When adding a dimensional or geometric constraint if you want to select the midpoint of a line or an arc then select the constraint press and hold the shift key then move your cursor close to the midpoint area of the geometry and the cursor will snap to the midpoint as shown in the animated gif below. To convert a sketch into construction geometry simply select the sketch in the sketch environment and hit the X key from your keyboard and the selected sketch will be converted to construction geometry. Tip 6: Converting sketch into construction geometry ![]() If however, you want to add constraint between points of tangency then select the D command (for dimension constraint) then right-click and select “Pick Circle/Arc Tangent” from the context options.Īpply the constraints again with this option and this time it will be added between tangent points and not the centre. When you add distance constraint between two circles it adds constraint between the centre of the circles. Tip 5: Adding dimension from centre vs tangent To convert a text into a geometry object you need to explode it which can be done by selecting the text and selecting the explode text option from the right context menu.įor extruding the text “explode text” is not needed and a text can be extruded even without exploding it. If you want to temporarily disable the snapping to the nearest points, then press and hold the ctrl key and it will stop snapping to any point if ctrl is pressed. When making drawing in the sketch environment Fusion automatically snaps to nearby reference points. Take the reference of the attached animated gif image for more. Let go of your mouse and click again to make a line. When making a line using the line command go to the endpoint of the line again when the command is active and hold down the left mouse button and move it outwards, it will now create an arc if the mouse click is pressed. If you haven’t taken the survey yet, I suggest taking it here before you look at the results.To repeat the last used command in Fusion 360 simply right-click hold your cursor and drag your mouse up as shown in the GIF image below. I found basically no variation within the repetitive lyrics: people either followed the song or said nothing at all.Īll of the following results are therefore focused on the far more creative innovative lyrics. Even within the US, trends usually can only be described broadly. As such, there is little regional variation discernible outside of the US, although each country had its own general trend. Broken down by country:īecause of the way the survey was structured and distributed, the majority of the respondents were American. All data was collected anonymously and all survey questions were optional. At the end of the survey I asked three demographic questions: decade when the respondent first learned the song, and the respondent’s home state and city (stressed as optional). Innovative lyrics add something entirely new, which cannot be predicted from the preceding line (example: “as they shouted out with glee (YIPPEE)”. Repetitive lyrics largely repeat the last word or two of the preceding line (example: “all of the other reindeer (REINDEER)”. I divided the added lyrics into two categories: repetitive and innovative. This research was conducted via a Google Forms survey. ![]() ![]() I also made minor modifications to clarify some questions. Most importantly, all the questions were changed to fill-ins after some comments about semantic priming. I will also note that I have made some small changes to the survey. I designed a survey at lightning speed, posted it on social media, peddled it around the internet last December.īefore I go further, I want to note that “Regional Variation in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is BACK for Year 2 and collecting new data. I, your intrepid local linguistics major, found the prospect of regional variation in song lyrics an opportunity too good to pass up. After a conversation with some of my friends, we found discrepancies in what we considered the “established” lyrics, despite growing up in the same area. An example from the first two lines of the song:Ĭhildren, perfectly synchronized: REINDEERĬhildren, united and deafening: LIKE A LIGHTBULBīut perhaps you sing “LIKE A FLASHLIGHT” instead. These little additional lyrics are chanted or shouted at the end of each line of the song. Throughout the holiday season and across the world, one can invariably find elementary school students transforming the perennially popular “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” song into a call-and-response shouting match. Please take the survey before continuing reading. Regional Variation in “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (2017)ĮDIT: This article is based on a short survey, which can be found here.
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