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Re: I absolutely love Onshape!

Yeah the reason I don't post much of my FeatureScript endeavors on here is because there's a lot I can't demo. I did do some demos on Onshape's old podcast Innovator's Insider, but those are pretty old. The only video I know we have is from LiveWorx 2023, where I do a few quick demos on some specific custom features. But our workflow is more about the sum of its parts instead of focusing on a few custom features, and currently I can't demo that in its entirety.

I can talk about a few ways we've leveraged the API to work with templates and I can discuss some of the ways we've put attributes on parts to create a system where parts can talk to each other in order to enforce business rules. That might be better suited to a private message or a call. Shoot me a message if you have more questions.

chadstoltzfus

Re: Workflow for Tolerancing/Different Manufacturing Processes

Configurations sounds like what you are after. You could have one for 3d print, one for CNC.

Suggest using move-face features for your tolerancing. Then you can change the value with a configuration. Or, have one move face for CNC, and a second for 3d print. Then control their supression with the configuraion.

As a check, do you really need two versions? 3D printers are quite good these days. Holes still tend to come in a hair undersized, but the rest of the model is usually pretty good. Holes are usually for screw clearance, so even if undersize, they might still work.

nick_papageorge_dayjob

Re: Part naming/ID after breaking a part into three pieces

I'm not sure if the "assign identity" FS would help here (https://cad.onshape.com/documents/fcf31e8bc171b06037008400/v/7e1b5b2304e2bd6d9223a41a/e/e076332e1669ea9babcaf65b)… maybe worth a shot.

However I have to ask why you are combining into a single part and later trying to extract a single key from that… This seems like a strange workflow and I suspect there might be a better way of doing what you are trying to achieve but it's hard to tell without knowing what you are trying to do…

eric_pesty

Re: I absolutely love Onshape!

I did a set of stairs in Onshape then imported to VW. Now I originally modeled in VW and that was ok until someone decided to change the vertical height (fl to fl) by 1/2". The stairs shown I can adjust an inch up or down and everything updates, railings and all with just one dim change.