Copying sketch places it in unexpected location

[Anonymous]

I am a complete Fusion 360 newbie.

I made a screencast, but I guess it didn't record audio.

I have a sheet metal bracket, made of multiple flanges from a single, rectangular sketch. On the final face of the bracket I've drawn a circle, then created a center line and mirrored the circle on the face. I finished that sketch, then I want to copy those two circles to the other end of the bracket, but when I attempt to create a new sketch on that face, and paste, the holes end up somewhere in space. What am I doing wrong?

Morgan

[jhackney1972]

Attach your model to a reply and let the forum users take a look.  It is much easier to figure out what is going on using your model than just reading your description.  If you do not know how to attach your Fusion 360 follow these easy steps. Open the model in Fusion 360, select the File menu, then Export and save to your hard drive. Then use the Attachments section of a forum post to attach it.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, @jhackney1972. I appreciate it. Model attached. The four circles on the bracket will become extruded holes, then the body will become a component, bracket. I believe the right way to do it is to copy the circle four times, then extrude them to make four holes, causing the same extrude to happen on all four?

While I'm asking questions, the bracket, not yet a component, will need to be duplicated, then placed against the Water tank. How can I place it, so that the inner faces of the bracket are against the water tank?

Morgan

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

This is the answer to your original question. In the Copy and Pasting of a sketch it is normal for the pasting of the sketch to be of location especially since your new sketch, where it is being pasted, in not on the same plane.  The Screencast shows you the process of positioning it.

In the second question I started to address in at the end of the Screencast but decided not to finish.  I will address in in a new Screencast in a second post.  I will also return the model in that post.

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

This is my answer to your second question.  As I mentioned before, you cannot create a component, from a sheet metal body, by using the Create Component from Bodies command.  I demonstrated the process of getting around this in the Screencast but I wanted to also give you the link to my blog and video on the subject.  After this process I would use the Align command to place the band in position and then use an As Built Joint to nail it down.  All is shown in the Screencast.  Model is attached.

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much. I haven't had a chance to try these yet, but I will. I will start over with the bracket and create a component first. I've actually already built this in real life, the bracket is 1/8" steel and I have some "2" Fuel Tank Strap Backing 10 Foot Length" (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QV3QFY4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1) behind it, but modeling that seems like overkill. I am doing this work to design a box/cabinet around the tank, from 1/2" ply. Another newbie question: I will have to factor in floor and wall, should I create them as planes, or components - rectangular bodies with some extruded depth? And should I ground the floor, and then use a joint to connect the tank to the floor? In real life, the brackets affix the tank to the wall via 5/16" bolts and plus-nuts, and through the floor.

I now know three times what I knew, two days ago, about Fusion 360.