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Re: How can we make Section Views awesome in Onshape?
This thread may be old, but I have a request for section views.
Would be helpful to be able to do 1/4 section. Currently as with most CAD systems, the 3D modeling section will do a 3/4 section, but not the 1/4, i.e. only 1/4 of the part is cut out.
I've done this kind of section with an assembly cut (in SolidWorks), but even that's a lot of extra work.
1/4 Section
Would be helpful to be able to do 1/4 section. Currently as with most CAD systems, the 3D modeling section will do a 3/4 section, but not the 1/4, i.e. only 1/4 of the part is cut out.
I've done this kind of section with an assembly cut (in SolidWorks), but even that's a lot of extra work.
1/4 Section
Re: Moving a drawing sheet
Hi @PeteYodis,
I am confronted to this exact issue where I created a bunch of individual drawings but I now need to merge them into one drawing with multiple sheets. Is there any new tip or way to achieve that without re-making all the drawings? If not, please add me to the feature request as well !
Thanks a lot.
I am confronted to this exact issue where I created a bunch of individual drawings but I now need to merge them into one drawing with multiple sheets. Is there any new tip or way to achieve that without re-making all the drawings? If not, please add me to the feature request as well !
Thanks a lot.
Re: Moving a drawing sheet
@brucebartlett @nick_coppins I have created tickets for each of you on the improvement to be able to copy and paste sheets of a drawing to another drawing. There are things to think through when you move content from one drawing to another with regards to properties of the drawings that are defining the content that is being copied/pasted/moved.
Furthermore we do have improvements in store for duplicating a drawing, duplicating a drawing and it's references, and also improvements surrounding replace reference in a drawing.
Furthermore we do have improvements in store for duplicating a drawing, duplicating a drawing and it's references, and also improvements surrounding replace reference in a drawing.
CNC Corner Joint custom feature (update of Board Corner Joint feature)
This is a custom feature for creating different types of CNC millable joints connecting two flat boards meeting at a 90 degree angle.
It is an update of Aaron Hoover's "Board Corner Joint" custom feature.
Get the custom feature and read its documentation here
I was working on a custom stand for PowerBlock dumbbells I recently bought, with parts designed to be CNC milled from a plywood sheet. I was excited to find Aaron's FeatureScript and tried to use it to create the CNC compatible joints. However I found that it frequently failed if the boards where not extruded in a very specific way. This motivated me to learn FeatureScript and update and improve Aaron's script.
The main differences from Aaron's implementation are:
It is an update of Aaron Hoover's "Board Corner Joint" custom feature.
Get the custom feature and read its documentation here
I was working on a custom stand for PowerBlock dumbbells I recently bought, with parts designed to be CNC milled from a plywood sheet. I was excited to find Aaron's FeatureScript and tried to use it to create the CNC compatible joints. However I found that it frequently failed if the boards where not extruded in a very specific way. This motivated me to learn FeatureScript and update and improve Aaron's script.
The main differences from Aaron's implementation are:
- It should be significantly more robust to the boards being extruded in different ways.
- I added adjustable positioning of the overcuts (dogbones), which can be helpful for hiding them (see below).
- Added an option to fillet the overcuts (for smoother CNC toolpaths)
- Made finger joints symmetric (both ends are either tenon or mortise)
- Fixed tenon and mortise being reversed for hammer joints.
- Removed "fingertip tenons with key" joint type because it seemed broken to me. I didn't really touch the fingertip joint implementation otherwise. It definitely could be improved and made more consistent with the other joints in the future.
- I simplified and modernized some of the code and removed all dependencies.
- Added new PDF documentation
The new overcut positioning feature let's you control their placement relative to the joint's main axis using a value between 0 and 1:
I found that a value of 0 can be quite useful in practice for hiding the overcuts from the inside of the joint, or to completely hide them in the case of a joint between two boards in a T configuration.
I used this in the design of my weights stand to hide all of the overcuts.
I hope others will find this useful.
I found that a value of 0 can be quite useful in practice for hiding the overcuts from the inside of the joint, or to completely hide them in the case of a joint between two boards in a T configuration.
I used this in the design of my weights stand to hide all of the overcuts.
I hope others will find this useful.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - October 20th, 2018
He's the most talented Jake we have at Onshape.owen_sparks said:
Re: Working offline with local workspace and cache
I think Onshape is not primarily about CAD but more about the consequent single source of truth approach. That is unique and a real big deal. The data is where it is edited without any copies to sync or check in. It stays there and is visible in real-time for other users. Everyone who knows complex assembly structures with geometry links to other parts and its version management understands that onshape does an outstanding job in data management. No other file-based cloud system can ever do that in the same manner.
So onshape please never ever kill the single source of truth approach. It is why we love onshape!
So onshape please never ever kill the single source of truth approach. It is why we love onshape!