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Re: Mate : impact of the order of mate connector selection
Here is an example of what is good practice for a welded assembly:
All welded brackets (selections 1) are mounted on the main frame (selection 2) for each mate. In this case, the Main frame would be fix and all brackets mate to it.
A bad practice is to mate BracketA to MainFrame + mate MainFrame to BracketB + mate MainFrame to BracketC + mate MainFrame to BracketD + etc... In this case, the frame relates to many brackets rather than many brackets relate to a single part, the frame.
When the mate has freedom (not a fastened), I always place selection 1 as the part moving relatively to the other one (selection 2). Like a linear bearing with a slider mate onto a rail. Then a carriage would be fastened on the bearing, not the bearing fastened to the carriage. This way, the carriage is mounted onto the bearing, which is mounted sliding on the rail.
In the end, you should have a "chain" of mates showing what is mounted to what, not a "web" of mates going all directions!
I hope this is clear and it helps...
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Re: how to query for all vertexes in a mesh
Just for correctness/completeness, now (March 2025) we have evMeshPoints that will help a lot of the things you've been wanting to do.
Re: Requesting help to make lid
Looking at your document, it looks like you could make your life a lot easier by designing the various parts in a single part studio…
This would make it much easier to make the different parts fit together.
Re: Program SpaceMouse button to "clear selection"
The space bar is the default shortcut for "clear selection"…
Re: how to create a Torodial Helix on a Pretzel
There was also this one I wrote a while back for exactly this shape from this thread.
Re: Release Management System
Onshape natively can't do this, but the API has something called "webhooks" where an integrated application can receive notifications when certain things happen - such as a release - which could then trigger actions in your application. Its certainly not low hanging fruit, but it is possible.
https://onshape-public.github.io/docs/app-dev/webhook/
But from a workflow standpoint - if you export a DXF and upload it after a release, the file is always going to lag behind the release. If you go to some version, the DXF file in that version won't be of that version - it will be the previous version. It makes more sense to export/upload the DXF file before the release happens so that the file matches the model.
Re: Toggle selection behavior from multiple to regular Single select
I couldn't agree with Andreas enough. For somebody that doesn't use Onshape exclusively, the always on multiselect on the desktop is by far the most disruptive thing to my flow, and is my biggest pain point with the software. I will pay money for access to a setting somewhere that lets me multi select with CTRL instead.
I understand how it could be hard to empathize on something like this if Onshape is the only CAD you drive, but to me, the multi select default is the equivalent of somebody sneaking into your house every weekend and swapping the hot and cold pipes on all of your faucets. By Saturday afternoon, you'll only get scalded a third of the time, but life would just be a lot better if this wasn't the case.
