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Re: How to select the farthest point on an item in a sketch?
or put a point on the curve and constrain it horizontal to the center, which is what the other response meant.
Re: Sketch could not be solved - Maximum size sketch
Custom features are very safe in Onshape. When a custom feature is "public", you can copy it and add it to your own account, but you won't see if updates are available.
STEG
Re: How to split a part at a feature such as dovetails?
draw a sketch in the shape of your dovetail. Extrude it as a surface through your part and use it to split it in two.
MDesign
Re: Sketch could not be solved - Maximum size sketch
Custom features are very safe. They only get updated when the end user decides to update them. Custom features can't read or write to the rest of the internet. So far I've never seen any evidence of a problem with custom features being malicious.
S1mon
Re: is it possible to lock a branch from edits for all but specified users?
You could derive into another document and do work there which has different permissions.
You can also consider using Workspace Protection to make Main something that can't be edited, only merged or branched.
It really depends on what the ultimate problem is that you're trying to solve. I assume you trust these users, but you don't want them to mistakenly screw something up?
S1mon
Re: Imported STEP file parts piled up in origin.
In a file-based CAD system all the parts are created around their own origin in their own part file, then the assembly transforms them to the correct location. Onshape simply follows that rule,. You can import all parts into a Part Studio, but you won't get the assembly hierarchy. It's ugly, but does it matter?
when a sketch is not fully defined, is there a way to change the highlight from blue
I have a difficult time discerning blue from black in the user interface. It would be nice to be able to have those issues highlighted in an easier color.
Notes, The Least Loved Part of Onshape
I have to say, putting in standard drawing notes that don't look terrible, is one of the hardest and least rewarding parts of Onshape. The formatting tools are slow, buggy and clearly only tested with limited scripted interactions. The preview (before you close editing) is completely different than the real note display. Flag notes completely blow up the line spacing, especially a default sized triangle note. And trying to manage bulleted lists under a numbered note is extremely twitchy.
We want this:
When we create a drawing template, we can carefully noodle around with the formatting tools and set the triangle flag to "tight" spacing to get this. When we export to a DWT, the triangle gets converted to lines which are pasted behind the text, so it's no longer parametric and linked. WTF!?!
If we're being more accurate, flag notes shouldn't have periods in them. Creo, Inventor, etc can do this. This isn't rocket science.
S1mon
Re: MCMASTER 2 ONSHAPE
Ideally the Onshape standard content could be linked automatically to matching McMaster PNs, this would solve a lot of this already…
I think I have an improvement request for mates to automatically pick up a mate connector with the same name when doing an assembly "replace", I think this sort of functionality would be required to get around changing face IDs.
