Fully Constrained Sketches - How to Create them in Autodesk Fusion

Learn how and when to fully constrain your sketches in Autodesk Fusion.

Autodesk Instructor Jeenesh explains the difference between a fully, partially, or not at all constrained sketch and walks you through how this might impact your model within Autodesk Fusion. He explains how to tell if your sketch is fully constrained and gives some tips for figuring out what further work is required to constrain a sketch fully. If you keep encountering issues with your sketches when making edits, this video is for you!

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:19 The differences between open & constrained sketches
00:40 Why constraining sketches is important
01:24 Identifying when sketches are active in your sketch
01:51 Know what constraints a sketch requires to become fully constrained
02:13 Why is this rectangle not fully constrained?
03:10 Understanding when a sketch is fully constrained or not
03:34 Do I always need to fully constrain my sketches?
04:21 An example of how to fully constrain a sketch
06:21 Thanks for watching!

[adambergendorff]

I watch beginner and more advanced videos on drawing all the time because there is always something to learn, good video!

[guydewsbury]

A great video which is really clear and easy to understand. It shows the importance of constraints Vs non constrained drawings really easily. I finally understand it.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

It'd be great if you gave us an interface button to show underconstrained entities rather than having to use the console and type in the long command. Please!

[mikemattera]

Bravo. Great video. Clear, conscience and well paced.

[nasaeagle]

Thank you for these excellent videos! Could you do one that talks about fillets both in the 2d sketch environment vs the 3d environment? I tend to find that using fillets in the 3d environment work much better for me, and could be valuable if others utilized that.

[PaulColeVFX]

whats missing is abutton to highlight and list all the unconstrained items (*like stray veritces and lines that are micro)

[TemUp]

Fusion's buggier than wine programs ran on a hackintosh without the correct plist files. And it just keeps getting worse....

[gkoornhof]

Day 221 of asking for proper Dark Mode in Fusion

[kalicacao]

The most frustrating thing in Fusion sketch enviroment are automatic perpendicular and parallel sketch constraints.