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Tabs on Sheet Metal?
One of my co-workers asked me how to do something like this in sheet metal, and I just assumed that the sheet metal Tab feature would do this. It turns out it does not. It only adds material to the flat outline of a part of a sheet metal part. Partial flanges are great if you want the sides of that to be normal to the bend. In order to do this angled tab, I had to sketch the tab and add a bend. To avoid the worst bend relief I've ever seen, I had to create these by sketching and extrude/remove myself.
The results of this still don't get the tab in the exact right place. I can use move face, but that leaves weird artifacts.
There has to be a better way to do this. Do I need to create an improvement request, or am I missing something basic?
S1mon
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 29th, 2025
"…If we can't use expressions, it really limits the amount of automation we can achieve…."
100% agree.
Which is why I've not understood why simply supressing a feature with an expression is not possible yet? yes there are some work arounds, but why not have "suppress feature" convert to expression option like you do with Booleans?
Inertia relief & analysis
I analyze everything and use inertia relief all the time, it's just easier.
I have often wanted to apply notes to my analysis so I can explain the assumptions made and the results expected. I've used notes to document this analysis. This is really needed to keep track of an analysis.
A cup of water on a table:
The constraint is 1 planar mate between the table top and the cup. The cup is free to move on the table. There's water in the cup with 1g applied (gravity). Without inertial relief, you'd have to lock a node down and prevent the cup from moving. This is a painful process and not necessary. Public document
I'm stuck in jury duty and had nothing to do…😎
billy2
Re: Custom Feature: Cable/Wire Routing
Changelog for release 1.204.1
⭐️ "Link to previous" option now maintains each connector's position
Based on user feedback, the behaviour of connector placement has changed. If you have used the new capabilites introduced in 1.204.0 earlier this week, then your connectors may have moved - please check.
Re: Entering Variable name on Sketch Dimension changes view
Best option is to type use an equal sign (like Excel), that way you don't need to delete anything. It would be nicer if it accepted "#" directly though…
Re: Editing in Context Question
Thank you David,
I had fogotten about being able to use derived for sketches. That worked great, and kept the sketch positioned just like I needed it.
I appreciate the help.
Re: Entering Variable name on Sketch Dimension changes view
You're not crazy. You need to type a number to activate the dimension field. Then you can delete the number and type #. Otherwise, you will activate the Shift+3 keyboard shortcut for Left. I don't know of a workaround.
Re: How to extrude imported parts with a featurescript
Here is a simple example of how to instantiate a pre imported part as well as letting the user choose like a derive:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/bf218127a4290c050e205e75/w/42342e313f737ad5d1388f67/e/26b5c545d60a0412c45a7108…
And here is a more complex example showing how to access configurations and drive them with maps:
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/26452/product-catalog-new-custom-feature…
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