Inconsistent angle dimensioning with configurations

Inconsistent angle dimensioning with configurations

Robert-FreEnergy
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Inconsistent angle dimensioning with configurations

Robert-FreEnergy
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Hello, I am modelling a tank that needs to have 6 configurations.

 

The differences in the configurations are the angles from datum, at which 3 pipes exit the tank.

 

These angles are defined as editable properties in the configuration window which are referenced by a sketch which is used to create planes in which orientate the pipes.

 

My problem is that sometimes these angles are clockwise from datum and sometimes these angles are anti-clockwise from datum, sometimes they are 180 degrees out. In the attached archive file the sketch in question is called "angles".

 

My question is, "Is there a method by which angles can by defined as clockwise or anti-clockwise and restricted so that the affected line does not flip through 180 degrees that is still configurable?"

 

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Robert-FreEnergy
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Feels a bit weird to be replying to my own post, however, given this appears to have been viewed a number of times and I've spent the last couple of hours working out a solution, I might as well post it in case anyone else runs across the same problem.

 

I have changed the design to create the construction planes I use to create the pipes to be created independently of the sketch that was not being consistent with angle orientations.

 

I constructed the planes at an angle to the central axis of the tank, with the angle being defined by the variables that I can edit in the configured options.

 

This works and is consistent, I know this isn't necessarily a solution to the original problem, as the sketch dimensions are still inconsistently applied, but it does show that generally the solution to a problem with fusion is to just do it a different way. 

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gautham_kattethota
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That is a good solution @Robert-FreEnergy .  Construction plane orientations are deterministic, with a plane normal in a particular direction, so using them to define the angles in your sketch makes them to be more consistent.

 

Gautham



Gautham Kattethota
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