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Re: Custom Feature: Frame Trim/Extend
I think the only way this could be done is if frame trim allowed for multiple faces to be selected, which currently it doesn't AFAIK. Seems like a useful feature to have though!
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 7th, 2025
I'll echo that the addition of configurable visibility of specific options is a game-changer, but currently because you cannot select the whole range of options it's quite limited. I appreciate the workaround, I might implement that for something I'm working on if a fix isn't pushed soon.
Re: Offset tool on Text?
Dissapointing that this feature has not been added almost 8 years later.
Would be a good ticket item for an intern.
Offset tool on Text?
I'm designing a thingamabob to print on my 3D printer. I want to print and object, then have a text inlay printed as a separate part that snaps into the first part. I'm new at 3D printing, but I'm comfortably certain that I need to allow a small gap between the text inlay and the hole for the text inlay. So I was thinking that I'd create a text object in the sketch, then use the offset tool to create the gap, extrude both, use the boolean function to cut the text-plus-offset out of the first part, then remove the offset extrusion and have my text part remain.
But I can't get the offset tool to work with a text object in a sketch. Am I missing something here, or am I just out of luck?
Can't drag Documents to Folders since new update
Since the latest update, dragging and dropping Documents to subfolders no longer works. Documents in the currently open folder are shown in the bottom pane, subfolder in the top pane, and there seems to be no way to drag and drop between them.
I now have to right-click the Document and use 'Move to'
Is there a way around this?
Re: Auto arrange dimensions in sketch
Umm.. It would.. But how? Dimensions in a sketch are where you place them. I tend to try and lay them out as I would on a drawing. How should they be arranged? What would 'correct arrangement' look like?
Re: Sketches Created in Featurescript No Longer Appearing Under Feature
Oh interesting that makes sense. Thanks for reporting back on your fix. It really helps people with similar issues searching the forum.
Re: Sketches Created in Featurescript No Longer Appearing Under Feature
The problem turns out to be due to how the Id was being formed, I believe because the Id hierarchy was being broken. Fixing the Id assignments resolved the issue.
Re: How to achieve parametric- or feedback friendly design using frames
I have a variable for the frame size, and the frame is square tubing, so I could have done some stuff with 1/2 the frame size, but I didn't really consider that until I had gone down this path. If/when I do a lot more frames, I'll certainly plan things out a little differently.
I'd also like to see some more flexibility with the frames feature, like the IR that I shared. I could also see things where a reference could be two points so I don't need to add 3D Fit Splines or Sketches or Routing Curves to add elements between some existing points/verticies.
I'm sure that people that use Frames all the time have more wishes.
S1mon
Re: How to achieve parametric- or feedback friendly design using frames
@S1mon I've got a number of projects I'm juggling right now where all the frame bodies are defined by edges or faces of solids and I'm currently getting around the cornering problem by moving faces in by half a frame width but that's not gonna be stable if I decide to change the frame standards at any point. All of these things are reasons I'm weighing a refactoring of the frames tool but to do it the way I'd really like I would need the ability to make a separate tab for the surface body definitions required to implement "simultaneous frames" like was done for sheet metal. That would definitely require some prerequisites to be met by the internal dev team at Onshape though.
