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Re: Routing curve & Control point curve - Introduction of two new features for 3D curve creation
Some more issues:
- This is likely a universal thing in Onshape, but if I use my mouse wheel to dial up the degree of a control point curve to where I get an error because it's too high of a degree for the number of CVs, I can't roll the mouse wheel back down to fix it. I have to type in a new number.
- The way that mate connectors are being used for references in these features is different than in Bridging curve. Bridging curve uses the Z direction as a tangent reference. There are times when X or Z would be preferable in either tool, but it should be more consistent.
- If I use an implicit mate connector for a routing point, they seem to disappear and there's no way to go back and edit them.
- It's very confusing when points end up on top of one another. There are situations where it's ok, but there should be more clear indication and possibly a special type of point selector to deal with it.
- It would be really nice to scroll through the selected point numbers in order to tweak X,Y,Z and/or weight values
- The new buttons in the dialogs have the text vertical alignment up a bit high. If you compare the [Final] button and the [Elevate] button, the final button has the text biased towards the bottom, and the others are biased towards the top.
- The selected point number sometimes doesn't update right away. Opening and editing a previously completed feature, and then deleting points can leave the selected point number larger than the actual number of points.
- It would be nice if the "add point on axis drag" changed the manipulator in some way so that the different mode was more obvious.
- It would be great if the add point on axis drag - when in the middle of curve - would avoid creating zig-zag control polygons. I pretty much never want to create zig-zags. You could look at the bounding boxes of the current point and the next point, and the current point and the previous point. If these bounding boxes are non-overlapping (except at the current point) then you can figure out where to add a point by which bounding box the manipulator passes through.
- Adding points in the middle of Bézier curves in 2D sketcher only lets you do so on the control polygon legs. With the 3D control point curve it's only at a control point or beyond the end. It makes a certain amount of sense to be able to do either with the 3D mode.
- Elevating a closed control point curve gives an error message and makes the feature red even though nothing has changed. If I manually tweak the degree of the curve, it resets the error.
- It would be great if any/all of the inputs were configurable.
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Re: Add a second hollow cylinder to my part studio - I can't edit the second copy independently
Don't make identical parts in part studio typically. Go to an assembly and insert twice then set position with mates.
If you need to modify the second one then do something like a mirror of the first part and edit the mirrored object
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/37dacc319bdf48d77d63b03c/w/0f49ba2992840bc1a16e1451/e/a5ea68ec3275ffd66cd1703e
Clarify configuration UI/terminology
At the risk of coming off pedantic but in the hope that others might find this useful, and the doc/UI can be updated, I've been dissecting why understanding configurations has caused me so much trouble given I'm a computer scientist very familiar with variables, scopes, nesting, and, well, configurations.
After struggling with this for quite a while it's boiled down to inconsistent use of "input" and "configuration" and "configurations" in the UI and documentation.
From Configurations (onshape.com) it seems each part studio/assembly has a collection of inputs — THE configuration (note "A configuration" implies there might be more). Given that configuration is a 1:1 attribute of its host, the word "Configurations" should not appear anywhere in the UI. A configuration is not a distinct entity that can be listed/manipulated.
This seems minor but it is HUGE to a newbie's understanding of the relationships for this super cool/powerful capability. If you look at a part studio's configuration panel there is a tab called "Configurations". This immediately contradicts the documented structure -- the part studio has "A configuration", why is there a list? Looking inside that tab there is an entry called Configuration (cause I clicked Configure Part Studio). But there doesn't appear to be an Add Configuration affordance. Well now my mind is hurting. I have a list of configurations (plural), but I shouldn't cause there's only one, But I have a list. I can't add another configuration, I can't add the other inputs (variables, checkboxes, lists) to the displayed Configuration. It's not readily apparent that Configuration is just a List and the confusing name is just a default (or can be changed).
Next there is a Add configuration input (are there non-configuration kinds of input?). Click and get a "List input 1" added. So now I think that a configuration input is a list input. But wait, that button is actually a menu so I pop it open and there are other things that are not called out as "inputs" and some force a naming while others don't. Related, are Lists so popular that they should be the immutable default for that button? And why change the name/location of the button?
Suggestions (these apply to both part studios and assemblies):
- rename the tab from "Configurations" to "Inputs". That's just a bug IMO.
- rename the button (in all cases) to "Add input" and don't move it around between the empty and non-empty states. Just adds to concept count and confusion.
- the default List name just be "List #" in ALL cases. Get rid of "input" (inconsistently added precision causes confusion) and don't name the default one "Configuration" (it's not a/the configuration at all)
- scrub the doc for use of "configurations" For example, Assembly Configurations (onshape.com) has "you can create your own configurations inside an Assembly". No you can't. An assembly has a configuration whether you want it or not. You can add inputs to an assembly's (singular) configuration.
Overall, configuration is a complex topic so anything you can do to reduce the concept count, and the apparent complexity will be a boon for users.
Re: How to Copy a Part from One Document to Another for Subtraction?
The derive feature. Between documents you'll just need to make sure that the source document has a version.
Re: How to configure parts when inserting *sub* assembly
Thanks @eric_pesty. Like most of the configuration stuff I've encountered so far, it makes sense once you know.
Re: How to configure parts when inserting *sub* assembly
You have to configure the sub assembly with config variables and set the values of your part config variables to use them.
Re: Warning and Issue with Two Co-linear Opposing Tapped Holes
Did you try it with a counterbore holes instead of separate features for the shoulder cutouts?
If you're seeing an error you should submit a support ticket.
Re: Seeming Bug
You might just be hitting the limit on the number of constraints in a single sketch.
I've run into it when doing a sketch laying out a bunch of text. And it caused the sketch to become "randomly" unsolvable when adding anything even with no constraints.
The solution is to break up your sketch into several simpler sketches.
Re: Adding a flange to a Sheet Metal Model along a seem
This is crude and does leave a relief in the corner but makes and overlap flange.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/19bd1aecb91f31b0f7641e60/w/34bcf3d22044673707415471/e/690e3cad5881aa7327268ff1
Adding a flange to a Sheet Metal Model along a seem
I would like to add a flange on the seam shown. I would like to add a flange to the vertical piece to tuck under the horizontal piece for easier welding a stronger joint. However, it just shows up red when I hit the Flange function in the sheet metal tools and click on that seam.
How can I add a flange?
