sculpt mode any way to snap to object?

[oystein.l.l]

i was wondering if theres any way i can line up my holes with the bottom plate i have ? so its the right dimension and it will sit right on top of the top plate ? thanks 🙂

[oystein.l.l]

here are the files for the canopy

[jeff_strater]

have not looked at the model, but it seems that Match might be of help here:

[TrippyLighting]

I think you need to explain in more detail what it is you want to accomplish. 

I also believe you should re-design this from scratch as you timeline is a minefield or even a death trap for your design!

Start a new thread and ask questions early!

[oystein.l.l]

im not sure how to use this... could you possibly show me how? 😮 thanks!

[oystein.l.l]

i noticed this on my second try.. dont cut holes to early or i get errors in my timeline.. and edit the canopy when its finished, again ive come so faar i dont want to start a new one but i might have to... 😞 also i wish to create a canopy enclosure for the components i have inside of it, and i want it to sit on top of the components.. flush with the holes im creating for the screws so it sits correctly on top of the components and not bendt or sideways

[oystein.l.l]

i cant seem to figure out how to use match, ive tried but i dont understand how it works can anyone help me ? 🙂 id like to snap the body of the canopy to the circle on the standoffs of the plate 🙂 thank you 

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

In the Screencast I point out you have a design problem where you need to mount the posts to the canopy.  I froze you board and post in the position you had them in and projected cutouts, using the post diameter, into the canopy.  The curves in the canopy do not give the post enough landing area to be attach effectively "without" them potentially cutting through the outside of the canopy surface.  I removed all linked files so I could export the model as a F3D file for easy attachment.

As already mentioned to you, your timeline needs a lot of help.

[oystein.l.l]

i wanted to lock the pin to the canopy like you shower wich wasnt optional so instead decided to use pillars to connect to shows in my new post wich Im having issue with 🙂

[TrippyLighting]

I would not worry about how to fasten the canopy until I have figured out where and how exactly to mount the camera.

It might be a good idea to use the canopy only as a canopy and not mount anyhing else to it.

I also have re-designed the drone from scratch, except the top plate and the canopy. You can see how short my timeline is.

You should have lots of questions!

 

[TrippyLighting]

Here's the model

[oystein.l.l]

why in the world is my timeline so messy? and long? and how did you fix this how can i? i just realised what a mess i am :..D

[TrippyLighting]

Roll the timeline back to the 1st step by pulling the timeline marker to the 2st step.

Look at each step and observe what it does. 

Look at how simple the sketches are.

[oystein.l.l]

so basically you can use timeline to cleanup? 😮 didnt know that i removed alot of excess stuff from my sketch now and its so much better! no more mess to deal with.. i cant belive you took your time to clean my design thank you so much! 😉

[SEIZMICdesign]

Don't forget to activate components.

[oystein.l.l]

could you tell me how i do that? im just a beginner..

[SEIZMICdesign]

I will try to make time to attach some pictures later, but basically, if you're designing something with multiple parts (components), when you hover your cursor over your component in the part tree on the left, a little gray dot will appear. If you click that, it will isolate that component from the rest of the assembly.

What that does at the same time, is isolate all the actions you've made in the process of building that part/component in the timeline at the bottom. So rather than having to sift through a huge timeline, you only see the timeline items related to the building of that part (component)

[jhackney1972]

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@SEIZMICdesign wrote:

What that does at the same time, is isolate all the actions you've made in the process of building that part/component in the timeline at the bottom. So rather than having to sift through a huge timeline, you only see the timeline items related to the building of that part (component)

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You need to be careful with your statement, it is true only if the Fusion 360 user had the "Hide all inactive features" checked.

[SEIZMICdesign]

oh ok. is that on by default? it's always worked that way for me. I didn't even know about that button. 

at least if i clicked it i don't remember.

[oystein.l.l]

let me se if i understand so it combines everything to be easier to go through? instead of having to go through the whole timeline