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Where are the tutorial videos?
I've spent nearly an hour trying to locate tutorial videos, nope, cant find them…..
Any links?
Thanks
Re: Where are the tutorial videos?
Simon is correct. In particular, check out the Self-Paced Courses.
Re: How can i make 3 animate mate at time in a assembly? how can i make it?
If all it is is making them all turn the same way at the same time, the Gear relation is your tool as @GWS50 said. If you just want to check that the extremes of motion don't collide with anything as you work, Named Positions is probably an easier way to go. Just set them up once and click through them to make sure it's working. Onshape isn't currently made for complex animations, but if you are really determined, you can get it to do what you want using some workarounds which are well demonstrated by @john_mcclary in a video here.
Re: How do I cut this part?
Extend the two lines in the sketch beyond the part surfaces. Extrude just those two lines into a surface that passes completely through the part on both sides and use the slice feature to split it in half.
MDesign
Re: Engineering Change Notices / New Part Introductions & OnShape
There is a real gap for SME and startup companies indeed. What probably most smaller businesses need is a kind of PDM+
Or a PLM- kind of an Arena without the need of Onshape enterprise and expensive PLM functionality. Just managing BOMs and ECO/ECN with also non CAD items. Few years ago Onshape made a sneek peak how a solution like this could be like. But then came ARENA and the concept was ditched.
Re: How do I update the parts in a render studio if I've made changes to my design?
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