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Re: Is there seriously no way to show the toolbar in the mobile version?

I will add, that on a tablet, the menu bar has plenty of open space for frequently used tools

mitch_b708

Mobile tablet: sketch-menu improvements

The sketch menu is large because it contains all the drawing and constraint tools. If you separated these into a drawing tools and constraints menu respectively, it would be much easier and quicker to find the item you are looking for because each menu would be smaller and wouldn’t need to be scrolled.
The most recently used sketch tool is displayed in the menu bar. It would be very convenient if the menu bar would hold the last 3 used tools.
Move the dimension tool from the giant sketch menu to the toolbar.

My experience is with an 11” iPad. I am a hobbyist and stubborn but slow learner. I think the above small changes would make it easier and faster to use.

Thanks

mitch_b708

Re: menu on android

We don't yet support toolbar customization on Android app. Send us feedback or a feature request. Tickets help us prioritize features like this

ravi

I find that I am unable to create or edit drawings on iPad. I need to use a desktop or laptop for the same. Being an iPad only person, I find it pretty difficult. Request Onshape to kindly introduce the feature in the forthcoming updates.

ram_mohan_p

Re: onshape ios feature list cannot expand

Let me rephrase that S1mon, it IS impossible. I have been trying for the last half hour. It seems if you have squeezed it up hard enough previously then no force on earth can move it back, neither by finger nor pencil. Now the problem is that this issue applies to all my projects and restarting the app doesn't reset it. It feels like game over for onshape on the iPad :-( which is a shame because I love using this program on a tablet, for all its quirks and over- under- sensitivities.

mark_andrew371

Support for Keyboard and mouse on mobile devices

I bought a tablet to use for my hobbies, one being using Onshape for my 3D printer designs. I decided to buy a keyboard and mouse to go with it but Onshape doesn't fully support them. I was hoping that when using the KB and mouse Onshape would use them just like on the PC. I still have to use the touchscreen to do certain things. Could it be possible to implement full support for KB and mouse?

ronald_knight

easing updated exports to 3d print slicers

When you have a single part to export to a 3d printing slicer their support for reloading and reapplying the manufacturing details you have added in the slicer can be useful. But, even with just one part many things are lost. You must repaint seem locations, support allow/block, etc. When you have multiple plates with multiple parts each, it doesn't seem to be reliable in my experience so far (with BambuStudio). Parts don't even stay in the right places within a multi-part step file reload.

So, I'm interested in learning how to make it simpler to export an updated project from OnShape and load it into the slicer with minimal manual reapplication of the manufacturing details. Seems, support locations, brims, etc. I am a coder by trade so if the only solution is some use of lib3mf, so be it. If there are things OnShape can already do to help out, even better. I'm hoping someone else here has some familiarity with this workflow and can educate me on where the boundaries must exist.

I already have an assembly of print plates that I use to export my parts from a project. I have a part representing the print bed and assemble as many as I need. I then assemble my actual parts onto those build plates. Apply patterns for repeated parts, etc etc. I'm not needing any more auto-layout at this point. I then select the parts from a plate in the OnShape assembly, export, and import back into the slicer.

For brims, I wrote up a featurescript and while I am able to generate and control the geometry (at least at a preliminary level) I am concerned I won't be able to overcome the limitations around not knowing exactly what the slicer is going to do for the first layer of the model so as to get a very small and controlled gap relative to it. I have at times used parts to control volumes for support blocking or making a portion of the part solid inside. This is useful but given the uncertainty of reloading from disk, I would expect to often still have to reconvert those volumes to not-printable in the slicer and apply the modifiers I want for them.

Looking down the lib3mf path, I would imagine having to add some data to properties on the parts and hoping that would make it out in some exported format. Code using lib3mf could then load the exported model, find those properties, and hopefully create the 3mf data they request.

Of course, if OnShape just added a slicer themselves... :]

Thanks for your interest.

Cheers,
-kyle

kyle_altendorf

New Login Screen, Citrus Circuits, FIRST Robotics

Our new login screen highlights Citrus Circuits! A FIRST robotics team with some impressive winning streaks!

Check out their website and blogs here: https://www.citruscircuits.org/build-blog-2024.html

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IgnacioMartos