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Update to Beams Custom Feature
- Cutlists
- Feature for tagging imported profiles
- Complete 80/20 library
Cutlists:
Click the Custom Tables tab on the right side of the screen to show the cutlist:
- The cutlist details the profile type and size, length, and quantity for each beam.
- The table can be sorted by any column.
- Data can be exported to a spreadsheet using the "3 dot" menu in the top right corner of the table.
- Data cannot be populated into a Drawing at this time.
- All beams of the same profile and length are listed together as one item regardless of any end conditions (such as angles) applied.
- Beams that include arcs show lengths as approximate/idealized (highlighted in red in the table) due to the calculation of compression/extension of material around bends.
- Beams that are merged (for example, to make pipes as in the example above) show lengths as approximate in case they include arcs.
- Straight (not arced) beams may be modified outside of the Beam feature (such as Move Face, Transform (not Scale), Mirror, Pattern, Cut into smaller pieces) and the cutlist will update accordingly.
- The option for adding the length to a part name has been removed because of any conflicts due to manual modification of geometry (detailed above).
- The cutlist works with Closed Composite Parts (see "Table" example in the doc).
You can now tag sketches of custom profiles so that the name and type of profile is automatically populated into the cutlist and part properties. Add the Tag Profile feature to your toolbar - one Tag Profile feature is required for every profile, but if you are using configurations to drive the size of the profile, you can also configure the values in the Tag Profile feature to update the profile description. See "Custom Profile" and "Custom Frame" in the doc.
80/20 Library:
Finally got around to adding in all the other types and sizes!
Please:
- Avoid making a copy of this Document, otherwise any future changes will not update automatically. Add it to your toolbar.
- If you update an older Document, there is always the possibility that the Beams feature may not update as expected. If this should happen, revert back to a previous version.
- Report any problems or cutlist inaccuracies on the forum or send me a private message.
Diameter dimension enhancements in drawings
- Allow the selection of 2 parallel lines for diameter dimensions
- Allow the selection of a centerline and a parallel line
This should automatically expand the witness lines as is already done in sketches
These would automatically add the the diameter symbol so that we don't have to go back and edit every dimension
Re: Licenses for part time workers?
My understanding is that you can re-assign licenses easily. So, if you have an intern for six months, and then a different intern for the next six months, its easy to move the license from one user to the next one.
However, I don't think there are options for changing the number of subscriptions on a month-by-month basis. I'm sure Onshape would be willing to add more anytime you need it, but dropping the number of users back down would be the problem.
Re: Parametrically set holes along a spiral pattern
I'm not sure exactly which variables you want control over, but there's a very "Onshapey" way to do this by patterning variable features. Here's an example. I'm essentially creating a "for loop" with variable features if that means anything to you. Since i use the "feature pattern" I'm able to make the variable called #i grow by 1 with each loop. Making other variables multiplied by #i, I can get them to grow by a specified step each time too.
Re: Moving individual Part studio documents into a single document with multiple tabs...
open each document and use move to. It will take the whole part studio to any document you like. Send original empty document to trash.
It is move, not copy.
Prachi
How do I determine the folder location of the part I'm currently viewing?
It has happened to me several times where I am working on a larger assembly which has linked parts from elsewhere. Some of them I might like to use in yet another assembly.
How do I determine where these parts are actually located? The best method I have now is to open them, then return to the main Onshape home screen and click on the part in my list of recent opens. Surely there is a more direct way? Is there a way to see where linked parts are coming from within a parent assembly without opening them?
What about seeing a list of assemblies which use a given part? (ie. A list of places where the current part is linked). It would be handy to know what the knock-on effects will be if I modify a given part.
kenvidia
Re: Can you add a bitmap image on to a plane?
Yes, one can insert a bit map into a part studio sketch but the image's usefulness is limited to creating sketch geometry. If the intent is to also have the image appear in an assembly, or a drawing, you are out of luck. Onshape at the present moment does not display bitmap images in assemblies or drawings.
StephenG
Re: Can you add a bitmap image on to a plane?
To add a little tip to what @bruce_williams said on sizing the image.
In Onshape, if you have a sketch with only 1 dimension it will scale the entire sketch, maintaining aspect ratio (unless you have contraints that prevent this).
Therefore, you can use an image of whatever size you like. Then draw a line on the image with the ends of the sketch lined up with something in the sketch that you know the correct size. Then you can add a dimension to that line, setting it to the correct size. Voila, the whole sketch will scale to make your dimensioned line correct.
Now that your image is scaled correctly, you can add dimensions and constraints to place the image correctly.
Re: PartStudioData Queries
The answer is "Yes". While evaluation of qUnion will preserve the order of the entries in the array, evaluation of any other query will return results in order of the last topology modification .
lana