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Learn clever new ways of sketching more efficiently in Fusion.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Transcript
00:04
The first tip,
00:04
the tangent arc helps you quickly and easily create a
00:07
base sketch that consists of straight edges and arcs.
00:10
Before you refine by dimensioning and constraining,
00:15
you can create a set of straight edges as per usual.
00:18
But when you want to add an arc, you simply click hold
00:21
and drag on the end point, turn into an arc,
00:25
you can then continue creating straight edges until you're met
00:28
with another arc where you can just repeat the process.
00:32
The great thing about this is that you can add an arc on top of
00:34
another arc using the same technique and then
00:37
repeat until you have your finished sketch.
00:47
The next tip is called creating continue.
00:50
In this case,
00:51
you might want to create multiple sketch features
00:54
that aren't necessarily connected to each other.
00:57
After you've created your first sketch feature,
01:00
you might notice we stay in the line command until further notice,
01:07
one option is to press escape on your keyboard.
01:09
Although when we do,
01:10
you will see we exit the line command and we'll then have to reaccess that feature.
01:18
Instead, we have two options,
01:21
we can either click on the check mark, also known as create and continue.
01:24
And we are now free to create other line features
01:26
that are not connected to the previous end points.
01:40
The other option
01:41
which may save even more time
01:43
is to simply double click on the end point.
01:47
You will see that with this method,
01:48
we are also free to create a new line that is unconnected to the previous one.
02:00
And finally,
02:01
we have the click and hold method
02:05
here. I've got three shapes
02:07
and I want to create a perpendicular line to some existing features.
02:11
I could create a line as I've done so before
02:14
where I'm free to move this in space
02:16
and then add a perpendicular constraint to achieve what I'm after.
02:25
The other option is to hold down your mouse button when placing the start point.
02:29
And then when you go to drag out,
02:31
you'll see the line is staying perpendicular regardless of where I move it.
02:47
I can do this on any line.
02:48
And as before,
02:49
continue creating straight edges and arcs to achieve the results, I am after
02:59
the final shape you see here is a circle.
03:02
And if we repeat this technique,
03:03
you can see a line is created at a tangent to the circle rather than perpendicular.
Video transcript
00:04
The first tip,
00:04
the tangent arc helps you quickly and easily create a
00:07
base sketch that consists of straight edges and arcs.
00:10
Before you refine by dimensioning and constraining,
00:15
you can create a set of straight edges as per usual.
00:18
But when you want to add an arc, you simply click hold
00:21
and drag on the end point, turn into an arc,
00:25
you can then continue creating straight edges until you're met
00:28
with another arc where you can just repeat the process.
00:32
The great thing about this is that you can add an arc on top of
00:34
another arc using the same technique and then
00:37
repeat until you have your finished sketch.
00:47
The next tip is called creating continue.
00:50
In this case,
00:51
you might want to create multiple sketch features
00:54
that aren't necessarily connected to each other.
00:57
After you've created your first sketch feature,
01:00
you might notice we stay in the line command until further notice,
01:07
one option is to press escape on your keyboard.
01:09
Although when we do,
01:10
you will see we exit the line command and we'll then have to reaccess that feature.
01:18
Instead, we have two options,
01:21
we can either click on the check mark, also known as create and continue.
01:24
And we are now free to create other line features
01:26
that are not connected to the previous end points.
01:40
The other option
01:41
which may save even more time
01:43
is to simply double click on the end point.
01:47
You will see that with this method,
01:48
we are also free to create a new line that is unconnected to the previous one.
02:00
And finally,
02:01
we have the click and hold method
02:05
here. I've got three shapes
02:07
and I want to create a perpendicular line to some existing features.
02:11
I could create a line as I've done so before
02:14
where I'm free to move this in space
02:16
and then add a perpendicular constraint to achieve what I'm after.
02:25
The other option is to hold down your mouse button when placing the start point.
02:29
And then when you go to drag out,
02:31
you'll see the line is staying perpendicular regardless of where I move it.
02:47
I can do this on any line.
02:48
And as before,
02:49
continue creating straight edges and arcs to achieve the results, I am after
02:59
the final shape you see here is a circle.
03:02
And if we repeat this technique,
03:03
you can see a line is created at a tangent to the circle rather than perpendicular.
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