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Re: how to query for all vertexes in a mesh
Just for correctness/completeness, now (March 2025) we have evMeshPoints that will help a lot of the things you've been wanting to do.
Re: Requesting help to make lid
Looking at your document, it looks like you could make your life a lot easier by designing the various parts in a single part studio…
This would make it much easier to make the different parts fit together.
Re: Program SpaceMouse button to "clear selection"
The space bar is the default shortcut for "clear selection"…
Re: how to create a Torodial Helix on a Pretzel
There was also this one I wrote a while back for exactly this shape from this thread.
Re: Release Management System
Onshape natively can't do this, but the API has something called "webhooks" where an integrated application can receive notifications when certain things happen - such as a release - which could then trigger actions in your application. Its certainly not low hanging fruit, but it is possible.
https://onshape-public.github.io/docs/app-dev/webhook/
But from a workflow standpoint - if you export a DXF and upload it after a release, the file is always going to lag behind the release. If you go to some version, the DXF file in that version won't be of that version - it will be the previous version. It makes more sense to export/upload the DXF file before the release happens so that the file matches the model.
Re: Toggle selection behavior from multiple to regular Single select
I couldn't agree with Andreas enough. For somebody that doesn't use Onshape exclusively, the always on multiselect on the desktop is by far the most disruptive thing to my flow, and is my biggest pain point with the software. I will pay money for access to a setting somewhere that lets me multi select with CTRL instead.
I understand how it could be hard to empathize on something like this if Onshape is the only CAD you drive, but to me, the multi select default is the equivalent of somebody sneaking into your house every weekend and swapping the hot and cold pipes on all of your faucets. By Saturday afternoon, you'll only get scalded a third of the time, but life would just be a lot better if this wasn't the case.
Re: Toggle selection behavior from multiple to regular Single select
What I can say is there are a couple things which make it tolerable:
- The cursor has a little number next to it when you've made selections (1, 2, 3 ... up to "5+"). This is the count of selected items.
- Use the spacebar shortcut to deselect on desktop.
S1mon
Re: Improvements to Onshape - March 13th, 2025
The length of a Routing curve is shown in the feature name e.g. :
The measure tool (lower right corner of the graphics window) measures lengths of edges, so if you have a Routing curve which is an interpolated spline this will automatically show the length of the curve (since it is made of one edge). You can create a variable from that in the same dialog. If the Routing curve is a polyline then it is (naturally) made of more than 1 edge. So the measure tool will need you to select the edges instead of just the curve. This is possible with Create selection-tangent connected edges etc.