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Re: Rounded Accordion Shape

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/25960/rounded-accordion-shape

Here's one way. There is a tiny flaw where its not quite tangent at the joints on the bottom… but it should give you one idea to run with.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/2f9b8277ed143e10baf3a1b8/w/847b24f76c86835c646144d8/e/04d0cbca71f665da546d0744

MDesign

Re: Using group and sub assemblies

I agree, group mate is nice, but it ignores subassemblies and goes right into the parts within the sub assembly. Fixing them in the same place they were when the group mate was created.

This is not intuitive for subassemblies and is always a confusing issue. I think group should throw a warning when someone selects a sub assembly. Or just prevent the ability to select sub assemblies when creating a group mate.

john_mcclary

Re: Fixing a part in an angled hole

Oliver_Couch

"You need to create a plane perpendicular to your extrusion direction then sketch a circle on that to extrude. Try using the point-normal plane creation tool."

That did it. Now it seems so simple. Thank you for the help. This forum is awesome: always several suggestions for solutions regardless of how simple or complex the question is.

Thanks,

Bill Frame

william_frame

Re: Changing line color of exported DXF

Thanks for posting this Sebastian - solved the exact same problem I ran into today.

christopher_ross626

Re: Improvements to Onshape - November 22nd, 2024

Fixing the decreasing degree of Bezier is great. Previously we could end up with straight line after several iterations as shown in my comment.
I really like pasting table with initial, simple formatting. Looking forward for additional improvements. 🙂
Profile inspector went a great way from the early stages, it's really cool now and will quickly help find holes and repair sketches.

JosefBurjeta

Re: Improvements to Onshape - November 22nd, 2024

I've been waiting for these features!! The sketch inspector it's such a time saver. And the flatten surface… well, it's like Christmas already!!

Misael

Re: Improvements to Onshape - November 22nd, 2024

I also like the sketch inspector a lot. A good CAD needs handy tools like this.

Urs_Egger_REACT

Exporting STEP file BUG

With the latest update:

When exporting complex geometry to a STEP file, onshape now generates a model with broken topology compared to the previous build. I've tested this with models that I have previously exported successfully in the previous build, now they look terrible.

jeff_nikitin

Re: Wood grain texture Custom Feature

This is would be one example, but being in the wood industry, it will be most helpful if we can apply the grain to almost any size of material. We use very long boards, and very tiny boards as well. It is hard to use this unless it is a specific size of material.

I was attempting to use the feature to show that there will be grain on these portions of the cabinet when viewed from the side for architectural drawings. The grain was not large enough to fit on all of the portions. I tried using the linear pattern and switching the grain up, but it would not come out quite right. I think being able to select how close together the grain is and to be able to pick any size of part, will be useful.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5022071/uploads/editor/79/tsemru5vgd04.jpg

Cache_River_Mill

New Custom Feature: Bounding Cylinder

I wanted to make primitive shapes of robot parts to play around with packaging. I found (and wrote) a Bounding Box FS, but there was nothing for Cylinders, and I now understand why. Determining the smallest cylinder that will completely enclose a group of bodies is non-trivial. Hopefully someone else finds this useful.

Link: Bounding Cylinder

joshtargo