Joint between two faces

[J.Oye]

I'm not sure If this was an overlooked feature or what but If a person is trying to apply a joint to a shaft between two faces of two different components fusion doesn't allow you to do this.  You can only apply between two faces on (2) different parts not (3).  Many times when it comes to assemblies I can see this being a highly needed joint feature.  I've attached a screenshot that shows exactly what I'm referring to.

[jhackney1972]

Please attach your model.

[J.Oye]

Here is the assembly, thanks for looking into it.

[davebYYPCU]

Correct between the faces of the same Component is how it works.

Offset from the highlighted face still works.

(no file yet)

Might help....

[J.Oye]

Should be attached now.

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

As already mentioned, Joint origin Between Two Faces only works on the same component.  If you do not want to do the calculation and application of any offset to center the axle and wheel, you can use a method I outlined in the Screencast.  A few more clicks but it will place in in the center automatically.

[J.Oye]

Thanks for the video jhackney1972, that will certainly be an option. Still wish that an improvement to the joint constraint will allow for more than two components down the road but at least there's a roundabout way of doing it.

[jonathon.pilon]

Having joint between 2 faces would save so much time in industry. When using solidworks to model our team used this all the time to properly align things & reduce error. 

[jhackney1972]

The feature you are looking for has been added to Fusion 360 since this post was created.  You can now place a Joint origin between two faces.  In the Screencast I do two of them to place the Planar joint.

[michaelWDJZX]

Hi John. I think this is different to your original problem. 

It is true that you can now select the midplane on both components, a great improvement... but in your original post, you were joining the centre of the shaft (1 component) between 2 other components. So there are 3 components involved in the join. It appears this is still not possible (im struggling with it now, that is how I came across this thread). Your original workaround will still work when there are 3 components.

[jhackney1972]

Please attach your model and a description of what you wish to accomplish.