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Re: thin extrude on part edges
Yeah I do this somewhat frequently too. I'll click a face and extrude that (works fine) and then realize it should just be a wall of constant width instead but you can't select faces or edges and use thin extrude. Making a sketch and using "use" is never as robust
jason_1
Re: thin extrude on part edges
I accidentally tried to do this today not realizing it wasn't possible. LOL
MDesign
Re: Part number embossed on part?
Yes, that is exactly the use case here. The shop needs some means of identifying different versions of the same part, or the sequence of several similar parts for assembly. And I don't want to change/create the name stamps manually, to save time, of course, but mainly because I might just forget to do so at times.
So, as things are, it appears I'll have to do it manually for the foreseeable future.
Would there be a widespread interest in this kind of tool? If so, please vote up below. Thanks.
Re: How do you create a sphere?
This thread was started in 2016 but I'm here to chime in with a 2025 answer, I use this featurescript collection of primitives for the times it's relevant in my workflows. I haven't yet developed any featurescripts referencing it but I imagine there are cases where each of these object primitives might be quicker to solve particular problems without having to get into doing the multi step process to make a sphere or cone.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a81f647d405a78c5b70bdbde/v/ba543ec74eb5890fd48c41c6/e/bec98f91580bad4c70005038
Re: Change default part reflectivity
Don't think you can change that. I like it as is because it helps with seeing curvature and smoothness of non flat surfaces. But an option to turn it off wouldn't be a bad thing. You could always work in unshaded mode if its that bothersome.
MDesign
Change default part reflectivity
Please see attached image for your reference.
Any way we can change how reflective a part is? Or better yet, make the appearance matt by default? The default look of the part is highly reflective and it is doing my head in..
I suspect another way of achieving this is to change the default part studio lighting options, how do we do that? Googling / looking under the help section didn't give me any helpful answers.
Thanks for the help guys.
Gordon
