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Re: Making dimensions EQUAL = whilst in a sketch

Yeah, Onshape doesn't do dimension relations. But you can make a variable on the fly.

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Or you can use constraints.

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Matt_Shields

Re: Perspective View

I don't know for Onshape (never tested) but I remember that when using Autodesk Inventor, perspective view was pulling so much graphic power from my GPU (which was recent and powerful) that I stopped using it.

STEG

Re: Creating materials while we work

Let me add the following: Updating a material library while at work is not currently possible, because updated libraries only come available after closing and re-opening a project. For now, I keep a copy of my material library on my PC, open as a spreadsheet, and edit that when I run into a new material, and whenever I have a few new entries, I save s a.csv and update the OS custom library with that. But that can't be it, right?

martin_kopplow

Creating materials while we work

I am just in the process of assigning materials to parts I imported from clients and vendors. They appear to come without material definition most of the time. So I research the material, then update the parts.

The help says:

The values specified are used to calculate Mass properties. Note that the material Name and value are not stored for future use with other parts, but you can enter the same information for other parts if you wish.

Yepp, I want to calculate their mass and maybe run a simulation on them later. But as the help file already states: I have to input all the custom values for all the parts manually time and again (or create a new material library). Is it only me, or is that a generally pretty tedious method to handle this? I feel there should be at least a "Copy Material" option for when I need the german material name, so I could just copy an existing material and assign the correct name, and there should be an "Add to custom library" button so I can create a new material as I work and then re-use these material for other parts. The material library that comes with OS is just not as comprehensive and not as multilingual as to ignore this requirement.