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New feature to share: Scale
I have been impressed with the excellent help on this forum and now I am sharing a new feature called Scale that I created with that assistance.
I needed to be able to place a scale (think an axis with labels for the ticks) on objects in my drawings. The Scale feature is meant to be a fairly general solution to that problem.
I needed to be able to place a scale (think an axis with labels for the ticks) on objects in my drawings. The Scale feature is meant to be a fairly general solution to that problem.
- Scale can be used on cylinders and planes
- Scale is hard coded to create labels for linear scales using base 10. It could be easily modified for other bases.
- The length of the scale is always in the direction of the x axis as defined by the mate connector in location.
- The height of the scale (height of the text and length of the ticks) is in the direction of the y axis
- The z axis is pointing normal to surface
- The maximum value of the scale can be any number. If the maximum scale value is not a natural tick label, then the scale is still drawn to be precisely the correct length for the maximum scale value with extra minor ticks at the end of the end of the scale and extra space as needed. Here is a scale with a maximum value of 19.65 in a length of 0.5 meters.
- The number of tick labels is set to be a maximum of 11. Set the text size as needed so the text doesn't overlap. GIven that the text can be rotated and that the number of digits is variable I didn’t not attempt to automate the size of the text to not overlap.
- The text can be rotated and the scale can be rotated independently.
Re: #TraditionalCADsucks
@rod_muirhead943
Believe me, when we get around to implementing this functionality, we won't only have "Rebuild" and "Force rebuild", we'll leapfrog the competition by adding "Force force rebuild" and even maybe "Force force force rebuild"!
Believe me, when we get around to implementing this functionality, we won't only have "Rebuild" and "Force rebuild", we'll leapfrog the competition by adding "Force force rebuild" and even maybe "Force force force rebuild"!
ilya_baran
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Re: Improvements to Onshape - April 6, 2015
@john_mcclaryjohn_mcclary said:Yea, they should add it in, and have it not do anything. Kind of like the close door button in an elevator
@owen_sparks
Or make it say: "Error: Onshape has crashed. Reason: Filesystem not found"
New Onshape Logo
Please vote-up if you fell off your chair too when you saw the new logo 
EDIT2: This used to be an improvement request with a relatively high amount of votes. But it was moved to general, so no more voting.
EDIT: Found some discussions here:
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/15088/thoughts-on-the-logo
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/14840/onshape-we-are-here-for-you
EDIT2: This used to be an improvement request with a relatively high amount of votes. But it was moved to general, so no more voting.
EDIT: Found some discussions here:
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/15088/thoughts-on-the-logo
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/14840/onshape-we-are-here-for-you
Re: Why is my sheet metal flat view reversed from my isometric view?
@verne_severson
Could you please submit this via Feedback tool (In ? menu) to support and share your document.
Could you please submit this via Feedback tool (In ? menu) to support and share your document.
lana
6
Re: Why is my sheet metal flat view reversed from my isometric view?
Right now there is no way to define the 'up' direction in sheet metal models. We pick an 'up' for you on body creation and all of the bend directions are relative to that. Like you pointed out, your model won't be built incorrectly, it is just isn't the direction you wanted.
We also only show the bend centerlines and bend notes on one side.
We know this is an issue and are looking to address it in the future.
We also only show the bend centerlines and bend notes on one side.
We know this is an issue and are looking to address it in the future.
Jason_S
6
Re: Section views in drawings
Please vote for the Aligned Section view improvement if you want it. Aligned section views have a portion of the view that is folded out from the centerpoint/pivot point of the cutting line, and another portion that is projected. Our current section tool only does projection portions. For cylindrical parts, aligned section views can save you an extra section view. Until we provide an aligned section tool, many users create two section views, and perhaps one of them might even be a partial section view. You can turn any current section view into a partial section view by dragging the cutting line endpoints into the view.
