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Re: Hide sketch name and bounding box
@eric_pesty put together some videos on Mate Connectors. Since this was created, explicit MCs have more flexibility about "ownership". At the time, MCs had to be connected to parts. Now they can be independent or owned by sketches or curves.
@EvanReese also has a really good one that should be required watching for all new Onshape users:
S1mon
Re: How can I modify a flange so that the two side faces are aligned to parallel planes?
By the way, the move face option I showed is supposed to work for all angles, there is a bug report against it now…
@bryan_lagrange, I think the original question was about creating the geometry from "native" sheet metal tools. The "reference" was just an example of the desired end result.
Using convert or thicken is definitely a good approach but in this case the flange and move face should still be the "simplest" in terms of number steps. 1 sketch for the first face, sheet metal "thicken", flange feature, move face to align the "near" end.
Going back to the original question, this might actually be another bug as unchecking the "hold adjacent face" only seems to apply to the one end!
Uploading videos to Onshape documents
Have we always been able to do this? I just accidentally imported the wrong file from my desktop and got a video player inside the import tab. How long has this been a thing? I need to go back and add demo clips to all of my custom features now that I know this is a thing.
Re: New FeatureScript: Engineering Grid
Absolutely fantastic integration. I was using a different feature script and was running into a few problems with it. I, similar to what other users have said, needed a way to add borders seamlessly (instead of adding an offset or manually creating a border). I also like the OrthoGrid feature and will try that on some of my future projects. I've tried the IsoGrid on a few of my parts and so far everything is working great. Its a lot faster than the others and more powerful in most aspects. Thank you for creating this and sharing with the community.
Re: Custom Feature: Triad Transform
I mean, to quote one of the greats, "It's not Onshape's fault, it's yours. And a little bit mine, but mostly yours."
ry_gb
Re: Drawing template doesn't show up
The documentation for this should be updated!
Re: Allowing for mate connector selection. What's the correct syntax?
"multiple body" options. That sounds like the issue I was running into. However, both other answers work as well.
Thanks! @Konst_Sh @Matt_Shields @MichaelPascoe
ry_gb
Re: Custom Feature: Loft Fillet
Updated to remove tracking info. We wouldn't want @NeilCooke to know I sometimes read his emails, now would we?
Re: How to automatically choose a configured assembly?
@troy_ostrander There different way to get what you want here. To keep it more similar to your example, I have set up a little doc that you can checkout here.
In Onshape, there is a conditional logic capability that functions just like the excel formula if(condition, do if true, do if false).
The way to do conditions is by using the same ternary logic that one would use in JavaScript. That is, condition ? do if true : do if false.
So, you can write in any variable or configuration input variable,
#depth < 20in ? "TOO SMALL" : (#depth < 100in ? 20in : (#depth < 150in ? 100in : (#depth < 200in ? 150in : 200in)))
In the example doc, I have created a variable studio which I have configured. I did not have to do this but I wanted to demo a nice clean way to create more complicated logic in one place which allows propagating that logic cleanly in any place. Because I programmed the variable within the variable studio to react as intended to changes to the #LENGTH input, we can now drop that variable in all over the place if we want and anything being driven by it also reacts as intended. We do not have to copy and paste the text of that logic all over the place. We can just change that one variable studio and everything referencing it immediately has access to that newly edited logic. You can also lock references to that variable by switching items to reference a version of the variable studio. This way you have greater control over deciding when a particular item should start using the updated logic to the variable or not at all.
Variable studios in Onshape were a game changer when they were introduced. However, I did not use them too much simply because I had sort of found other ways of doing things without globally accessible variables. Recently, when the ability to configure them was introduced, I suddenly found I can't stop finding ways to implement them and tidy up lots of complicated, duplicated logic that is scattered throughout my huge library of heavily configure company product models. Hope this helps some☺️
Flattened Onshape DXF Export Not Accepted by Adobe Illustrator
Hi there,
Just noticed an issue when I was exporting DXFs from Onshape to Adobe Illustrator and am not sure if it's a bug on Onshape or Illustrator's end.
When flattening a curved face in Onshape and then exporting the flattened face as a DXF from a part studio, the exported DXF when imported into Adobe Illustrator is not accepted. A regular DXF file of a face which is already flat (flatten surface tool was not used) imported into Illustrator works fine.
Thanks!