub-page instead of having to recreate to object?

What are the sub[-pages called and how are they created?

Thank you so much.  I've been struggling with this concept for 20 hours or so.

[Anonymous]

The peorble minute I'm running into is there are so many parallel lines it's confusing.  There are parallel lines for the material next to parrpale lines for the dimentions nett to parallel lines for the material.  When I try and select an object I can't tell if I'm selecting the material or the dimentions lines.  If the dimentions and the dimentions liens could be hidden it would be so much easier.

[TrippyLighting]

A picture frame is really not a good example as it is really only a 2.5 dimensional object.

I would create a sketch of the top view of an assmbled picture frame, a rectangle with an offfset and 4 lines connecting the inner and outter edges.

That sketch could be at the top level and not be part of a comonent.

The I'd go ahead and extrude 4 bodies from the one sketch, turn these into components and be done.

However, when tou start building a real piece of furniture, say a dining table things get more complicated.

You might start by making a component (make sure it's activated) for the table top and start sketching it and then extruding it to the table top thickness to end up with the skethc and hte body for the table top in one component.
Then you might draw a sketch for the aprons as assembled on the bottom side of the table and apply the same principle as for the picture frame, so you end up with 4 extruded bodies for the aprons on the bottom side, which you might turn into separate components.

this is a perfectly valid workflow with advantages and disadvantages.

If you've not reviewed this part of the writtne documentation, now is a good time. You can get to it through the Learn section and the Assemble chapter.

[JamieGilchrist]

Hi doug.spindler,

welcome to Fusion.  I'm not really sure what you are trying to accomplish with your design, but since you mentioned a picture frame, I have an example of a drawer with rabbeted joints to illustrate a similar work flow as a picture frame; this is really intended to show how to use parameters to drive a design, but I think will mostly apply to your work as well.

You'll see in the screen cast, and feel free to play around with the attached model, how I used sketches at the top level of my assembly to drive all the downstream components.  This is a little different than what TrippyLighting has detailed out, but there's very specific reasons I did this as the pieces that I build really interact with one another and keeping the sketch at the top level made more sense.  I would (hypothetically anyways) put specific detailed sketches for features that were unique to each component within it's respective component, but keeping the main sketch at the top level allowed me to manipulate the entire assembly within the context of only a couple sketches.  Anyways that's really digging down into parametric modeling structure philosophy, there are good reasons for both approaches and not many hard and fast rules what to use where.  Take a look and I'm happy to answer any question you may have.

hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

Really want to thank you.  I now realize I was going about this all wrong.  I have the materials (2x4s) and was trying to use Sketch to put them together to make a picture frame.

What I'm now realizing is that I should be sketching (not sure if I'm using the right words) the finished product first.  Extrude, then create a parts or how to assemble sketch(?) from the pieces of wood I have.

I was trying to use the pieces of wood I have and sketch the final product.  (Just a 2' by 4' rectangle with 45 degree cuts in the each corner.

This is not clear in any of the training videos. 

In Visio and other drawing programs I take the pieces of wood I have and assemble them to make a finished product.  Looks like in Fusion you go about this the other way around.

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous Thank you for you post and video. I was using the example of a 2D picture frame as an simple example. I have some nice redwood from an old fence want to make into a waterwheel. I have the pieces of wood and thought I would try and put them together to make the a finished product. This is the way I would do it in Visio but I have access to CNC machines and 3D printers which is why I want to Fusion 360.

My problem is I'm have knowledge of other software programs which is making it very difficult for me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I have material (such as an old fence) and want to make something with it like a picture frame, water wheel or?????

The way I should go about this is to draw/sketch the finished product first.
In the case of my picture frame it would be to draw two rectangles. An outer and an inner. This would be my 2 X 4 s. Really only need one dimension lines whish is the width of the wood.

Extrude.

Now add the cut lines which will match the pieces of lumber I have is my scarp heap.

Is this what I should be doing?

You folks should make a short video explain this. It would really help me and other like me out a lot.

Thank for your reply.