constraining an eclipse

[greenwoods1462]

Hello Any clues why i cannot constrain this eclipse?  Sorry if it is a basic question.

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

It is constrained. I just won't turn white because the code responsible for detecting whether something is fully constrained is not 1005 robust yet.

[greenwoods1462]

thank you - out of interest how did you know it was constrained is there another indicator?

Thank you for your help the fusion 360 forum is excellent the community is always very helpful.

[HughesTooling]

If you want to make the sketch indicate fully constrained, delete the 2 tangent constraints.

Drag the ellipse away from the intersection then add a single coincident constraint between the 2 points below. The tangents should also have solved as fully constrained but I guess the chain of constraints is more difficult to solve.

[TrippyLighting]

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@greenwoods1462 wrote:

thank you - out of interest how did you know it was constrained is there another indicator?

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If I cannot drag the non-constrained object and change is size, location, or orientation then it is fully constrained.