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Re: How are people dealing with things that are measured by length on a BOM?
I downloaded "set property", looks perfect. Thanks guys.
Here's another one that's driving be crazy, cleaning up downloaded part files from vendors. I down 100's of files from mcmaster carr and then do the same thing to each to make them compatible with my project. Anyone crack that nut yet?
Just parsing the name and creating name, part number, vender, description & lib properties could save so much time.
billy2
Re: ThreadLab - Internal/External Modeled/Cosmetic Threads with External Thread Callouts
This feature is great but the author/dev hasn't updated the document in a year and a half. Honestly I'd rather see it worked into an included feature.
Re: Standard content component requests
Hopefully there are some updates coming which expand the standard hardware.
S1mon
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
In addition to what @S1mon and @eric_pesty mention, we also tend to use configurations in assemblies to hide(suppress) different components. Fasteners, complex OTS parts, etc. Excluding these configurations from affacting BOM would also be great. I know using configuration to hide parts is not best practice, but currently this method is more user friendly than the Display state dialogue.
Another point is assemblies of linked parts, like e-chains or roller chains, where the different positions of the chain are controlled by suppressing and unsuppressing parts. Especially in bends and loops.
I can see that excluding configurations controlling suppressions is more difficult in terms of what to show in the BOM. But if we at least could have the "Set Default" functionality from the video above, then we would not have to worry about the suppression configurations being in the wrong state during release.
e_g_e
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
When you have one cyl extended and one retracted etc. Then you end up with duplicate rows on the bom
With sensors, we have sub assemblies with swivel brackets, sometimes you need to flip the swivel around to get a different angle. So today we have to make a whole assembly just for this. I'd like to just configure that since it is all the same parts, just assembled one part upside down.
Re: Onshape Government!
This should open up a lot more industries moving to Onshape, this is great news!
Re: How can I fill this gap between a part and surface?
Instead of adding things to fill the gap, did you try to just remove the faces that make up the gap itself? Just select all of them and use the "Delete Face" feature:
