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Re: How would I add features to a loft?
Draw a profile of the cut out above the part then use the split tool for a cut out.
Re: Standard Content - Edit Appearance
Bumping this again. The standard content feature is so very useful, but the appearance of fasteners is important to my models. Would love the option to edit appearance!
Re: Newbie question: How can I center 2 parts in an Assembly ... at a fixed offset distance?
@eric_pesty, I'll clarify: I meant that I didn't understand the options in the planar constraint dialog (tragically misinterpreted the axes) and so put together a tedious but effective workaround to compensate for my lack of understanding. D'OH! Thanks for the jolt of reality! Much appreciated.
Re: ChatGPT/Copilot for FeatureScript?
Interesting thread!
I've actually had great luck with some simpler FS directly in chatGPT, 4o was the last model I used it on. I have not tried 5 yet. Using the trick that @joshtargo mentioned to ask chatGPT to improve on the prompt is excellent. Not only for FS prompts ;)
It can have a few syntax bugs here and there, usually quick to fix. I find it can definitely be a good basis for something to work off.
I have not had luck at all with anything at all useful from Gemini.
My top tip:
I have such trouble reading long debug outputs of nested queries and maps, it just becomes a wall of text in the debug window - copy-paste the debug output into chatGPT, ask it to format it nicely with indentation and colors. Sooo easy to read now!
wille_j
Product Design Happy Hour: Chicago (September 11th, 6pm CDT)
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Network with Chicago's top hardware innovators & product design professionals while hearing directly from our guest speaker, Joshua Newth from Reframe Systems, as he presents how his team utilizes Onshape to offer innovative housing solutions.
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Re: Newbie question: How can I center 2 parts in an Assembly ... at a fixed offset distance?
@bernard_hymmen, not sure what you mean by
"A planar constraint with an input for an offset distance would have been exactly perfect for this. But since that doesn't seem to exist,…"
You can definitely offset mates (in the mate dialogue itself as well as by editing the mate connector themselves)…
You can also use parallel mates with limits so it seems like you made your life a lot harder than it had to be…
Re: Help with mating options
The Onshape way definitely takes some getting used to but it's well worth getting familiar with it. You will need to get familiar with editing mate connectors to get the most of out of it.
I have a video series on mates and mate connectors going over topics that I find aren't well explained in the Onshape docs… The interface has changed a bit since but it's still relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUVFq7tixKM&t=4s
I would also recommend watching this excellent video from Evan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wY8TWjjd0
The beauty of the Onshape method of using only one mate between two parts (in 95% of cases) is that you don't run into conflicting mates nearly as much, and it's much easier to fix issues when they come up.
Re: Sketch - pattern a spline
Almost ten years later. I still can't pattern a spline. 😂