Is there a way to hide sub-component operations in the timeline?

[j.r.hodgson]

So I'm drawing up my most complex Fusion project to date (which I imagine is still quite simple by the standards of many here)

It is broken up into separate components, which share a number of global parameters, so everything is in the same file.

This is fine when I'm working on a component, but when I'm working on the assembly as a whole I only really want to see operations ON components, not IN components.

The Component Color Swatch option (which I literally discovered minutes ago after struggling for ages, doh!) improves things by an order of magnitude in terms of being able to find what I need to find, but I still have to horizontal scroll through dozens of operations to find what I'm interested in.

Is there a way to hide the operations on contained components?

I did consider splitting things up into separate component files, but there are a number of global parameters, so this seems like another can of worms.

 

[jhackney1972]

If you select several entries in the timeline you want to compress, you then can right click on them a create a Group.  There are some entries that do not belong together that cannot be grouped but it sounds like the ones you want can be.

[j.r.hodgson]

Thanks, that can clean things up a bit, but it seems like a rather inefficient method, now I'm encountering the problem I'm a little surprised there isn't some timeline depth view option in Fusion.

[TrippyLighting]

I think if you can share a model and create a screencast (I use OBS for mine) explaining what you are having difficulties with, that would certainly help.

[Drewpan]

Hi,

While it cannot always be done, sometimes simply manipulating the timeline to group operations on components is

a good choice. For example, sometimes you don't know how big a particular feature is until you have designed the rest

of the assembly or another component, but the actual operation on the first component does not affect the rest.

If it is a case of you have designed the second component and now you know how big/small it is, instead of projecting

the second component back into the first component and kludging up the timeline, you may be able to just wind back

the timeline, bang down a new sketch with some simple geometry you now know, create the change and move the

timeline back to the end. This will help keep all component operations together.

It will not always work but to keep it in mind as you design so you can do this kind of operation will make your work

flow actually flow a bit better as you are weighing up these options before you need them and not just tacking them on

the end as you think of them.

Keeping your operations grouped will certainly help and then you can use the techniques @jhackney1972 has

suggested.

Cheers

Andrew