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Re: How do I draw a non standard thread - I need M8 x 1.5 ?
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6b640a407d78066bd5e41c7a/w/4693805578a72f40ebfb4ea3/e/f8aea9e5c33e02eab0854a4f#_ga=2.117062470.1973399580.1532948483-1996768335.1528877655
Marble Machine Motivation
Greetings fellow educators!
I'm so entranced lately with watching the Wintergatan - YouTube series. With the help of @Derek_Van_Allen_BD (and constant shout outs to @EvanReese ), we get to see the creative process unfold in real time (although the after real time, 1.5x speed is the more realistic option).
I'm sure he'll have the entire process as a playlist eventually - but I was tired of hunting down between live streams and edited videos - I made a playlist. - Playlist of Marble Machine Videos.
From Master Part design, to the love of all things mate connector, to all sorts of custom features, and design for regen time - there's a ton of treasure to be found.
Re: Best way to repair micro gaps?
It is highly frustrating to zoom in and select point by point if there are say 100+ constraints to make.
@owen_sparks suggestion of automatic heal with tolerance would be perfect.
3dcad
Re: Improvements to Onshape - March 13, 2026
Please check again tonight (18th) for using inside a sketch.
Custom Feature: Dials!
DIALS FS
I hope this will one day become as indispensable for the AMP industry as SpeakerPattern FS is for the speaker industry :)
It’s a feature that lets you design all kinds of dials for clocks, tachometers, synthesizers, nanometers, amps, and more.
From a designer’s point of view, it’s great to have a tool that lets you control spacing, segmentation, and different visual styles all in one place.
I might have fallen victim to a bit of feature creep with all the options — but at least you can position almost everything exactly the way you want. Fast.
It’s a niche… and it probably won’t appear on any Rolex watches anytime soon (but if it does, give me a call, Rolex people! )
On a technical note: I used Google Antigravity running Claude Sonnet 4.6.
I let Antigravity take over the browser/Onshape on some Occasion. It’s still quite clumsy and slow and feels a bit cringe… but it does work!
