Sketch created on a body's face does not move in conjuction with the body (EASY ANSWER)

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

Well, I am just trying to understand why the sketch that I have created on a body's face doesn't move in conjunction with the already mentioned body. In order to "match" the sketch on the desired face, I need to individually move first the body and then move the sketch. 

I thought that fusion360 was capable to join the sketch and body automatically so that I can move them along..

May I be missing any step? Maybe join sketch and body? 

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[rohit.bapat]

Hello @Anonymous 

Thank you for posting the question. I wanted to know if you are moving the body after the creation of the sketch? If it is the case then the result is correct.

The reason behind this behaviour is Upstream dependency of the Sketch on the body on which the sketch was created. I have attached the images for the illustration.

If you want the sketch to move along with the body then you will have to move the timeline marker before the sketch was created and then move the body. And then the sketch will move along with the body.

I hope this was helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Best Regards

Rohit Bapat

[Anonymous]

Hello @rohit.bapat , thanks for the clarification, I got the idea.

Another option that I have found out researching a bit deeper is to move the whole component (then it takes everything that is included in the component, bodies, and sketches).

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Hello @rohit.bapat, actually, I didn't explain myself properly last time. The problem that I am having is the following:

I create a new sketch from scratch (on the common XY plane), then I extrude it to create a new body, then I move the body (or even the whole component), but when I go to edit the sketch, the sketch is located where It was first created. So, what I would like to achieve is:

moving the original sketch from its original position along with the whole component wherever I want.

Is it possible? Thanks

[rohit.bapat]

Hello @Anonymous 

Thank you for more context. Assuming the workflow where you create a sketch, then create a body out this sketch and convert into a component. In this case the Sketch still remains outside the newly created component. As shown below

Sketch Outside the Component

In above case while editing the sketch the Sketch will remain in it's original position since it is not part of the new component. Theoretically it is part of the root component.

If we want the sketch to move along with the component then, the solution is to drag the sketch inside the component. This way the sketch becomes part of the component. So whenever component moves the sketch moves along with it.

Now if you move the component the sketch will move along

I hope this was useful.

The thumb rule is that, if the sketch is part of the component, it will move along with the component.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Best Regards

Rohit Bapat

[aferiaNLGTK]

Hello @rohit.bapat, this is Jose, I am replying from my brother's account so I can attach a video from Screencast.

So here in the video, you can see how I move the whole component, body, and sketch together. But the problem comes when I try to edit the original sketch because this one remains in the origin position instead of moving to the new position. So, If I move the whole component to another position, Wath is the point for the sketch to remain in the other position? I would like to edit the sketch in the new position if that makes sense..

Link: When I edit a sketch of a component that has been moved, this one remains in the origin position | F...

Thanks!

[aferiaNLGTK]

@rohit.bapat Let me know if you have access to the link and can watch it 

[davebYYPCU]

Do you want history modelling?  If so that is how it works.

If you don't need history, then Direct Modelling can do what you want.

Might help....

[rohit.bapat]

Hello Jose,

I can access the video.

[rohit.bapat]

Hello Jose,

One of the issue, I see is that Look At should have worked if turned on in the preferences. I am checking with the team about this. Once I confirm, I will update soon.

Thank you,

Rohit Bapat

[rohit.bapat]

Hello Jose,

One of the issues I found while looking into the scenario is that "Auto Look At Sketch" option in the preferences dialog is not working in case where the sketch exists in a component. I have logged a ticket FUS-83682 to look into this. The solution to this ticket should fix the problem ie move the sketch in the middle of the screen when edited.

Thank you,

Best Regards

Rohit Bapat

[aferiaNLGTK]

Hello @rohit.bapat, Thanks for your help. So, Am I the only one who is experiencing these issues on Fusion 360? Or is it just a bug in my Software? Is it enough if I activate the "Auto Look At Sketch" option on the preferences?

Thanks in advance

[rohit.bapat]

Hello @aferiaNLGTK 

It's a generic bug not related to your dataset or installed Fusion. Personally never came many such issues posted before but, maybe it's just my experience. So I won't count it. Turning ON Auto Look At Sketch won't help because that is not working. Once it starts working as expected the issue will be resolved. The good news is that we have found the cause of this defect now we need to fix it.

Thank you,

Best Regards

Rohit Bapat

[TrippyLighting]

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@aferiaNLGTK wrote:

Hello @rohit.bapat, Thanks for your help. So, Am I the only one who is experiencing these issues on Fusion 360? Or is it just a bug in my Software?

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Most experienced Fusion 360 users turn the automatic look at sketch off. They never experience the bug that seems to have crept in.

Other than that I would recommend you familiarize yourself with Fusion 360's R.U.L.E #1 and #2

[aferiaNLGTK]

Thanks for your help, So will the bug be fixed once Autodesk launches the new version?

There is something that I need to say and might be the reason why I was experiencing that issue...So, for 3 weeks, since I started with Fusion 360 I never captured the new position when editing sketches that have been moved.

Until yesterday, when I noticed that, actually, I always had the option to capture the new position when the window pops up (while editing sketches from components that have been moved), now I am not experiencing the same issue, anymore.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I'm still learning the basics I guess..

[aferiaNLGTK]

Hey, thanks for the reply, you guys are very helpful here in solving someone's else doubts...

I watched several videos about the Rules 1 and 2 and are definitely extremely essential to get familiarised with Fusion!

[LarsRey]

No you are not the only one. I have severe problems with this all the time and sometimes I say to my self to give up Fusion 360 for ever.

It's awkward, frustrating and time consuming to try to fix it. Especially if I've been working on a project over a long time with a lot of components and then suddenly when editing something, sketches shows up in different axis or way out of the focus in a different direction from the component and the rest of it's sketches. Impossible to handle for me.