{"id":2428,"date":"2016-05-31T07:08:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2016-05-31T07:09:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:09:41","slug":"quick-tip-click-drag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-click-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Click and Drag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I thought I had lost my mind for a moment&#8230;when I attempted to click and drag on components in a design, it was instead making a section box. I tried and tried, until I realized something. \u00a0That &#8220;something&#8221; was that when you&#8217;re not capturing the history of a design, you can&#8217;t <em>readily<\/em> do this. I say &#8220;readily&#8221; there because you CAN click and drag on components, it just requires\u00a0a special option be turned on (or you can hold the &#8220;alt&#8221; key&#8230;alternatively).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To see how to do this, and ponder why clicking and dragging in a history free design mode might be a bad idea, check out the QUICK TIP below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QUICK TIP: Click and Drag\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zpSyKQmkYYM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For those of\u00a0wondering about the other\u00a0QUICK TIP I reference as being &#8220;craaaaazy efficient&#8221;, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WtQHIyw-HhM\">here<\/a>. 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