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Re: CAM for sheet goods/routers, what do you want?
@eric_schimelpfenig You have my interest big time.
We currently use a custom feature to layout the parts flat, and then an annoying workflow to take DXFs to Vcarve.
Would love to help/give feedback in anyway to get a better system in place.
Glad to hear you guys might do something for Onshape. I spent a lot of time researching and there are no viable options for this process (Onshape to CNC sheet cutting). The only solutions I found are very expensive.
Re: Rethinking SolidWorks
All this talk about fusion and solidworks makes me wonder what the haters of onshape are saying. hmmmm…🤔
MDesign
Re: Rethinking SolidWorks
Fusion is horrible for modeling anything complex. One reason, IMO, is their feature tree is horizontal on the bottom of the screen, with icons only. On a model with 100 features, try reordering a group of 15 features in front of a specific feature, and I bet you will about throw your computer out the window. If I had to use it professionally, I'd quit.
Re: Making a grommet to fit a curved surface
@MDesign Heads up, if you lock the Profile Direction instead of to the face along the path, the cross section of the grommet will change depending on the direction of the path.
Re: Recommend a CNC selection
I use Camel from time to time for simple projects. There's a lot it can't do but it's very convenient for making rough templates and things. I should really post a tutorial sometime. And maybe add tabbing support.
A few years ago I imported a project from OnShape into Vcarve. I think I started by creating an OnShape drawing without borders or titles at 1:1 scale at least as big as the stock or the machine bed. Then I added a view of the part to manufacture. I turned off view simplification to ensure fine details in the rendering. Then I exported the drawing as a PDF and imported it into Vcarve.
The same general approach works well for exporting 2D geometry for use by other tools such as Adobe Illustrator and LightBurn. Sometimes you get duplicate lines in the renderer drawings but it gets the job done.
You can also Export as DXF directly from a Parts Studio but I tend to have more issues with DXF interchange.
Re: Can't find someone's awsome previous post
Cheers. I'll definetly have a look at that. It might have been a tech tip post. That'll teach me to book mark more!
Re: Sheets panel
Did the import produce a drawing with multiple sheets or did it produce multiple drawings with 1 sheet each?
If you can share a link to your document it may be easier to ascertain what's going on,
Re: ANYTHING I add to a 4 item sketch causes undefined! A tad frustrating...
please note that defining everything is best practice, but an undefined sketch is not an error. just a warning that things may move around if you open it again and drag stuff or move unexpectedly if underlying referenced geometry changes.
Re: Bill of Materials and FeatureScript
I'm not aware of any way to "trick" Onshape into believing separate bodies (i.e. parts) are the same from a BOM perspective… The closest you can get is using the "cut list" feature that will recognize identical bodies and count them but there is no way to link that back to a BOM (not yet anyway…).
Depending on how complex your pattern is you might be able to create some reference geometry in your FS (instead of the part itself), then use a replicate in the assembly so instantiate a single part.
