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Re: Improvements to Onshape - November 22nd, 2024

Christmas comes every three weeks with Onshape.
Pause regen! no longer do I need to include that option in slow/complex features. What a life saver.

Flatten is great, but its a bit annoying that it only exports. Post-flattening workflow is going to require a reimport of the file.
But still, super excited to see flatten get used. Opens up a lot of options that were going to be incredibly difficult with featurescript.

Caden_Armstrong

Re: PDF management like Bluebeam Revu

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/109967#Comment_109967

Would linktab work for you?
https://appstore.onshape.com/apps/Utilities/DFE73AMQ42NPMVAEQBQVP56QGLCWJ4ALJUBEBLA=/description

Otherwise you include URLs in comments

eric_pesty

Re: Developing an online CAD tool for architecture

Not quite. However Onshape allows you to make custom tools (Features) with their own language (FeatureScript). It doesn't allow you to change the default menu's, but you can have the UI of custom features fit your needs for the tool you are making.

Do you have an example of exactly what you are trying to do? Like insert furniture from a catalog? Or build a basic house with pre-built walls and floors?

For example, here is a custom feature for adding texture to things: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/16576/texture-new-custom-feature…
And here is one for applying panels to cabinets: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/15560/pattern-sweep-new-custom-feature…

You could easily have one that does something related to architecture.

Alternatively Onshape has a great API so you could make an app that has any interface you want. This may be better or worse depending on your needs. You could possibly hide Onshape's native UI and show only your app's interface. But this would be quite a bit of work.

MichaelPascoe

Re: Query filter help for vertices?

Vertices themselves aren't marked as construction, but edges are.
You could take all of the vertices, find all vertex adjacent edges.
And then find all that are construction edges.
And then take all of the vertices adjacent to construction edges,
and subtract from your original query.

Where seed is a query of vertices
and then take this query and subtract it from your original query to remove all the construction vertices.

var constructionRemoved = qSubtraction(seed, qAdjacent(qConstructionFilter(qAdjacent(seed, AdjacencyType.VERTEX, EntityType.EDGE), ConstructionObject.YES), AdjacencyType.VERTEX, EntityType.VERTEX));

Caden_Armstrong

Remove Part # references when copying a document

My team and I duplicate documents often to create new sizes of a design, or to create a related design. When copying a document, all part numbers from the source document are retained in the copied document and treated as a revision of the part in the source document. This means that when releasing a new design, we must first manually clear out part number references in a release candidate before generating new part numbers. I'd love to see an option to 'Clear Part Numbers' when copying a document so that the new (copied) document has 'fresh' or no Part Numbers assigned to bodies generated in Part Studios.

Jed_Yeiser

Re: finding a way to bypass assembly

Hi, I just tried the Frame tool. It seems promising, but I need to delve deeper into it. My issue becomes more irritating when I create a curved and ascending ramp. I use a lot of Linear, Circular, and Curve patterns, and the assembly does not support the Curve.

Clients often request minor modifications, and the Part Studio handles them very well, but the assembly often breaks. Having to reposition each rail is a bit of a pain.

Thanks for your quick responses, I'll see what I can do whit the Frame tool.