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Re: Excel spreadsheet

No, there is no way to connect a spreadsheet to a drawing.

Link tab just lets you keep your google doc in an Onshape tab so it is easy to find/edit.

You will need to copy the information out of the spreadsheet and paste into a table in drawings.

john_mcclary

Re: Given a mate connector how do you find the owner body for it?

qAdjacent and qOwnerBody don't work because the mate connector is actually its own body, with BodyType.MATE_CONNECTOR.

One option is to loop through every part, and check if (evaluateQuery(qIntersection(myConnector, qMateConnectorsOfParts(part))) == []).

However, it's worth noting that mate connectors created live in the feature dialog (by selecting position that's not a previously-created mate connector feature) do NOT have owner parts. Those mate connectors will disappear when the feature dialog closes and will not be inserted with the part into an assembly.

So for this case I would actually suggest adding a separate "Part" field to specify the part. If you'd like, you can add an editing logic function which auto-populates that field with something like qClosestTo(qAllModifiableSolids(), evMateConnector(...).origin) when a mate connector is selected, but still lets the user override that if another part is needed.

kevin_o_toole_1

@gabriel_francis261

I don't always recommend putting a thread on a part because of how expensive it can be for regeneration times. However, if the part is 3D printed or plays a critical role for how parts fit together a thread feature is needed.

There is a custom feature for creating threads that you can add to your toolbar. This is a great feature and has several standard thread sizes.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6b640a407d78066bd5e41c7a/w/4693805578a72f40ebfb4ea3/e/f8aea9e5c33e02eab0854a4f#_ga=2.232152220.2018415010.1590505462-1556897280.1583850809

I made an example of how I like to model threads if you don't want to use the custom feature. Here is a link.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/bdfddb378ebfbb4843a92e38/w/4c86b4c902f5126fec13dd53/e/650b3e9aef9fb16aa804fb07

In this example, I used a construction surface to place the helix on. This is so the thread can start before the solid part, the same way a thread would be cut on a lathe.