Learning Center documentation out of step with contemporary version of Fusion

[mavigogun]

The Smooth Constraint has been superceded by the Curvature Constraint- a change not reflected at the primary supporting doccument, found here:

http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-B06422E2-4B81-4C58-AFD7-936DF42068AD

[James.Youmatz]

Hi @mavigogun,

Thanks for reporting this. I will forward to our Learning Content team.

Thanks,

[Inspections_JCH]

When did the name of the Smooth Constraint change to Curvature Constraint? And if forum participants are allowed to ask multi-part questions here in the forum,  "Was there any public drive to change the name? Did Autodesk Fusion 360 Design Team do a usability study? What would prompt the Autodesk Fusion 360 team to make a change of any of the constraint names? Was there a functional change that needs to be documented, or is that yet to be learned by users stumbling over it in the dark? If this was the only constraint name that was changed, what is the rationale behind the change? And finally, if we as a group see no value in the change of name for this constraint, why don't we simply ask for the Fusion 360 team to change it back?

And if we can infer a design intent similar to a 3D model which carries our design intent by using dimensions and constraints, then why was there no "Lock Name Constraint" applied to the Fusion 360 constraint names? Are all program function names constrained with a "Change At Will With No Good Reason" constraint?

[mavigogun]

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@James.Youmatz wrote:

Hi @mavigogun,

Thanks for reporting this. I will forward to our Learning Content team.

Thanks,

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FYI: the response was to change one instance listed at the top of the document from "Smooth" to "Curvature" - all other references to the constraint- including explanation of function and associated screencast -continue to use "Smooth".   If anything, this makes matters WORSE.