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Improvement Request: Change a variable scope
When working on a part I often create variables that I later find would have been better defined in a variable studio or as a configuration variable. I think it would be nice if I could select a variable and change it to a configuration variable, a variable table, or a part studio — options would depend on where the variable is currently defined.
Re: Vehicle coordinate system
Here's the link to the improvement request I made earlier:
Maybe other automotive/naval/aerospace designers could add their support to it?
Re: Routing curve & Control point curve - Introduction of two new features for 3D curve creation
Chris, sounds like your "route curve" parametrics are held together with duct tape and hope
Re: Improvements to Onshape - December 13th, 2024
This line of the changelog was accidentally added and has been removed. There was no change to how pre-selection works for sketches in this release.
Re: Vehicle coordinate system
@martin_kopplow thanks for taking the time to reply! Makes more sense now! :)
Re: Improvements to Onshape - December 13th, 2024
Great job guys! Love the Santa gift box 🎁😃
Re: EDITING TOOLS IN ONSHAPE DRAWINGS
Eric. I've been putting the whole format in one sketch which eliminates placement of individual sketches in the drawing. I also add an outline box around the border the same size as drawing size then delete in the drawing template to get centering. As to the dynamic notes that include part or drawing properties, well I just eyeball as best I can.
Title block can be a separate tab and derived into each format if you like.
Re: EDITING TOOLS IN ONSHAPE DRAWINGS
There are not many geometry editing tools within drawings at the moment. You will have to do it the old fashioned way of using the line tool and snapping. You can draw long horizontal lines and vertical ones and use them as guides that you can move around. You can also draw small lines and use them as measurement guides to get a consistent border width.
Can mass properties of parts be accessed in the context of an assembly?
I'm looking to export a list of mass, volume and centroid of all of the parts in an assembly. As far as I can tell endpoint: /assemblies/d/{did}/{wvm}/{wvmid}/e/{eid}/massproperties, only allows to show the mass properties of the entire assembly.
From there I explored getting the assembly definition, and looping over every part, transforming it's mass properties into the assembly. Here i ran into a road block where standard content parts don't appear to have any mass in calls to endpoint: /partstudios/d/{did}/{wvm}/{wvmid}/e/{eid}/massproperties
Can anyone suggest a way to get properties of occurrences in an assembly? OR to get the true mass properties of a standard content part?
Re: 3dconnexion space and cadmouse question before I buy!
I've been using a similar setup for some time, though I always preferred the wired types. The simple models (Those with just the 'knob' and not much keys) appeared to be more robust, possibly due to the old drivers. I'd be careful and try befor I use them today: On current Linux MINT I couldn't get it to run yet. I also know of no alternative driver.