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Autogenerate Release Names

Hello,

Is there a way to auto generate release names such as 2024-### ? I see ways to generate part numbers, drawing numbers, assemblies and even "items" but I can't seem to find a way to generate release names to make them consistent. I have a spreadsheet I use, however it's another thing I have to manage.

Adam

left_side

Re: Autogenerate Release Names

As far as I know, no. Seems like a great improvement request.

S1mon

Rendering Named Positions? Decals?

Are Named Positions supported in Render Studio?

What about Decals added in Part Studios?

Unless I'm missing something obvious, I will create some improvement requests.

S1mon

Re: Sheet metal models and featurescript

https://cad.onshape.com/FsDoc/library.html#opMergeContexts-Context-Id-map

opMergeContext is probably the answer you are looking for. It can bring in a sheet metal model and maintain the flat pattern/sheet metal context.

I don't have enough experience with this specific workflow to know the issues/caveats, but doing this does make the flat pattern visible in the main context until you add another sheet metal feature to the tree.

Caden_Armstrong

Re: Routing curve & Control point curve - Introduction of two new features for 3D curve creation

@NeilCooke @GregBrown

How will this new routing curve interact with the Cable/Wire Routing features in development? It seems like there are useful innovations in each of them, but the ideas haven't been harmonized. Will they stay fully separate or will some of the ideas get cross-pollinated?

S1mon

Re: Sheet metal models and featurescript

Not being able to derive a live sheet metal model is a current limitation, but it is actively being worked on.

ilya_baran

Re: tons of edged/lines

You've imported a part with lots of edges/lines, so what we see is exactly what was to be expected. STL format only supports parts made up of triangles, so there cannot be any smooth surfaces in an STL part. You'll need to redesign the part based on the import. For such a simple part it should take just minutes, though.

martin_kopplow

Re: Routing curve & Control point curve - Introduction of two new features for 3D curve creation

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/106105#Comment_106105

In fact we pushed a subsequent update where there is a choice of triad axis alignment:

GregBrown

Re: Can I put dashed lines on a drawing?

Hello. I'm feeling a bit frustrated by this. I was trying to follow the suggested method here, but then I discovered that this only works for parts, not assemblies. I want to simply draw a box to bring attention to an area on the assembly, and I'd like to have the box drawn with dotted lines, so as not to be confused with the actual line drawing. The fact that one cannot manually add lines with at least some form of dotted, dashed, etc., characteristic seems incredibly inept to me. Yes, work on getting the tools to be smart and do this the "right", and while you're doing that, leave me some decent dumb tools that can allow me to pick up the slack.

If there's something that I'm missing, I'd be delighted to be informed.

fyorge

Re: Routing curve & Control point curve - Introduction of two new features for 3D curve creation

Yeah, Bad design. It should add if add is checked. Otherwise it's not intuitive. Consistency over confusion.

Nick_Holzem