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Re: Need help for a Great Cube desing.

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/122269#Comment_122269

Dang WOW
Iam new to this watching tutorials but i never see this in any video (mostly German ones).
Well now i thank you so much! I train with your link tomorrow =)
Copied in to my files.

klaus_iwik

Too small variable field

I create a variable and enter a very long formula. The program gives me an error, but since the field is very small, I can't view the entire formula, which makes it difficult to find the error. The same problem exists in sketch mode when setting the feature size. Therefore, I ask you to make the fields where you can enter formulas changeable depending on the size of the formula (the content of the field).

sergei_nesterov

Don't know how to delete a post

Solved a problem on my own before anyone saw my post.
Now how do I delete it?

christopher_dziuba

Re: How to trim frames to a 3-way mitre?

Here's a document which uses some surfaces and a split feature to create the 3-way miter on the ends of a single frame member, and then the assembly uses some patterning and mirroring to get all 12 parts in place.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1defcf44ee0b2f439d060c83/w/539b934194d27e93c4ab6e06/e/f76c4b2d784ffa06d98ed8b8

S1mon

Re: How to trim frames to a 3-way mitre?

I don't believe there's a way to do a 3-way miter automatically. It's easy to do a 2-way miter with a simple frame feature.

With a cube, I would most likely manually create a surface or solid to cut an end, and then reuse that for the second end of a frame member, and then reuse the same frame member 12 times in an assembly.

If I was doing 3-way miters all the time, I might get someone to help make a custom feature to create that type of trim. I would also suggest creating an improvement request to have that be a first party function.

You can do ordered trims, but they don't seem to create miters.
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/frame_trim.htm

S1mon

Re: Creating Folded Ribbon Cable Routes

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/122284#Comment_122284

It's not too bad, but it's definitely an abuse of sheet metal. I do like the use of unfolding the model to get an approximate cable length.

armandoRR

Re: error on the reading direction of one dimension

Thank you Simon.

I made a point on the line and now the problem is solved.

d_b656

Re: Sheet Metal Model from apparently continuous surface

Never thought of making a sheet metal cone this way. Thank you @lana

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e73805491289f16fe32822e1/w/c2c899a17f56693b5cc39a7f/e/05cfe0a4f46f659cb4e7cff4?renderMode=0&rightPanel=sheetMetalPanel&uiState=68f1520bdb9e0efc879d7420

bryan_lagrange

Re: error on the reading direction of one dimension

The dimension is tilted slightly and therefore it's trying to orient the way that it should for an angled dimension.

S1mon

Re: New Onshape API Limits

@Konst_Sh Your app sounds interesting. Most useful info from OS requires a call to get a list to iterate through to get more stuff. Not sure how that pattern effects your polymorphic class structure. Good luck.

billy2