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Re: Cutting dimensions for tubes, parallel to the tube.
Here's how I work around this purely in the drawing (no part studio sketch)
- Within the drawing Draw "2point centerline" line on the edge parallel to the dimension you want, it will snap to the edge
- Stretch that line beyond the cut end
- Draw another "2point centerline", first clicking from the vertex at the long end of the cut, secondly hover over the previous line and you find it snaps at 90degrees
- You can now measure to this second line
- I also add angle measurement between the two "2point centerline" lines for clarity. Be wary if you change the part this angle will change, you will have to redo it
Another nice point about this is you can dimension the cut angle from this 90degree line, as a typical saw would be set.
Re: different parts to combine
Or you didn't have merge checked on when you did the extrusion
MDesign
Re: The one thing I HATE about OnShape.
I do hate potholes too. 😂 But your right technically not a Complaint toward onshape....but I guess it could be depending on your point of view. My ISP is the only choice we have so I can't be using the wrong one. Ha.. Starlink night be possible. Haven't checked into that in a while. Redundant connection makes sense in theory. But doesn't make sense until my life depends on it. Might not even resolve the issue I'm having tbh since it would just be a second line from the same stupid company.
MDesign
Re: Assembly not updating after changes made in parts studio within same document.
Also if all the parts from one part studio are not moving relative to each other, you can use the "insert as rigid" option and then any new parts from that part studio will be added automatically.
Assembly not updating after changes made in parts studio within same document.
I created several parts studio's , one is quite complex with multiple parts, drawn in situ. I then added the parts studios to an assembly studio within the same document. For the multipart, complex part studio, I imported all parts at once and Grouped them to maintain thier relationship to each other. I am also creating drawings from the assembly studio. I discovered some errors and went back to the main parts studio and made several changes, including making new parts. These changes were not reflected in the assembly(at least the new parts do not appear). I tried to create a revision of the parts studio, but the blue update circle in the assembly is not active.
Is there an easy way to update this parts assembly, or do i have to insert each new part individually and fasten them in the assembly?
update:
NEVER MIND. I inserted and fastened each new part. it wasn't as bad as i thought.it would be.
Re: Optics: Custom Feature
That looks awesome!
I second @S1mon 's request for a lambertian distribution (I guess under the "Rays/Shape"?)
Another thing that could be super useful would if there was a way to visualize a "heatmap" on the target.
I can see how that could be tricky to do but maybe dividing the target surface in x sub-surfaces and applying a color based on the relative number of hits/area? Or even doing it manually for each selected target (i.e. do a zero offset surface of each one and apply a color based on density of hits).
Re: The one thing I HATE about OnShape.
That is a fair complaint, but to be fair, it isn't really something you hate about Onshape. It's something you hate about your ISP, right? It's like saying you hate your car because of potholes 😉.
Re: Optics: Custom Feature
This looks great. The one immediate request I would have is how to better simulate typical lambertian LED dispersion patterns.
S1mon
Re: The one thing I HATE about OnShape.
You're using the wrong ISP, then.
I have been using a node locked locally installed CAD for years, if not decades. Guess what happened, when the network failed one day!
"Cannot refresh the license lease. Contact your system administrator! Launch in read only mode?"
Seems I wasn't much better off , then … ;0)
Re: How to Reference Individual Sketch Entities
sketchEntityQuery(id + "sketch1", EntityType.BODY, sketchEntityId)
To the Onshape dev who made this one: why doesnt this one start with q? qSketchEntityQuery follows naming conventions…or better yet, qSketchEntity?
