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Re: Bending Gear Rack Along a Slight Curve

You could also just use one of the gear feature scripts (such as Neil Cooke's) and make a full spur gear and cut away everything except for the sector you need.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5742c8cde4b06c68b362d748/v/1db29081376c095cf10e2a3d/e/c72760543a0d4412e72f6d38

S1mon

Master Model course slide correction(s)

In the Master Model course, section 03. Maximizing Master Model Techniques, slide 47 needs to be updated within Exercise: In-Context Space Allocation.

Specifically, you cannot suppress an item within a BOM in flattened mode any longer. https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/bill_of_material.htm#exclude_local

The slide should probably be updated to reflect this, since at the moment the screenshot shows being able to do this in Flattened mode.

stuart_young966

Re: How do I create a simple planar surface bounded by a sketch?

Offset face with zero offset distance.

GregBrown

Re: Multi-Part Part Studios no correct answer

Hello all. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Step 4 the revolve thickness should be pointing inward. This wasn't clear in the exercise and I am fixing it now.

Lindsay_Early

Re: SELF-INTERSECTING BODY (LOFT)

the iso lines folding back into the tube indicate the issue…make the part "new" and you might have to add some guide lines on the top and bottom of the tube and on each side if you want to keep the profile circular.

michael_stalls

Re: Hello people, question abt part numbering, BOM-s, workflow

@S1mon Yes, I haven't officially created a forum post or entry for Cut List+ yet. It's been slowly evolving as different users request more features. There is also a stripped down version of it in the: CADSharp FeatureScript Video Tutorials which shows how to take Onshape's default features and customize them to fit your workflow.

The "Features" input is so that instead of manually selecting frames, you can select the feature that made them. This is for when you don't need to select all frames in the studio but perhaps a few features that made a group of frames. It appears the Feature list input broke due to some Onshape updates. Strange, those usually don't break things but the feature list input is a little strange.

Thanks for the input! I think these improvements would be valuable and an easy addition.
Here's a mysterious hidden update for the Cut List+ feature: 😂

Added Unit option for selecting which units to name or describe the parts.
Fixed feature list input.
Fixed name issue where prefix would only name if Qty name was enabled.

Cut List+
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3ef342976bcbf59ab1fab2a0/w/5f79cf18283f48b7f07279f9/e/77…

MichaelPascoe

Re: Changing line color of exported DXF

I will concur with Martin. It seems vitally important for sheet metal teams to be able to export SM flat patterns with colors such that etch marks, bend lines or part numbers can be decerned by the nesting/CAM software. All of the nesting/CAM software have mapping features that map a dxf pen color to a machine function.