Refer to other geometric figures and "input interface"

[theIiadir]

Hello everyone

I wanted to ask if fusion360 is able to do one of the two following things:

1. I was wondering if in fusion 360 it is possible to reference to other geometrical components.
For example I draw a circle and then later I draw another one and I'd like to use the radius from the first one. For example instead of r=10mm I would say reference to an existing circle. So If I change the radis in the sketch for the first circle, all the radiuses in all related circles would change/update as well.

2. Can I make a Interface, where I can change the components sizes and see the live changes?For example on the right I have a slider or a field where I can put the width and the length of my object and then the object updates accordingly?

Daniel

[davebYYPCU]

Both are available procedures.

1, constrain second circle as equal to first on, or

Dimension both making second dimension reference first one’s value.

2, Edit Parameters, Select Modify > Change Parameters, Select reference to change and replace its value.

Might help.....

[theIiadir]

Thank you for your replay.

That led me to the soluation I actually had in mind.

In the reference menu I see that every line has an id like d2 or d122.

In an other sketch I can type d2 instead of 3mm and relate stuff to an another.

In this scenario I can build up the thickness of something from that one value and change it at one place if I want to.

I can also do math with those which is pretty cool.

[chrisplyler]

Also,

If you're inputting the diameter for a circle in Sketch2, for example, you can just click on the diameter for the circle that's in Sketch1. For this to work, of course, you must have Sketch1 visible and have its Show Dimensions toggle turned on.

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel,

now, you are at that point, you should deal with user defined parameters and variables.
A user parameter such as "thickness" is more memorable than a d32.

günther

[theIiadir]

Ah very nice! Thx
This is very very handy. (Actually what I was looking for.)