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Re: Improvements to Onshape - May 16th, 2025

Watch it be assembly mirrors the week I put out Lefty Flip

Derek_Van_Allen_BD

Re: How do I change configuration value type from "Integer" to "Real"?

The best way will be to delete that configured variable and create another one with the same name.
This doesn't sound amazing, but it is very quick and gets the job done.

MichaelPascoe

Re: How do I change configuration value type from "Integer" to "Real"?

Delete and recreate the configuration input variable. If the variable name is the same, references and uses won't be broken (note that this is not true for list configuration inputs).

ilya_baran

Re: How can I generate a line in 3D space and extrude a circle along it using the Onshape REST API?

We have an example here : https://onshape-public.github.io/docs/api-adv/featureaccess/#create-a-cylinder .

Paul_J_Premakumar

Re: Improvements to Onshape - May 16th, 2025

What?? Friday already?

romeograham

.STEP A214 and A242 Not exporting face appearances correctly

just released an assembly which has 3 different face appearances indicative of surface textures, they display correctly in onshape and on the drawings, but as per the usual due diligence check I checked the exported file from onshape in both onshape and solidworks before sending to external vendor to see that some of the face appearances are missing.

this now means going back and obsoleting the revision, creating a new drawing sheet and displaying the face appearances for each part in each area and exporting the 3D in A213 as A214 does not seem to be working correctly.

ryan_mcgoldrick47

Re: How do I apply a feature to an entire part?

Create the first vertical strip but leave it as a separate part (i.e. pick "new" instead of "add" in the extrude), then do the pattern of groove in that on strip and then linear pattern the strips (with the "add" option). Also draw half the part and mirror it at the end (or don't add the 3 strips and mirror them).

eric_pesty

Re: Add to already established pattern?

Short answer: no…

Very slightly longer answer: use a feature patterns instead.

eric_pesty