NoComponentDrag

A Fusion 360 add-in that adds a Component Drag option in the parametric design environment. It works just like the Component Drag option in the direct editing environment.

Supported Platforms

• Windows
• Mac OS

Installation

Download the add-in from the Releases page.

Unpack it into API\AddIns (see How to install an add-in or script in Fusion 360).

Make sure the directory is named NoComponentDrag, with no suffix.

Usage

Select/unselect Component Drag in the Select dropdown to enable/disable component dragging in the parametric environment.

The add-in can be temporarily disabled using the Scripts and Add-ins dialog. Press Shift+S in Fusion 360™ and go to the Add-Ins tab.

Known Limitations

• Disabling component drag does not allow for starting window selections on top of components, which is the case for the built-in Component Drag option.
• Holding the Alt key does not temporarily enable component dragging.

Planned Features

• Option for dragging selected components
• Alt key toggles component dragging

Reporting Issues

Please report any issues that you find on the Issues page.

For better support, please include the steps you performed and the result. Also include copies of any error messages.

Author

This add-in was originally created by Thomas Axelsson.

Now maintained by by user ZXYNINE as of v1.0.2.

Contributors

• Original Add-in concept by Thomas Axelsson.
• "Insert -> Derive" Fix contributed by ZXYNINE, and adapted.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE.

Changelog

• v 1.0.3
  • Complete code rework.
  • Removal of old features that are no longer needed.
  • Updated images and screenshots.
  • Add-in now explicitly waits until the workspace is activated to check environment.

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• Active maintenance passed from Thomas Axelsson to ZXYNINE

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• v 1.0.2
  • Fix for "Insert -> Derive" missing the insert panel. Issue #1. Credits to ZXYNINE for locating the bug and providing an initial fix.
  • Optimized synchronization of Direct Edit and Parametric mode drag options.
  • Some code clean-up, by ZXYNINE.
• v 1.0.1
  • Fix for start-up error introduced by Fusion 360 v2.0.10032. Issue #2.
• v 1.0.0
  • Unload correctly.
  • Handle user switching to/from Direct Edit mode.
  • Sync with with Component Drag in Direct Edit mode.
  • Workaround for Fusion 360™ bug making select menu items not update correctly when going from the Drawing to the design environment
• v 0.2.2
  • Fix spelling mistake
• v 0.2.1
  • Run on start-up by default
• v 0.2.0
  • Remember Component Drag setting
• v 0.10
  • Component Drag menu option

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More Fusion 360™ Add-ins

Thomas's Fusion 360™ app store page

All of Thomas's add-ins on Github