Hestus Sketch Helper

Mac OS, English

Hestus, Inc

Sketch Helper offers design suggestions, such as applying equality constraints to similarly sized circles or adding tangent constraints between lines and curves.

Version History

General Usage Instructions

Sketch Helper is available exclusively in Sketch Mode.
Sketch Helper tutorial can be accessed from within Solid and Sketch Environments.
Click the Hestus icon in the Toolbar to launch Sketch Helper and start receiving design suggestions.
Users can continue sketching while receiving real-time design suggestions.
Highest ranked recommendation appears right on the Sketch (in red).
Interact with proposed recommendations via Sketch Helper palette or via keyboard shortcuts.
Sketch Helper remains open—keep designing and receiving new suggestions.
Easily undo any changes made through Sketch Helper with the 'Undo' button.

Screenshots

Commands

Installation/Uninstallation

Installation:

Download the installer from the Autodesk App Store.
Right-click on the "Downloads" folder and select "Open in Finder".
Right-click on the downloaded .pkg file -> "Open With" -> "Installer".

Uninstall for Mac:
You can unload the add-in without uninstalling it by clicking the "Stop" button when the add-in is selected in the list box on the "Add-Ins" tab of the "Scripts and Add-Ins" dialog.
Unchecking "Run on Startup" causes the add-in not to be loaded in future sessions of Autodesk® Fusion®.
- Navigate to the ./ApplicationsPlugins folder and select the app bundle you want to uninstall
- Either drag the app bundle to the Trash or right-click and select “Move to Trash”
- Right-click on the Trash Can and select “Empty Trash”
- If you prefer keystrokes, you can also just select the app bundle and then hit Command+Delete to move the app to Trash, then empty the Trash and the app will be removed.

Additional Information

Known Issues

Contact

Company Name: Hestus, Inc

Company URL: https://www.hestus.co

Support Contact: support@hestus.co

Author/Company Information

Hestus, Inc

Support Information

For support, please contact us at support@hestus.co.

Version History

Version Number	Version Description
1.0.8	This version of Sketch Helper introduces powerful new capabilities aimed at making your sketching workflow faster, smarter, and more intuitive. Here's what’s new: Predictive Suggestions: - Sketch Helper now predicts your next action and ranks recommendations by usefulness, with the best suggestion appearing directly on your sketch (in red). - This helps maintain focus and reduces context switching, allowing you to better leverage Sketch Helper recommendations to complete your sketch faster and more efficiently . - The original Sketch Helper palette has been replaced with a smaller, more interactive palette, returning valuable screen real estate to the user. - Interacting with Predictive Suggestions is easy and can be done via keyboard shortcuts or by clicking icons on the palette: * Accept a suggestion by pressing Enter or clicking the green checkmark. * Cycle through alternative suggestions using the comma ( , ) and period ( . ) keys or by clicking the arrow buttons on the palette. * Continue designing without interruption by simply drawing, pressing ESC, or clicking the red X. Improved Tangents - Supercharged tangent recommendations, whether it’s line-to-arc, line-to-circle, or arc-to-circle (at endpoints or anywhere along the curve). For a more detailed release notes, please refer to our release notes page (https://www.hestus.co/releasenotes).
0.6.3	This version of Sketch Helper introduces powerful new capabilities aimed at making your sketching workflow faster, smarter, and more intuitive. Here's what’s new: Mirror Recommendations – Detects symmetry in your sketch and recommends mirrored geometry based on existing centerlines. Quad Mirror – Identifies perpendicular centerlines and suggests symmetrical patterns of four, reducing the need to use patterning commands and streamlining workflow. Auto Dimensioning – Automatically highlights and recommends missing dimensions for lines, arcs, and circles to speed up fully-defining your sketch. Degrees of Freedom (DOF) – Reports the remaining degrees of freedom in the sketch and highlights under-constrained points in your sketch. Centerline Recommendations – Suggests centerlines for circles and rectangles to make alignment and patterning faster and easier. UI Improvements – A refreshed interface that organizes suggestions by category - Constraints, Generative, and Dimensions - with intuitive color coding for clarity and ease of use. For a more detailed release notes, please refer to our release notes page (https://www.hestus.co/releasenotes).

Version Number

Version Description

1.0.8

This version of Sketch Helper introduces powerful new capabilities aimed at making your sketching workflow faster, smarter, and more intuitive. Here's what’s new:

Predictive Suggestions:
- Sketch Helper now predicts your next action and ranks recommendations by usefulness, with the best suggestion appearing directly on your sketch (in red).
- This helps maintain focus and reduces context switching, allowing you to better leverage Sketch Helper recommendations to complete your sketch faster and more efficiently .
- The original Sketch Helper palette has been replaced with a smaller, more interactive palette, returning valuable screen real estate to the user.
- Interacting with Predictive Suggestions is easy and can be done via keyboard shortcuts or by clicking icons on the palette:
    * Accept a suggestion by pressing Enter or clicking the green checkmark.
    * Cycle through alternative suggestions using the comma ( , ) and period ( . ) keys or by clicking the arrow buttons on the palette.
    * Continue designing without interruption by simply drawing, pressing ESC, or clicking the red X.

Improved Tangents
- Supercharged tangent recommendations, whether it’s line-to-arc, line-to-circle, or arc-to-circle (at endpoints or anywhere along the curve).

For a more detailed release notes, please refer to our release notes page (https://www.hestus.co/releasenotes).

0.6.3

This version of Sketch Helper introduces powerful new capabilities aimed at making your sketching workflow faster, smarter, and more intuitive. Here's what’s new:
Mirror Recommendations – Detects symmetry in your sketch and recommends mirrored geometry based on existing centerlines.
Quad Mirror – Identifies perpendicular centerlines and suggests symmetrical patterns of four, reducing the need to use patterning commands and streamlining workflow.
Auto Dimensioning – Automatically highlights and recommends missing dimensions for lines, arcs, and circles to speed up fully-defining your sketch.
Degrees of Freedom (DOF) – Reports the remaining degrees of freedom in the sketch and highlights under-constrained points in your sketch.
Centerline Recommendations – Suggests centerlines for circles and rectangles to make alignment and patterning faster and easier.
UI Improvements – A refreshed interface that organizes suggestions by category - Constraints, Generative, and Dimensions - with intuitive color coding for clarity and ease of use.

For a more detailed release notes, please refer to our release notes page (https://www.hestus.co/releasenotes).