What do purple lines mean on Fusion 360?

Why are my lines purple in Fusion 360?

By default, Fusion 360 uses the Photobooth Environment (which has a white background) and the colors of lines are blue or black. When the environment is changed to Grey Room, the default colors are now purple (for unconstrained lines), or white (for fully constrained lines).

What is a purple line in fusion?

Blue is unconstrained lines Black is constrained lines Orange dash is construction lines Purple are projected lines. Green are fixed lines.

Why are some lines Blue in Fusion 360?

Note: Notice that the lines on the arc are blue, where as all the other lines are black. This is because a black line means it has been fully defined whereas a blue line means it has not. 14) Go to “SKETCH” then “Arc” and select the “3-Point Arc” tool.

Why are lines purple in Inventor?

Purple lines are projected lines: See post https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-design-validate/what-is-the-difference-between-a-projected… Did you realize that you replied to a 11 yr old posting?

What does fix UnFix do in Fusion 360?

Learn how to use the Fix/UnFix command to lock the size and location of a point or object in a sketch in Fusion 360. Note: The constraint commands are only available in the Sketch contextual tab as you edit a sketch. The Fix/UnFix constraint icon displays next to the cursor in the canvas.

What is a green line in Fusion 360?

That means the sketches are locked (fix/unfix command) in the sketch pallet. Or they have been broken and fixed. If they are from a svg they are the same. You can select them when the sketch is active and click on the fix/unfix command to unlock them.

Why can’t I extrude a sketch Fusion 360?

To solve this problem, enable “Show Profile” as follows: Right-click on the affected sketch within the timeline or the browser tree. Select Edit sketch. Activate “Show Profile” and save the change.

When a line is fully constrained in a sketch the line turns?

When sketch geometry is fully constrained, it changes from its initial color to black. In the image above: On the left, the blue lines and orange centerline are unconstrained.

How do I change the color of a line in Inventor?

Open Inventor, launch the Application Options Settings, select the Colors tab, and then select the “Customize Schemes” button. To change the Work Plane (face) colors, select your active Color Scheme, then expand the “Other” folder, and select the “WorkPlane” entity. The default work plane glyph is shown.

What are the yellow lines in Inventor?

What are the yellow lines that show up in a sketch indicate? On my Inventor configuration, it is a project associative line. If you have “Autoproject edges for sketch creation and edit” checked, you will see a lot of them.