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Re: Geometry Cleanup in Onshape
Fill or Move boundary internally can indeed basically untrim an internal hole. See some of the comments in this thread: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/94606/#Comment_94606
@GregBrown Wrote an "Extract" custom feature which will give you the original untrimmed surface. It can be super useful for clean up like this.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f8e393009542906a221a138d/v/0161e182089acc773545385b/e/4416c4ba1a98791153984a83
@GregBrown Wrote an "Extract" custom feature which will give you the original untrimmed surface. It can be super useful for clean up like this.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f8e393009542906a221a138d/v/0161e182089acc773545385b/e/4416c4ba1a98791153984a83
S1mon
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Re: Mate connector not showing up in assembly?
eric_pesty said:I think what happened is that the "owner" of the mate connector is the sketch and not the part.. If you used the sketch to define the MC it would define to be owned by the sketch by default (which didn't use to be an option).jerry_berns465 said:Also having the issue of missing mate connector in assembly.Simple box shape with a polygon (hex) shape extrude cut through the box.Turn on the hex sketch visibility and then added the mate connector at the center.Place the part into an assembly, but the mate connector does not appear.If this is not a bug, can someone explain why the mate connector is not available?Regards,Jerry
In this example I am not sure why you would need to define an explicit mate connector at the center of the hex when there is an implicit MC right there always available...
This toally solved the problem for me. As soon as I changed the owner in the mate connector feature to the part, it showed up in the assembly.
THANKS!!!
Rob_Ku
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Re: Mate connector not showing up in assembly?
The reason I made the MC at the part studio was because it was nearly impossible to use the implied MC while in the assembly. I could hover over the edge of the hex hole, but could not find any way to snap to the center of the hex hole. Only after tilting the model so that the hex was nearly seen from on edge could the center be selected.
If there is a better way to select the center of a hex hole, I would really appreciate seeing a video.
Maybe if OS had some kind of snap cycling it would be easier.
Re: Mate connector not showing up in assembly?
If there was an implicit mate, it'd make no sense, of course, but I suppose the above just an example. Yes, in the above sample, it could be because the owner was a sketch. I'll try to keep a eye open for that. There are reasons to put explicit mate connectors on parts, though, for example as a mark for later arrangements in the assembly, and because implicit mates tend to be compromised by features such as fillets or drafts. Since these mates would be potentionally important for downstream work, they should be permanent, and it is crucial to understand why and when they might disappear and how to avoid.
Them just disapperaing without a notice is a probably the worst option.
Re: Drawings so slow they are unusable.
Please open a support ticket with more details and share the doc so we can investigate, thanks.Engineering_Team said:Did this ever get resolved in any way? We have been suffering from similar issues as of late and it is hindering project mocement.
Re: Protrusion Mirroring Issue
When originally extruding the tabs, make them as "new" not "add". Then mirror them as "part". You can optionally merge them to the main solid within the mirror tool using "add", or merge them afterwards with a union.
Example:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b983fc34b69e5d46edfc444e/v/247dbf6f5c8a96f36cfd357b/e/e86a8babdfe0930bbed39fb5
Since this "tab" is just a simplification of a more complicated shape, such as a hinge, finishing it completely as a separate part and then mirroring the final hinge will save a lot of time compared to mirroring it early and then doing the hinge details on both sides.
Also check out the shell command. Your overall approach to this box is a lot more complicated than it needs to be.
Example:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b983fc34b69e5d46edfc444e/v/247dbf6f5c8a96f36cfd357b/e/e86a8babdfe0930bbed39fb5
Since this "tab" is just a simplification of a more complicated shape, such as a hinge, finishing it completely as a separate part and then mirroring the final hinge will save a lot of time compared to mirroring it early and then doing the hinge details on both sides.
Also check out the shell command. Your overall approach to this box is a lot more complicated than it needs to be.
Re: Help me extrude a QR Code
Inkscape:
Onshape:
Re: Improvements to Onshape - July 19th, 2024
I already have an improvement request to control what is selectable in Render Studio. I almost never want to apply an Appearance to a face, and yet it is the easiest thing to do.
S1mon
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Re: Improvements to Onshape - July 19th, 2024
These render studio improvements are fantastic. I can tell you guys have put a lot of love into it.
One suggestion, when box selecting, I never want to select faces, and render studio takes FOREVER if you accidentally apply materials to faces instead of parts. This makes box selections basically unusable. It would be great if faces were not selected when you window select a group of parts. Perhaps this could be default behavior.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - July 19th, 2024
S1mon said:Yes! Thanks for the reminder. One that stood out to me that wasn't covered in the post:sebastian_glanzner said:The changelog has so many small fixes and improvements.
"Support setting ‘Perspective’ and ‘Highlight boundary edges’ as defaults"
------Agreed this was a key thing to add - one that I’ve been advocating! It is a real quality of life improvement.
