Unable to constrain SVG

[parapants]

Hello.

I have an extruded panel with a cut out dog paw. The panel size is changeable with parameters, so I would like the Paw to remain 10 inches up from the bottom, and 8 inches from the right side of the panel. I removed the fix, but can't figure out how to constrain the 5 pieces, or keep them grouped.  Simply adding dimensions separately to each piece of the paw caused the graphic to rotate as the dimensions change.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you

[Drewpan]

Hi,

An SVG is a Scaled Vector Graphic - it is NOT a Sketch, nor recognised as a Sketch by Fusion. It can be Sketch-like

and there are things that can be done to it like a sketch but they are not interchangeable.

I would suggest that if you want to constrain and parameterise the svg then you will need to use it as a canvas and

redraw it as a parametric drawing with all of the associated geometry, dimensions and constraints. Then it will scale

by changing parameters, including you positioning parameters that you can fix.

Cheers

Andrew

[parapants]

Thank you.  I took your advise, and now it is a series of lines instead of an SVG.

But, I'm still stuck.  What I want to do is "group" these 5 entities, and then put a horizontal and vertical dimension to the sides of the panel so they move as the panel is adjusted with parameters.  I can't seem to treat any entity, let alone all five, as an object with constraints or sketch dimensions to place them where I want them.

Any ideas?

[laughingcreek · Accepted solution]

put the sketch in it's own sub component and control the position via a joint.

[parapants]

Thank you @laughingcreek.  I was able to reproduce what you have done, but then what I thought was easy...wasn't.  The Paw design was to be cut into the panel.  I tried doing it in the Paw Component referencing the Right Riser (the panel), but I'm getting the error "Compute Failed: No target body".  Any help would be appreciated.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

might help

günther

[parapants]

Thank you @g-andresen.  Simple mistakes are the hardest to find.  Odd part was I could see the outline of the paw on both sides of the panel so I thought I was cutting in the right direction.  Just needed to look closer.