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Re: In-context modeling feedback loop – am I doing it wrong?
@eric_pesty I wrote a publish geometry FS this morning after seeing the video.
Re: Vehicle coordinate system
I agree with the needs expressed in this discussion. I work in aerospace and aircraft programs almost always use +X is aft along the fuselage, +Y is along the right wing, and +Z is upwards. In other words, the X-Z plane is the symmetry plane of the aircraft. I similarly get the same types of questions from my clients and design partners as this makes the cube "Front" look at the aircraft "Left" and the cube "Left" look at the aircraft "Front", and so on.
Being able to re-label the cube faces and have those names cascade to drawing views would be amazing. We can already rename the default plane, so nothing else would be needed immediately on those.
Re: Improvement Request: Change a variable scope
If you decide something that you've made a variable in a Part Studio should have actually been in a Variable Studio, just make the Variable Studio and create the a variable with the same name. Then back in the Part Studio delete the local one.
Re: undesired "bumps" when using loft
If you're new to CAD, tackling surfacing is going to be a heavy lift. Make sure you take the Onshape Surface Modeling course in the Learning Center. One thing you'll learn is that if your underlying curves don't match tangency (or even better, curvature), then your resulting surfaces will have bumps. When you're using Lofts and Fills, you'll see the option to add guides or continuity constraints. Use those to impose tangency. And if tangency doesn't work, your underlying curves aren't tangent. Same with curvature. Another tip to look out for is construction surfaces. Use a construction surface to impose tangency to two adjacent surfaces.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - December 13th, 2024
Very nice to end the year with a gift. Even as a total amateur myself I can see the good things that have been added here. Speaking for myself I will probably only be using the approximate curve from this list, but who knows. I might find useful things with just playing with this.
Thanks to the team, and a special thanks to all those from onshape and others that help the likes of me getting better by answering all our questions with to the point answers. You are ace, all of you!
Have a fantastic holiday!
3dcase
Re: ZigZag loft (for lack or a better word/term)
Thank you both. MDesign, you are on the right track. I will have time to test some more tomorrow
Re: Projecting a solid or surface onto someting else
it relies on an undocumented featurescript function. The feature can sometimes fail randomly, and can produce some pretty high regen times. It works great with simple models, but I've run into issues with it. But it's super useful, so I hope it sees some improvements in the future.
Re: Projecting a solid or surface onto someting else
I wonder why this industry standard fuctionality isn't there in the top row of tools? I still believe I must have missed something. :0/
Re: Vehicle coordinate system
@GregBrown Honda defines the Origin as the center of the front axle. negative towards the back, positive towards the front.