My models exploded
@Anonymous wrote:How do I get rid of all the history and delete old unused sketches and inserted models without making a total mesh. Preferably a better way than converting first to STEP and then back.
I think that you would be better off figuring out the root causes of your issues.
I would (generally) never do this, but since you asked...
@Anonymous wrote:
Maybe, if I would trust the history functionality I would learn to use it, now I just feel it is the source of all my problems with Fusion 360, and there is a lot, it is not stabile at all, and every update brings new problems.
In any case I think there should be a command to clear all history, like happens when saving to STEP and loading back, but without need to fix everything STEP format did not support. And there should be a way to delete selected sketches, without destroying the model.
If you can share your design we can look into the root causes. You can easily share the public link to your design directly by clicking by right-clicking onto the design in the data panel and choosing the appropriate menu entry. Make sure to enable download.
@Anonymous wrote:
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You can see on the above videos what happens, this is happening for me so systematically that I have hard time believing others are not having this kind of problems.
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Oh, others occasionally do have that problem. However, in the vast majority of cases once we've had a chance to inspect a model it turns out that the problems sits in front of the keyboard.
I've inspected hundreds of Fusion 360 designs including some complex assemblies. I can see a number of things of concern in the timeline.
- There is no joints folder in the top level of that design indicating something is not properly joined.
- I see a bodies folder in the top-level which indicates structural problems that will become apparent during assembly.
- The timeline contains too many capture positions, move, and offset features.
- The timeline seem excessively long for the little bit of geometry visible in the viewport given that a number of assemblies are linked it.
- Also, there is at least one red highlighted error right at the beginning of the timeline.
If you don't want to share your design, however, you are on your own as there is no further assistance we can provide.
I understand where you are coming from. The disconnect is that you don't appear to understand where the majority of other users in this thread are coming from!
You are not using the functionality of Fusion 360 the way it was intended to use and make a number of statements that lead me to believe that you have not taken advantage of the tutorial courses in the Learn & Support section. I would strongly urge you to do so.
I wonder where you draw the distinction between "design" and "modeling". One can certainly create designs without any digital modeling. That might involve various forms of hand drawings or physical models but as soon as you start using CAD software that starts with modeling. Most of your timeline features are modeling features.
Also, you clearly don't understand the distinction between bodies and components, which is a key essential when working with Fusion 360. As soon as you insert another design into the current design you are inserting a component. Unless you ground every component, using assembly joints is essential to properly locate and orient the individual components and sub-assemblies. Not doing that and relying entirely on move and capture position features is also the reason that your designs "explode".
You can, of course, turn off the timeline and that will eliminate some of these issues, but has other ramifications. Before continuing, again, I would strongly recommend going through the tutorials in the Learn & Support section.
The other "distraction" you describe is called "through selection" and is usually very helpful. However, that can be turned off in the selection filters. That, by the way, is not a new feature. Fusion 360 has functioned this way for years!
@HenryDara wrote:
Kim, dont try too hard to make it work. I spent over a year working with Autodesk support on similar problems, and they just scratch their head and say "We dont know what happened" The problem is that Fusion 360 is really still in Beta test, so your designs are always going to be at risk of falling apart at anytime, for any reason, and no one will be able to help. The best help I get is from these guys here on the forum (seriously they are way better than Autodesk support) so hopefully they can get you on the right track. I just want you to be aware that your problem unfortunately may never be solved.
Before making more inflammatory posts, at the very least you need to read the entire thread and try to understand what the problem at hand is, which you clearly have not done.
The problems you are experiencing with your design are not the same at all and dissuading another user who hasn't even begun to understand how parametric modeling works from using Fusion 360 is really uncalled for!