Components Have Their Own Timelines?

[glencandle]

According to Autodesk, components "have their own origins and timelines":

https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/5-time-saving-strategies-assembly-design/

But in my experience all my components share the same timeline.  What am I missing?

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The timeline can be limited to the activities of a component.
If this C is then active, only the contained actions are displayed.

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günther

[glencandle]

Oh this is huge for me, thank you! I did not know about "Hide all inactive features" option.  I feel like that should be turned on by default, not off.  Thanks again, saved me tons of headache.

[jeff_strater]

@glencandle - while this is, indeed, useful, it is important to understand what this does.  This is just a filter.  The timeline still contains all of the features from all local components, in whatever order they were created.  In particular, be wary of moving the end of design marker while this filter is on, as you could be rolling past lots of features not related to the active component.  Similarly, feature reorder can have unexpected effects in this mode.

[dave_g_martin]

just came across this thread because of similar problem - so what use is timeline with components if, when "hide inactive" is on,  you can't just step backwards in that component without damaging another component?

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@dave_g_martin wrote:

... you can't just step backwards in that component without damaging another component?

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@dave_g_martin 

Part of this statement doesn't make logical sense.

You can't damage another component unless you are tying the history of the two together in some way.

Understanding how to use the history is key to understanding Fusion.

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file that exhibits unexpected/unwanted behavior to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

One of the experts here can demonstrate how best to use the history "time machine" to your advantage.

[dave_g_martin]

Thanks ... only getting up to speed with Fusion; if there's a good resource re history/timeline I'd appreciate someone pointing me at it ...