Demonstrate component control

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Demonstrate component control.

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After completing this video,

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you'll be able to

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use isolate to focus attention on a component,

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control component opacity,

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and use component color swatch and color cycling.

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To get started in Fusion,

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let's open the supply dataset Utility knife.

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F3D.

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In this video,

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we want to talk about working with multiple components in an

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assembly and some of the visualization options that we have.

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The first thing that we want to identify is that when we

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activate a component in an assembly such as the blade cradle,

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the opacity of all the other components by default is changed

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so that we can focus our attention on just the component that's active.

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This,

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however,

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doesn't prevent us from selecting the

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other components during the assembly design.

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In order to do this,

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we can right click on the component and select isolate.

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This will temporarily hide all of the other components in the design,

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and we can right click and unisolate to bring them back.

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When we go back to the top level,

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the opacity of all the other components changes back.

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Another thing that we can do is we can manually control the opacity of components.

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For example,

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the left side of this blade housing,

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if we right click and go to opacity control,

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we can set it to a lower opacity like 30%,

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and this allows us to see into the design,

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making it a bit easier to work on.

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We can also right click,

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go back and set it to 100%

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to make sure that we can set it back to its original appearance.

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Speaking of appearance,

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another thing that we may want to do on

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complex assemblies is enable our component color cycling.

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Under the Inspect menu,

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we can select Display component colors.

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What this allows us to do is change the color of all the components in the assembly.

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It'll show that color bar next to them in the browser on the left hand side

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and above the features that were used to create it in the timeline at the bottom.

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This can be helpful to identify common components.

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If a component has a copy,

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then you'll notice they're the same color,

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both on the screen,

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as well as in the browser and the timeline.

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In some cases,

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you may not want to change the appearance of your components on the screen.

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In that case,

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we can set the component colors back,

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go to the gear icon in the bottom right,

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and turn on the component color swatch.

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This will use the same colors,

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and on the left hand side,

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you can see them identified in the browser,

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as well as in the bottom in the timeline.

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However,

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the components don't change on the screen.

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Let's go ahead and go back to the gear icon

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and turn that back off,

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go to inspect and go back to display component colors.

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In some instances you may find that certain components have a

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similar color and you may want to make a change.

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For example,

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grip 2.

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I'm going to right click on grip 2 and select cycle component color.

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This allows me to traverse through some predefined colors

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and get to something that's a little bit further

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away from a component it may be next to.

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Again,

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at any point in time,

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we can toggle this on and off with shift and N

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or by going back to the inspect and display component colors.

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In addition to changing the opacity or activating certain components,

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we can also manually hide

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components or the bodies underneath those components.

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In some cases,

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you may find that certain bodies or components are hindering the design process,

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and you may simply want to just hide them or show them.

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We can also do this with a shortcut key by selecting them

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and hitting V on the keyboard for visibility.

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Keep in mind,

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however,

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that when we do this,

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what we're actually doing is hiding the body

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and not the entire component.

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If you select a face that belongs to a body,

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it will hide the body itself,

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but if you double click on it,

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it'll select the entire component and then it'll hide the component.

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So keep in mind that you need to pay attention to what you're

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selecting and that double clicking on a body will select the entire component

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and V will allow you to hide and show that quickly.

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There are plenty of other things that we can do to help with visualization,

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but these are some of the basics that you should understand for the certification.

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Make sure that you're familiar with changing the opacity of your components,

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how to activate,

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show and hide your components,

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and also how to work with some of these other settings like the component colors.

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Once you're done with that,

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go ahead and save the design before moving on.