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BUG: Escape key closes browser tab
While I know that mobile browsers are not supported, I use an android device in desktop mode (full monitor, keyboard and mouse). This is reproduceable in both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. Only when in an Onshape document, if you press the ESC key on the keyboard, the browser tab will close.
This is quite frustrating when escaping from any command and the browser continues to close.
Re: Question about how to extend ridge.
If I understand your question, a sweep would work.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 29th, 2025
All good stuff but Query Variables is EPIC!!! It solves a huge issue I wrote like 3 featurescripts to overcome
Re: New Custom Feature: Selection Fillet
Hey @tim_o and @peter_van_westen sorry I missed your messages. I think you may have mentioned my old username so I didn't get notified. I came here today to declare this feature deprecated with the new release of Query Variables! Very happy to see the implementation of that one. I won't have to totally re-work my brain to use it.
Re: Notes, The Least Loved Part of Onshape
I had to do this shit exactly a few months ago. It hurt my soul...
ry_gb
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 29th, 2025
Query Variable is everything I'd ever hoped it would be 🥲 I think we can call Selection Fillet retired after 5 years in service 🫡 (*cue the forlorn trumpet music*)
Document notes is a huge one for collab, which Onshape is the best CAD on earth for!
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 29th, 2025
For years I've been wanting there to be something with the power of Grasshopper for Rhino, but in Onshape. Query Variables feels like an essential part of a very Onshape approach to this goal.
This isn't fully thought out, but what if there was a "pattern variable" or some other way of generating a list of inputs for other features? Patterning tools in Onshape are powerful, but having to essentially construct a weird For loop in Onshape with a variable feature like #P=#P+1 always feels a bit convoluted. I'd like to generate a list of dimensions, or dimensionless indices, or U/V vertices etc to drive features. Being able to do some math or calculations within the definition of that pattern variable would be great.
S1mon
Re: Notes, The Least Loved Part of Onshape
Speaking for annoying things with notes: wanna mention there is still no spellcheck in there? This one kills me considering we have spellcheck for feature names and virtually everything, except for the most important place!
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 29th, 2025
Prayers have been answered! Thank you. 😊Query Variables sounds pretty sweet. Looking forward to exploring that one.
Still looking for these requests to be filled:
*Add Internal guide/profiles to boundary surface
*Fix the Curve/Surface analysis tool to retain selections with final button (drops inputs depending on selections and scenarios)
*Improve sketch performance while using curvature constrains
*Sketch blocks
*Allow configurations to reference releases of parts and their configurations in an assembly
*G3 sketch constrain, surface end condition, and fillet/face blend option
