How to constrain a Sketch point using parameters

[sjj530]

Newbie at Fusion 360 -- I've only watched about 40 hours of tutorials.  Simple question.  I want to define a Sketch point away from the origin (e.g. (25, 50)).  I want the position of the Sketch point to be controlled by parameters (e.g lengthXpoint1 = 25, lengthYpoint1 = 50).  The only way I can see to do it is by creating an X-axis construction line set to distance lengthXpoint1, and the a vertical construction line from the end of the first one vertically, distance lengthYpoint1.  

This seems clumsy and clutters up my canvas.  Is there a way to just set the location of a Sketch point using parameters without the intermediary construction lines?  

Thanks!

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

you do not need the construction lines.  You can dimension directly from the origin by picking the origin point and your new point, then creating the dimensions.   You will, however, have to have those dimensions.

[sjj530]

Thank you!  See, I didn't know that because none of the tutorials I watched happened to show that use of the Dimension tool.   Create the point, select Dimension, click on the origin, click on the point, drag to get a distance, enter the parameter.  Perfect!

[Theoforus]

..... but you can turn the dimensions off in the right menu if you like.

[tbenkerE2YG2]

Sorry to revive an old tread. 

If the point is not on any of the x,y,z  line directly coming from origin, ie it has coordinates of x=5 Y=5 I can give two dimensions. If it is on one of this line ie X=5 Y=0 then I can dimension 5 for X axis, but I can not manage to find a way to enter y axis. No mater how i select origin and the point it tries to assign x again. What is the way to do it?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

There is a horizontal/vertical constraint for this

günther

[tbenkerE2YG2]

Thanks. I tried horizontal/vertical, coincident and colinear with axis lines. As they do not exist, it did not work. I never thought trying to constraint it with origin as origin point has no dimension. One more fusion mystery solved. 

Thanks again.