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Need to re-associate all drawing dimensions after minor model change

DS_P
Advocate

Need to re-associate all drawing dimensions after minor model change

DS_P
Advocate
Advocate

Hi guys,

Just recently noticed that wherever I make a minor change to a model that I need to update EVERY dimension and note in a drawing (yellow ! triangle's everywhere).  Having to re select all the snap points is obviously very annoying and time consuming, and completely negates using an integrated work space to do drafting.  The drawings used to update smoothly and only need re-associations when the dimension's snap point was significantly modified. 

 

What has changed?  How do I fix this?

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ryan.bales
Autodesk Support
Autodesk Support

Normally this comes down to lost features or bodies but honestly we'd need a before and after example and to know what has changed. A screencast of this would really help too.



Ryan Bales
Fusion 360 Product Support
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Anonymous
Not applicable

This is not responding to lost components, features, etc...

 

I change one thing on my 3d model, something that does not affect any of the dimensions on my drawing yet. This causes EVERY SINGLE ONE of my already created dimension lines to become unassociated and need to be reassociated. 

 

This is by far one of the stupidest things I have ever seen in a designing program. The dimensions should be able to understand that nothing in reference to themselves was changed. This causes a simple change to a model to require at least 10 times the amount of time to reassociate the dimensions... this is absolutely crazy and needs to be fixed asap. So many very simple things do not exist in fusion yet some things are 1000 times easier. 

 

Combine fusion and inventor and you might have a complete product... might

 

I am not uploading examples because this will happen in any model that you try and make a drawing from... my explanation of the problem is sufficient.

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g-andresen
Consultant
Consultant

Hi,

Do you also present your designs to your customers only verbally with the hint it is sufficient?

 

günther

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kris_berg
Alumni
Alumni

You definitely should not be seeing this.  As @ryan.bales  mentioned, if you are not comfortable sharing your design and drawing, a screencast would definitely help us pinpoint the issue.

 

 


Kris Berg
Senior Software Architect - Autodesk
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Anonymous
Not applicable

My point is that the problem is inherent in the program, not my design. Therefore it would be a waste of my time to go through the process of uploading anything because this problem will happen with a simple square box that anyone could throw together in literally 2 seconds.

 

It isn't so much an 'issue' with the program but rather a missing feature that needs to be added to save everyone a lot of time. I understand that fusion is more for the hobbyist and most users at the moment may not even be creating drawings with it, but it is becoming and has been for a while a very robust program capable of being used as the main program for design companies and I hope Autodesk continues making it easier to use. 

 

 

 

 

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davebYYPCU
Consultant
Consultant

How do you expect AD to fix a problem you have, that is on the face of it contrary to the norm,

without showing them your workflow to pinpoint (as mentioned) what and why it is failing.

 

Easy enough with a demo file - that is not too much to ask?

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roblime
Contributor
Contributor

I'm see the same thing.  So frustrating.  I have multi-part design and have a multi-page drawing for the assembly.  One page for each part.  A small change in the assembly caused Yellow triangles everywhere.  and requires one to go re-associate every dimension on every page.

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mlangN8XKB
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

I'm having a similar issue since the last update. I'm also unable to dimension radii and am unable to re associate balloons on some assembly components.

 

Very frustrating.

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Hfrossard
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

I am also having this problem with many different designs and I have seen a lot of people with this problem. Its not design-related. Its program-related.

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cpenn5769
Explorer
Explorer

I am having the same problem.  

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benedict_mays
Observer
Observer

I'm having the same issue.  I found that his happens specifically when I move an component or body into another component.  This movement disassociates the component from the original link.  However there is no easy way to reassociate.  It seems that clicking "reassociate" forces you to go through and click on each corner again.  The program seems to know the corner to click in advance by highlighting the corner for you but doesn't automatically reassociate as it should.  

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o_vlad
Community Visitor
Community Visitor

I am having the same problem. 

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samS2B5N
Explorer
Explorer

This is STILL happening. Any change causes all dimensions to disassociate and you have to manually re-associate each one.

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simonW3R
Community Visitor
Community Visitor

Even changing material can cause some dimensions to need re-associating

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