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Re: Cut List (New Custom Feature!)
Hey @joe_fisher391, glad you like it! 😎 These ideas were simple yet important enough that I went ahead and pushed an update to support some new functionality. As far as the rounding goes, try changing the Round table values to 0.0625 in. This will help ensure you don't get 80/256.
Update!
Measure cut list - Custom feature
- Use part names (STATIC): Uses the part name of the first part in each entities selection as the table id value. NOTE: Part names will not auto update due to the way FeatureScript works; you will have to manually open the feature and press the circular update button.
- Map longest to: Maps the longest measurement of the part to the specified column in the table.
- Map shortest to: Maps the shortest measurement of the part to the specified column in the table.
Re: Why I cannot give dimension to a circle?
Late to the party but the "image" FS lets you place manipulators to set a reference dimension for scaling the image.:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f7a45d78c374497d37c1d2cb/v/e55cc4b62eaac7ef75039ab2/e/af89d519b2985176cfd7eb55
Re: Why I cannot give dimension to a circle?
oh nice. added. now all I gotta do is remember that I added it next time. ha. Even has a transparency adjustment as a bonus. thanks.

Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 10th, 2025
Wow, the configuration thing with conditions etc is all what I was waiting for! Great stuff
Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 10th, 2025
Configurations is the start of a series of features we have been waiting for. Awesome!!!
THANK YOU!

Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 10th, 2025
The configuration update - Absolute game changer. Biggest game changer since Minecraft added the Bundle.

Improve UI for parametrized models: Display expressions
I'm working on an object with a lot of parametrization. On most parts, numbers don't really mean anything/I'd like to see the expressions, but I always have to activate that setting when entering a sketch. I think the user experience can be improved here.
I would like to have a way to enable the "Show expressions" option on sketches by default. Either for my user, or for a document or by sketch. I think from a user standpoint it would also make sense if, when you open a sketch, it restores the options which were activated the last time this sketch was open.
Even when working with extrudes, I'd prefer to see the used expressions instead of numbers in its settings. For example for one extrude, it shows as 3mm depth with a starting offset of 4mm. Only when clicking in the fields, it shows as #lid_stabilizer_thickness or #lid_thickness_inner_part. This makes me think I hardcoded something I didn't intend to. This is unclear display. As a minimum, I'd like to have at least an icon or something else indicating that the value shown is the result of an expression.
Re: Do default view style toggles work for you?
To be fair, I didn't know about it either until I asked.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 10th, 2025
I'm so pumped about the update to configurations!
Re: IMPROVEMENT - Dragging configurations
Agreed, and when moving up several options, especially across several documents where we might have similar configuration lists, this can take a chunk of time. I actually wrote some JS that you can copy/paste into the console of the web inspector that at least automates it to some extent. Here it is, if it's helpful.
To use, open the inspector in Chrome (press F12 on your keyboard)
Click on the three dots next to the config parameter you want to move
Press Ctrl + Shift + C
Click on Move up/move down (depending on which direction you want to move it in
Copy and paste this code and put it into the Console in the web inspector (change count to the amount of spots you want to move the param)
$move = $0;
const sleep = (delay) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
const repeatedMove = async () => {
count = 5; // CHANGE THIS TO HOW MANY SPACES YOU WANT IT TO MOVE UP OR DOWN
i = 0;
while(count != 0)
{
if(document.getElementsByClassName("working-progress").length == 0)
{
$move.click();
count -= 1;
console.log("moved");
}
console.log(i);
i += 1;
if(i > 500)
break;
await sleep(1000);
}
console.log("done");
}
repeatedMove();
Press enter and it should start moving the param