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How do I draw vertical lines below the plane?

mjbmikeb2
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How do I draw vertical lines below the plane?

mjbmikeb2
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The following picture shows the corner of a actual house with the horizontal plane cutting through the brickwork just below the window frames. How do I draw the two vertical red lines representing the measured distance to the ground at two locations, one being the corner point and the other a bit further along the wall. The third red line joining the two vertical lines represents the slope of the ground (going down towards the corner).

 

I created the two ground points using the move/copy command from the two points immediately above using the z-axis movement.

 

Fusion 360 will let me add dimensional constraints anywhere in 3d space, but when I use the line tool it doesn't allow me to position a line end above or below the plane. I looked at numerous tutorial but they focus on extruded shapes for manufacture. This is just old school surveying where I'm trying to make a picture that reflects an actual thing that already exists.

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davebYYPCU
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Use a Vertical sketch plane and (2d) sketch.

 

Might help....

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mjbmikeb2
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I've created a vertical plane and started a sketch on that plane.

However the line tool doesn't snap to the points created on the original horizontal sketch. 

 

Do I have to create a duplicate set of 4 points on the new vertical plane?

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davebYYPCU
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Project the connection points from the earlier sketch. ( then Hide the original sketch,  They will be copied for you and will be purple.)

 

Might help....

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g-andresen
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Hi,

 

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günther

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TheCADWhisperer
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Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

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