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Hello!
I've been using Fusion 360 for some time, and started using Inventor a couple of weeks ago. While sketching (and extruding/revolving), I've noticed that the behaviour of intersecting profiles differs between both softwares. Namely, in Fusion all lines/curves intersections produce valid profiles, while on Inventor this behaviour seems absent.
The picture below should help illustrate this: On the left, the Fusion sketch can be extruded in the region where the circle and the rectangle intersect, but this can't be done on Inventor (I can select only the full rectagle or the full circle).
I'd very much like to have the same behaviour of Fusion within Inventor, and I assume I'm missing out some very obvious configuration or setting to do so.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Best regards.
Hello!
I've been using Fusion 360 for some time, and started using Inventor a couple of weeks ago. While sketching (and extruding/revolving), I've noticed that the behaviour of intersecting profiles differs between both softwares. Namely, in Fusion all lines/curves intersections produce valid profiles, while on Inventor this behaviour seems absent.
The picture below should help illustrate this: On the left, the Fusion sketch can be extruded in the region where the circle and the rectangle intersect, but this can't be done on Inventor (I can select only the full rectagle or the full circle).
I'd very much like to have the same behaviour of Fusion within Inventor, and I assume I'm missing out some very obvious configuration or setting to do so.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Best regards.
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Yes they are different.
You can use construction lines, you can use points...but at the end they are different software with different behaviors.
Admaiora
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Yes they are different.
You can use construction lines, you can use points...but at the end they are different software with different behaviors.
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Hi Martin,
Inventor has room for improvement in this case. Actually, I am surprised that it works in Fusion. I will work with the project team to understand the behavior better and how we can improve it.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
Hi Martin,
Inventor has room for improvement in this case. Actually, I am surprised that it works in Fusion. I will work with the project team to understand the behavior better and how we can improve it.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
Hi Martin,
Actually, you can get the desirable profiles by adding two points where the circle intersects the rectangle. This trick works in cases that intersection is relatively straight forward. Like I mentioned before, there is room for improvement here.
I am not familiar with the profile pre-highlighting behavior. In Inventor, if a profile can be selected, it will highlight when cursor hovers into the region of the profile.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
Hi Martin,
Actually, you can get the desirable profiles by adding two points where the circle intersects the rectangle. This trick works in cases that intersection is relatively straight forward. Like I mentioned before, there is room for improvement here.
I am not familiar with the profile pre-highlighting behavior. In Inventor, if a profile can be selected, it will highlight when cursor hovers into the region of the profile.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
and.... WORKPOINTS once again....
Inventor will see these as discontinued loops and allow individual profile selection.
You could use Break to split the curves but then you need to constrain the new segments.
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and.... WORKPOINTS once again....
Inventor will see these as discontinued loops and allow individual profile selection.
You could use Break to split the curves but then you need to constrain the new segments.
Adrian S.
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TheCADWhisperer wrote:
I think you mean Sketch Points.
Work Points and Sketch Points are entirely different.
Yes you are correct,
Sketch points or sketch center points will both work.
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TheCADWhisperer wrote:
I think you mean Sketch Points.
Work Points and Sketch Points are entirely different.
Yes you are correct,
Sketch points or sketch center points will both work.
Adrian S.
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