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Re: Home projects show and tell
Thanks for sharing them! I love this idea as a general thread. That french cleat (or whatever you'd call that) on the window sill pot is great
Re: Announcing The Onsherpa
Cool cool cool! also - the list of all your FS with gif animations: super nice! https://www.theonsherpa.com/custom-features
Re: How to turn these 3 sketches into a solid?
I checked your document and saw the picture of the joystick you are trying to model in the other tab. I don't believe you can get there with the approach you are trying. You probably have to model it with curves and surfaces. But they would not be 3 sketches like you have now. Each curve would represent the tangent line of an arc in the finished model, or where two surfaces meet.
Another approach… the joystick does not seem too organic… you may be able to "fake it" with traditional modeling. The center portion looks like a flat rectangle. The grip portions could be a sweep.
Fair warning, its difficult to model this joystick.
These 3 courses, starting with the curves course, will help you if you go the surfacing route:
Re: Sheet metal part turns into multiple parts.
Re: Why doesn't the spur gear feature script update properly when using a variable studio
Fixes and a bunch of other improvements are available here;
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/398504e1cabca3abfcaa15e3/v/1d36c50b57b151c16a98908c/e/362561dc150d4cef514ae2b9
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Re: CAM Studio
Another First Robotics mentor joining the chorus. Our students teach themselves to use Onshape in Project Lead the Way and woodshop, exporting to laser cutters and 3D Printers for coursework and hobby projects. But toolpaths for our CNC mill and router require a cumbersome export to Fusion or VCarve Pro. Give the thousands of FRC and FTC team members- the next generation of engineers- access to integrated CAM in high school and college and they will be Onshape customers for life.
Re: I absolutely love Onshape!
We are a high end custom cabinet manufacturer. Interestingly enough, we have used Onshape since 2017 with the understanding that it is not suited for architecture. That being said, we swapped over from Vectorworks because we saw the benefit in being able to customize Onshape using FeatureScript and the API.
Onshape is definitely not built for architectural design, but you can customize it so that it can be used for it. What we essentially did was superimpose a cabinetry CAD system over top of Onshape by developing a large suite of custom features. Very few of our original team understood how to use mechanical CAD software, but because we were able to make our own UI and workflow, they are now making large kitchens without any assistance.
I'm not necessarily saying that anyone coming over from the architectural world needs to build their own CAD system, but if there are hurdles in using Onshape because of the paradigm shift, there might be some custom features that would close that gap enough for you to enjoy the benefits of Onshape.
Re: making a female part over a male part with a tolerance
Boolean subtract with an offset.
I absolutely love Onshape!
After 20 years working with Architectural cad, working in Onshape is so enjoyable. I have projects in both architectural and mechanical. Onshape is not for architecture and that is ok. When I spend a few weeks on a mechanical project in Onshape then move on to an architectural project in my Architectural CAD. I immediately start hitting brick walls, crashes, broken links, etc. This is so profound and I never noticed this pain before as one gets used to it. The result of that experience is that now I have been moving my business to take on less or zero architecture inorder to take on more mechanical work just so I can work in Onshape.
The difference between old CAD paradigms and the new Onshape paradigm is just that great.
Re: I am so done with this...
What is the goal of the Robotics program at the school? I'm assuming at is core it would be to prepare the students for industry and engineering careers… I would agree with you Onshape is more of a professional tool than Fusion, so I would way it's worth both the additional cost and the additional learning curve.
