Sketch Relations/Constraints LISTED???

Sketch Relations/Constraints LISTED???

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Sketch Relations/Constraints LISTED???

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Okay, so this is one of the "I can do this in Solidworks, WTF Autodesk?" questions.

I am having some issues with sketch constraints hiding in plain sight. In a controlling sketch, I made some errors with control points in a spline, and I would like to correct them without deleting the spline - it's referenced downstream, so I need to preserve it. I also need to preserve the absolute location of one spline's terminus, but if I move it temporarily I won't be able to reference that location again.

One part of this problem is I can't move some of the control points. They seem to be referenced to a point I sketched earlier and I can't see. That's the genesis of this question... Why can't I see every sketch relation for a given sketch entity? The only one I have access to is the one on "top", and even then I only get a single coincident constraint, even if there are three other points below it, each related to each other.

I want to preserve the absolute coordinates of the two intersection points between the paralllel splines and the horizontal spline in the attached image, and I want to trim the excess spline from above it. Additionally I want to fix those points - one of which already is.

Since I sketched these entities, I have learned to sketch points and dimension and mate them first and then sketching a spline separately, and then dragging the fit points to them. That didn't happen here, and that's why I'm lost on how to fix this.

In my experiments, I was able to do almost all of what I need, with the exception of the right intersection refusing to budge, even though it was a white dot. I think there must be a hidden constraint underneath I can't see.

 

Before:

 

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After Trimming:

 

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I need to capture the absolute coordinate of the blue spline terminus:

 

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Because I can't see every sketch relation in a list, I can't just anchor a point and then delete and reestablish the coincident constraint, or at least that's how I'd do it in Solidworks.

In fact, I can't even move the white dot. It is locked down, and I see no constraints. What could be locking it?

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https://youtu.be/yBZWZiMLMmo?t=220

Wow. Why did that have to be so hard?

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I've used Solid Works for 15 years and Fusion 360 for 5. Somehow I have a hard time relating to the difficulties you describe  in this and other threads.

 

Your feature requests are not unreasonable in content, but the tone is somewhat off base. Learning a new CAD system when one is comfortable with another can take some time an can be frustrating. I've done that many times in the last 30 years.

Maybe give yourself a little time. 


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@TrippyLighting wrote:

I've used Solid Works for 15 years and Fusion 360 for 5. Somehow I have a hard time relating to the difficulties you describe  in this and other threads.

 

Your feature requests are not unreasonable in content, but the tone is somewhat off base. Learning a new CAD system when one is comfortable with another can take some time an can be frustrating. I've done that many times in the last 30 years.

Maybe give yourself a little time. 


Glad to see you've got street cred. I'm sorry if you are so personally invested in Fusion 360 that you take offense that I can find its shortcomings.

This is not a feature request. Not being able to see any sketch relations is a defect. Not being able to relate to a plane is a defect. Not being able to tap a hole in [machine X with control x] is a defect.

My absolute first experience with CAD was in 2014 when I lived in Portland. I had a couple of lessons from Mike at Autodesk (Hi Mike!) at a makerspace that featured an Autodesk-sponsored lab. Then I went to machine tech school and learned Mastercam...

Then I got a job at a company that uses Solidworks. Boy, what a culture shock! I love Solidworks, but I can't share work with outsiders, so I'm back learning to love Fusion 360 in my spare time.

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TrippyLighting
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I did not take offense in you pointing out shortcomings in Fusion 360.

I found the tone somewhat inappropriate.

 

It isn't unusual for people that don't have to pay for the tools they are using!

 

 

 


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@TrippyLighting wrote:

I did not take offense in you pointing out shortcomings in Fusion 360.

I found the tone somewhat inappropriate.

 

It isn't unusual for people that don't have to pay for the tools they are using!

 

 

 



Listen, I'm sure you're a nice guy, but talk about tone!

I paid for my license.