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Re: Custom Feature: Triad Transform

My dad always told me to be the CAD you want to see in the world. I thought that was a weird thing to tell your kid but I'm not a parent myself, so what do I know?

Derek_Van_Allen_BD

Re: How can we make Section Views awesome in Onshape?

I would like to see the ability to get these measurements from any surface including a surface created by a section cut.

Essential:
- Centroid
- Area
- Moment of inertia (2nd moment of area) about defined coordinate system
- Moment of inertia about principal axes and principal axes angle
- Polar moment of inertia

Nice to haves:
- Torsional Constant
- Shear Center
- Radius of gyration

carl_rudd

Feature dependency arrows

One feature that I absolutely love from SolidWorks that doesn't totally exist in OnShape is the ability to easily view dependencies between features in feature tree.

I know that you can right click on a feature and select "Show dependencies…" and a separate dialogue pops up but this is somewhat time consuming and cumbersome.

Joseph_DeRose

Re: Every time I visit the onshape website I need to log in again. Is there a "remember me" option?

Password managers are the way to go. Either use the built in one in the browser, or get one with a browser extension. Then you just have to click the sign in button. I haven't typed my password in years. I don't even know them.

Or, just don't close your browser. Then it's more like you only log in once or twice a day. If you aren't using it enough to get completely logged out. Then you don't use it enough thoughout the day anyway, so maybe you only need to log in three times some days.. . Not a big deal.

You will never win an argument with a company about reducing thier security… just saying… I don't think they like playing Russian roulette with their life's work.

john_mcclary

Custom Feature: Tweep

-Link to feature up front-

Look, standard sweeps are boring. They have no drama. They have no torque. They just follow the path like a good little obedient feature.

I got tired of it. So I made Tweep.

It’s a Sweep. It Twists. It’s Tweep.

Do you want your geometry to look like a churro that gave up on life? Do you need a wire that is fundamentally confused about its direction? Get it twisted.

Demo below. Merry Christmas.