Putting a constraint between two objects

[Anonymous]

Hi, I'm Gael.

I'm a student and I work on Solidwork in my school but with a MacBook at home I can't use it so I just begin on Fusion 360.

I'm sorry if this question has been already asked, but is it possible tu put constraints between two objects (distance, coincidences...) like Solidworks, so the two object automatically move to put them together at the right place and lock it ?

Thanks for your answers 🙂

Gael

PS : Sorry for my English I'm French

[TrippyLighting]

Yes, No.

1. Yes, you can assemble your components (the MUST be components, not just bodies) using the joints.

2. Fusion 360 joints work dfferently than solid works. They are not just mates or geometric constraints.

I'd suggest you watch some of the intro vdeos for Fusion 360. There are also some other SolidWorks specifics.

Create and activate a component first before you start sketching.

Don't start highlighting stuff in the Browser and use the move command. It's not doing what you think 😉

[HughesTooling]

You need to look at joints in Fusion, here's the Help.

Mark

[Anonymous]

Great ! Thank you very much for your help 🙂

[O.Tan]

And for a heads up, there's no Part of Assembly in Fusion, it's all called Components.

A single component is similar to a Part
A group of components is similar to a Assembly

The icon will be different.

Feel free to ask more questions!

[HughesTooling]

To follow on from Omar, take a look at this thread and the bit about using and activating components. Fusion-360-modeling-best-practices

Mark

Edit I meant this thread although the other one's worth a read.quick-tip-why-you-should-activate-a-component

[patrick.emin]

Bonjour, pour votre information, nous avons un forum en français  à Fusion 360 - Français - Autodesk Community