{"id":5115,"date":"2016-12-20T09:42:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2016-12-20T10:43:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:43:16","slug":"quick-tip-join-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/quick-tip-join-build\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: Join THEN Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s QUICK TIP, I spend time exploring some of the unique ways that you can leverage history &#8211;specifically in the assembly context&#8211;\u00a0when making your designs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maximize Design Efficiency through Joints and Position Capture in History Timeline! | Fusion 360\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jerea21nZQs?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>As mentioned, having joints and model movements in the design history will not only help avoid those broken external references (that are all too common in traditional CAD systems),\u00a0but it can even help you design!\u00a0If you&#8217;ve already watched it, I hope you noted the auxiliary\u00a0QUICK TIP in there: &#8220;paste new&#8221;. 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