Struggles with Constraints
set your selection filter to look like this:
then, window select will only select constraints. Don't forget to set it back afterwards, or you won't be able to select anything else.
To stop constraint inferencing (which I assume is what you mean by "auto constraint"), hold down CTRL (CMD on Mac). No constraints will be inferred. But, there is no "snap without constraints". Fusion is a constrained sketcher, that's just its nature.
I'm curious about why you think constraints are bad. I find them to be indispensable when creating a design that you want to modify at some point.
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why you want to remove constraints or not allow them to automatically apply. All sketches in Fusion 360, with the exception of a few splines, should be fully constrained. If you did not have endpoint constrains added automatically you would have an unbelievable time keeping your sketch together. In my Screencast I show you how to "prevent" automatic sketch constraints from being applied on a pick by pick process (Hold the Ctrl key) and I also show you how to remove coincident constants by right click near the endpoint of a line.
John Hackney, Retired
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No, I am afraid you do not make a lot of sense to me. Sketches must end up fully constrained or you will have issues, not only in the bodies but also in the components using the bodies. I as told you, you can guess at the intersection of two lines or you can allow the coincident constrain to occur and then remove it as I showed you with the right click menu. Remember you can hold the Ctrl key down while selecting points and all sketch constraints are disabled. Also I you can tell when two lines do not have a coincident constrain between them very quickly. In the screen capture below, the small white circle, on the left, indicates that the lines are not connected and the absence of the small white circle, on the right, indicates that they are.
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Both of your Screencast did not attach. This sometimes happens on the forum. I would suggest to always add a "link" to the Screencast also, then your viewers will be sure to see it.
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