Seeing Sketch Projection Reference Source Requires Click, not Hover

[bassbonematt]

According to this support article, you only need hover over the sketch projection constraint to highlight the projected sketch/body in the browser tree. However, that does not work. Clicking the projection constraint, on the other hand, does highlight the projected item. So, it's either a defect or your documentation needs to be updated.

[deepali.pulate]

Hello @bassbonematt ,

This issue is not reproducible on my side, it is showing the projection references in browser tree structure by just hovering over it. I don't have to click on it.

If it's Data specific issue then we have to look into it.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@bassbonematt  schrieb:

…or your documentation needs to be updated.

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… so it is

Günther

[bassbonematt]

Happens every time for me. I even created a new, very simple project (see attached), and I can reproduce it.

[deepali.pulate]

What I have observed from your model is that, you are coming out of the Project window and hiding the body.
To work this scenario as per my knowledge we should not hide the body in the first place and Project window should be active.

Let me know if this works for you.

[jeff_strater]

I, also, am unable to reproduce this problem.  In the attached screencast, I am not clicking, just moving the mouse over the projected geometry, then over the icon that pops up.  It's a bit hard to tell in your simple model, because the source and the projection are on top of each other, so I created another model where the sketch is offset from the source, and it also works. I am on Mac 11.6.1 with a USB mouse attached.

[bassbonematt]

If you read the linked article, you'll see that it's describing how a user can open an existing sketch with projected geometry and identify from which body/sketch the geometry was projected. See the attached video of the behavior I'm saying is broken. You'll see that when I hover over the projection constraint, no bodies are highlighted in the browser tree. However, once I actually click the projection constraint, then it becomes highlighted.

I don't particularly care which it's supposed to be. I'm just pointing out that it doesn't match the Autodesk-supplied article that says you only have to hover over it.

[bassbonematt]

My fusion info, in case this helps:

2.0.13615
Active Plan: Fusion 360, Subscription
Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 x86_64 (19042.1826)

[bassbonematt]

Oh, I see the sticking point. Yes, it does highlight it in the main modeling area, but it doesn't highlight it in the browser tree like the article states that it does:

• This will show where the projection came from and highlight the sketch/body it came from in the Browser tree.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

My observation:
While for projections of bodies the reference is shown when hovering (as long as the body folder is open), for projections of sketches the mapping has to be triggered with a left click. In contrast, in this case the sketch folder is also highlighted when left-clicking.

günther

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

ah, thanks @g-andresen - TBH, I had no idea that browser highlight was even part of this, or that the help article indicated that it was.  I think the help article should be updated, I agree.