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Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
Can't wait to install the new service pack on all our computers and use these incredible new and improved features! 🤪
What? It's already available on all our licences without installing anything? 😮
More seriously, GREAT release! Really... 👏
What? It's already available on all our licences without installing anything? 😮
More seriously, GREAT release! Really... 👏
STEG
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Re: Sketching a circle to be extruded on a curved surface
You have several curved surfaces, and extrusions can do a lot of things. Can you sketch on a screenshot what you want to do?
S1mon
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Re: Sketching a circle to be extruded on a curved surface
If your curved surface is a cylinder, use wrap:
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/wrap.htm
Otherwise, you could extrude a sketch as a surface up to the curved surface and then use the split tool. Those tools will get your sketch onto the curved surface. But you can't extrude a 3D entity, so you should use move face or thicken. That will get you this:
Or, if your goal is just to have a cylinder poking out of the curved surface, sketch on another plane and then extrude up to face. That will get you this:
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/wrap.htm
Otherwise, you could extrude a sketch as a surface up to the curved surface and then use the split tool. Those tools will get your sketch onto the curved surface. But you can't extrude a 3D entity, so you should use move face or thicken. That will get you this:
Or, if your goal is just to have a cylinder poking out of the curved surface, sketch on another plane and then extrude up to face. That will get you this:
How do a dimension the true (diagonal) distance between two points on a drawing?
Hey folks,
I am truly stumped on how to get Onshape to dimension the true diagonal distance between two holes on a drawing. No matter what I've tried the dimension keeps snapping between the orthogonal horizontal and vertical. How can I get Onshape to show me the diagonal true distance between these holes?
Thanks!!!
I am truly stumped on how to get Onshape to dimension the true diagonal distance between two holes on a drawing. No matter what I've tried the dimension keeps snapping between the orthogonal horizontal and vertical. How can I get Onshape to show me the diagonal true distance between these holes?
Thanks!!!
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
Great updates, the exclude Configurations from Properties is a big shift, until now Onshape has seen every configuration as a new Part Number. If I understand it right, we can now have different geometrical configurations for the same Part Number which is a big win for the types of examples shown as well as other parts that have a 'before & after' geometry that we need to represent in models/drawings (i.e. pop rivets, nutserts, solid rivets, pressure sensitive adhesive tape, cable ties, etc.). I hope this message gets across loud and clear as the name 'Exclude from properties' does not tell the whole story of this improvement for Configurations.
Lots of other really good stuff in here, keep it up Onshape.
Lots of other really good stuff in here, keep it up Onshape.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
It's not, but my intention is to tidy it up and release it. What it is doing is making sure the cross-section and therefore volume stays constant (there's also a little bit of "artistic license" in there to make the o-rings look nice in drawings).sebastian_glanzner said:That "Squeeze" FeatureScript you use for the o-rings looks very interesting, is this public?
NeilCooke
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Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
Ooooh! Applying geometric tolerances directly to faces is a great improvement! It makes it much easier to read when there's faces that are offset by 0,1mm to be the contact face or if it is just a small area on a surface that is the contact area and thus needs tighter tolerances.
Thanks an incredible amount!
Thanks an incredible amount!
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
Happy Birthday to me!!! Holy smack there is soooo many goodies here! I've been waiting for the "exclude from properties" option using work arounds to have different colours on a product that has a variable config option. This is spectacular! Love the revert history for one tab, Mid line and auto adjust dimension updates!!! Uter brilliance thank you!!
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
It's simple, but I think I'm going to like the mid-point line.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 12th, 2024
Thanks for the updates! Especially "Exclude configuration from properties". I love the midpoint line too!