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Learn clever new ways of sketching more efficiently in Fusion.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Transcript
00:03
The first thing I wanna do is create a slot on this flat face.
00:08
Although when I go to create the start point,
00:10
you can see it's snapping to features which are not on his face, but we sit behind.
00:15
Whilst at times this can be useful
00:17
here, we don't want it to snap to anything.
00:24
And the key here is to hold control or command on a map.
00:28
And when I go to move this start point around,
00:30
you can see it does not snap to anything.
00:35
I'll go ahead and place this slot
00:37
and then the next thing I want to do is align the midpoint of this slot to our origin.
00:46
I'll select the vertical horizontal constraint and click the origin.
00:51
Now, I want to select the midpoint of the line.
00:53
Although you can see it's not snapping to anything,
00:57
we could create a point or center line.
00:59
Although a quicker way may be to hold shift on your keyboard.
01:03
Now, you can see this snaps to the center point of the line.
01:06
And when I drag this slot around,
01:08
it will always be centered to that origin point.
01:12
This is a great tool as if the face ever gets larger or smaller.
01:16
The slot will always be a line on the center of this face.
01:21
One other tip is a holding shift.
01:23
We'll also select the midpoint in adding dimensions, not just constraints.
01:31
In this case, we have this rectangle and want to dimension it from the midpoint.
01:40
So go ahead and select the midpoint of our rectangle by holding shift
01:44
and then a second reference.
01:52
The final tip here is regarding the workspace itself
01:56
as we develop more and more complex sketches and designs,
01:59
you can quickly see how our workspace becomes cluttered with these constraints
02:04
from the sketch palette. We can hide these simply by uncheck the box
02:09
and now things look a little cleaner
02:13
whilst these are hidden,
02:14
we can always select a sketch feature
02:16
and you'll see the associated constraints that go with it.
02:21
If we were to click on one of these constraints,
02:24
you can see other sketch features that have that association
02:27
as they go a slightly darker shade.
Video transcript
00:03
The first thing I wanna do is create a slot on this flat face.
00:08
Although when I go to create the start point,
00:10
you can see it's snapping to features which are not on his face, but we sit behind.
00:15
Whilst at times this can be useful
00:17
here, we don't want it to snap to anything.
00:24
And the key here is to hold control or command on a map.
00:28
And when I go to move this start point around,
00:30
you can see it does not snap to anything.
00:35
I'll go ahead and place this slot
00:37
and then the next thing I want to do is align the midpoint of this slot to our origin.
00:46
I'll select the vertical horizontal constraint and click the origin.
00:51
Now, I want to select the midpoint of the line.
00:53
Although you can see it's not snapping to anything,
00:57
we could create a point or center line.
00:59
Although a quicker way may be to hold shift on your keyboard.
01:03
Now, you can see this snaps to the center point of the line.
01:06
And when I drag this slot around,
01:08
it will always be centered to that origin point.
01:12
This is a great tool as if the face ever gets larger or smaller.
01:16
The slot will always be a line on the center of this face.
01:21
One other tip is a holding shift.
01:23
We'll also select the midpoint in adding dimensions, not just constraints.
01:31
In this case, we have this rectangle and want to dimension it from the midpoint.
01:40
So go ahead and select the midpoint of our rectangle by holding shift
01:44
and then a second reference.
01:52
The final tip here is regarding the workspace itself
01:56
as we develop more and more complex sketches and designs,
01:59
you can quickly see how our workspace becomes cluttered with these constraints
02:04
from the sketch palette. We can hide these simply by uncheck the box
02:09
and now things look a little cleaner
02:13
whilst these are hidden,
02:14
we can always select a sketch feature
02:16
and you'll see the associated constraints that go with it.
02:21
If we were to click on one of these constraints,
02:24
you can see other sketch features that have that association
02:27
as they go a slightly darker shade.
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