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Re: Composite Parts - how to use them?
Having to know what to look for when inserting into an assembly is a bit awkward for composites as well. I kinda feel like the insert dialog should default to all parts/composite parts/sketches/assemblies and allow you to uncheck things to filter. I found myself momentarily confused why my composite part wasn't showing up in the insert part dialog at first.
S1mon
Re: Composite Parts - how to use them?
Yes. It's a bit odd. It seems more like what was happening in Solidworks land. "Let's add some kinda useful functionality, but don't think it all the way through."
Unless we're just working on science fiction, all of our parts have mass. In my case, one of our product's key metrics is overall weight, so it's nice to track the mass of everything. I'm sure we're not unique.
Your reminder of the subassembly options really seals this in for me for now. Until the BOM "no value" mass oversight (bug) gets fixed, we'll stick with assemblies, but our BOM and naming will treat it more like a part.
My understanding of the closed composite behavior is that it's more useful for things where you have a ton of parts (e.g. a PCBA import) and want to simplify the load on Onshape by creating one dumb part. I'm sure there are other interesting uses, but that's the one place I've found it helpful.
S1mon
Re: Methodology for building a part which interfaces to a point cloud?
My, perhaps unprofessional, approach would be to spend a lot of time taking measurements, making templates, etc. then recreate that area in a model and then model off of that. Would it be feasible to print a shape/part to fit around the strut and have slots in the circular face of that part to fit rods that can be extended to meet the wing to provide most of the measurements? - Scotty
Re: Roman Romaniuta
If this is happening consistently when trying to open a document, something on your machine or in your network is blocking websockets.
Is it possible to disable the automatic "suggestions" for the merge scope of a hole?
When I add a hole, OnShape will auto-populate the merge scope of that hole. Sometimes this is useful, other times it extends the merge of the hole well beyond what I want it to be, which can be frustrating to have to delete multiple items from the merge scope list when I just want the hole to go all the way through one or two parts, not every part that hole could theoretically touch in a continuous straight line.
Further, there have been multiple times where I've gone in to edit the parameters/dimensions/etc of a hole, and after making those edits, the merge scope changes itself to include more parts. This is incredibly frustrating and has led to multiple instances where that change in merge scope causes problems in other parts that I don't catch until much later into the design process (one time after a small edit request by a machinist almost led to a catastrophe when that hole change edited multiple parts it wasn't previously set to edit).
Is there a way to turn this off? I'd much rather just have to manually select the relevant parts every time I make a hole instead of risking these problems.
Re: Please add all 1710 Google Fonts to onShape
Good fonts cost money (assuming you license them properly).
Fonts designed for 2D printing don't immediately translate to Onshape for 3D NURBS modeling based on Parasolid. There are many cases where fonts have shapes touching at points or paths that overlap. These issues cause problems with extruding glyphs. It takes time and effort to tune a font for use in mechanical CAD.
It's easier for Onshape to focus on ME CAD stuff and let users export and fix stuff out of Illustrator or Inkscape or whatever.
Would it be nice to have more good fonts for Onshape, yes. Is this not happening because Onshape is being lazy or doesn't care, no.
S1mon
Re: Please add all 1710 Google Fonts to onShape
S1mon
Re: Engineering Change Notices / New Part Introductions & OnShape
Currently, for our internal ECN and NPI processes, we really only use the Released management fuctions but have two custom properties: one for "Approvers" and one for "Approval Date," as we require external customer approval frequently. We also have a custom property for the ECN/NPI reference, which is shown in our revision table.
The details of an ECN/NPI are tracked using Smartsheet forms, which monitor reference numbers, stages, and other relevant information.
One of the challenges we face with Onshape is that to have non-CAD users (such as approvers) involved in the approval process, you need to have an Enterprise account. However, since we need approval from many external customers, this setup doesn’t work for us, and we’ve had to find workarounds.
A little off topic but additionally, from my past experience, very few PLM/MES/ERP software providers cater to SMEs without requiring a large upfront commitment. Most providers I’ve contacted expect a minimum purchase of five licenses, which makes it difficult for small businesses like ours. Even Arena, which integrates well with Onshape, has this same limitation, and that’s been quite disappointing.
Nath_McC