Move operation not included in Design History??
Yes, Component Move is not captured in the timeline. Any type of movement of a component (drag, Move, Drive Joint, Align), just puts the design in a "Capture Position Pending" state, and you see this UI in the right of the toolbar:
This means: Some components have been moved. If you want to capture that, you can. This is to avoid polluting your timeline with a lot of unnecessary Move features, every time you reposition a component. You can edit a Capture Position, but that just lets you move the component(s) from where they are to somewhere else, and include that in the captured position.
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
@kevinGG4T7 wrote:
Yet another example of why Fusion is a lousy product, unsuitable for a commercial environment.
The move feature should only be used to move bodies & faces, not components. At least in timeline mode. In DM (direct modeling) it can also be very effectively used to move components.
The free (body) move cannot be captured parametrically as it can combine an arbitrary number of translate and rotate operations.
The separate translate and rotate features can are parametric.
While Fusion 360 certainly has limitation and bugs, just like other CAD product I've used over the last 30 + years, I use it successfully in a commercial professional engineering environment.
What do you want to do once you have all these slices lined up?
In the attached model I made the assumption that in the end you want to combine everything into one solid body for machining.
I added 3 user parameters.
The non-parametric point-to-point moves have been replaced with the parametric translation using the spacer_thickness parameter. If you want to change the number of slices, you need to manually fix a couple of things.
I personally would have prepared the mesh in it's own file and in direct modeling only.
That provides you with the opportunity to center the mesh over the origin using the move tool without recording.
That file I would have inserted as a linked component and then you can use the assembly joints to properly position the object parametrically.
@kevinGG4T7 wrote:
I guess this is where I struggle with Fusion. When something is basically wrong with the software, the user is at fault for using it.
With 30+ years of professional CAD and other 3D modeling experience as an engineer I have used many a 3D CAD software. I started with SolidWorks in 1998 and still use it at work alongside Fusion 360, which is my daily driver. I have used Alibre Design for several years for private projects (I owned a full license) and nowadays I privately own and operate a full License of ZW3D.
I've come in contact with a good number of other 3D CAD software over the years.
I started using Blender for Sub-D and polygon modeling an rendering 18 years ago.
I've discovered bugs and potential for improvements in all of the software have used. That did not stop me from completing my work. I adapted and learned alterative workflows.
I suggest you do the same!
If you don't want to continue to use Fusion 360, that is perfectly fine with me.
- This isn't a problem with the CAD software as I've demonstrated.
- I did not state that the Software Developers are NOT addressing problems. I said that in the meantime, until they do, you'll have to adapt and learn to achieve results using other workflows.
