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Re: Countersink Screws and Holes Mating

Hi there. Any update on this feature ? It seems two years after it's still not possible to properly mate countersunk screws with countersunk holes.
By the way, I work in the railway industry, and I agree on the fact that proper mating should be with conical surfaces. It's just not possible to adapt the machining in our case, as all parts comes from different suppliers. Screws are manufactures to a standard, and we design the holes to match this in all allowed tolerances of the standard.

nicolas_duhamel

Re: Countersink Screws and Holes Mating

The best mating of flat head screws is to use vertices of the two conical surfaces. Both should have mates at the virtual vertices since they are both truncated cones. In my opinion (which should be implied), the screws should not be flush with the surface, but instead they should be ever so slightly recessed to accommodate for tolerances. Same goes for counterbored holes and screw heads.

brian_brady

Re: Can I to add measures of the Part Bounds in the BOM List?

You can use computed properties:
https://www.onshape.com/en/resource-center/tech-tips/using-computed-part-properties-in-onshape

You can adapt the example in the article to use a bounding box instead of the volume calculation.

If you don't feel comfortable with featurescript, I sell a large library of computed properties (featuring lots of common computed properties):
https://fs.place/Listings/HUK1UHJF8EQ6HS1NEVJ2SWH4BI1TOMT1

Caden_Armstrong

Re: Charted Drawings

Right click the Part number input from within the feature and Convert to expression. This will let you use variables as inputs. You can add variables and strings together like this "xyzNameOfYourPart " ~ #variableName

MichaelPascoe

Re: Introducing - The Onshape Desktop Client

Sorry I must be doing something wrong but I cant seem to find the download. Is it still available?

qubed_up

Re: Charted Drawings

@MichaelPascoe It worked, thank you! One more question, is there a way to use Set/Property on a custom property? I have a "Sort Order " property we use for BOM sorting and it needs almost the same info.

I figured it out. Thanks for your help!!

JPM

Simulation of a weldment frame

Hi,

I'm designing a welded frame and had expected that OnShape would be able to easily run linear static simulation on the resulting part. Note that I run OnShape Pro. However, unless I'm doing something wrong, observations thus far are:

1, Simulation only works at assembly level, not part level

2. To close gaps between two parts butting up to each other (see image below) I either need to model the fillets or change the way I trim my frame elements or extend the rails for analysis purposes.

3. There seems to be no easy way of applying a load over a number of faces belonging to different parts. I can choose only one instance. This means I would have to apply a fraction of the load to each part one at a time.

Has anyone else experienced the same or have I missed something really obvious. I'm now working on trying to solve all 3 of the above by creating a single simulation-only boolean part of the weldment frame with over-extended rails and then creating an assembly from it for analysis purposes only. If this proves to be as time consuming as it sounds then I'm bailing out and going to see if I can find an FEA integrated application.

Keen to hear other's experiences.

Cheers,

Carl.

CLM_Dasher_Eng

Re: Mirror-add not working-sheet metal

In this case you're in luck because there's a really easy approach. Just extrude your sketch curves straight from the sketch instead of extruding a surface to convert to sheet metal.

EvanReese

Re: Bravo Render studio

I'm glad the changes are noticeable. We have put considerable focus on these areas for some time now and often it's not one single thing that makes the difference but rather the accumulation of all of the improvements over time. We've definitely been paying attention to all of the feedback we've seen.

Obviously these types of changes are not particularly flashy and don't get the full video treatment in the "Improvements to Onshape" posts but I'm guessing for the day-to-day usage of Render Studio they are just as appealing. There is definitely more to do in this area but its great to know that it makes a difference.

Paul_Arden

Re: Need help extracting my Drawings microversionID

Weirdly microversionId is not in the "supported" listed for element right panel:
https://onshape-public.github.io/docs/app-dev/extensions/#element-right-panel

But maybe put in an improvement request for it to be supported.

Until then, if you just need the current microversion, you can get it with this endpoint:
https://cad.onshape.com/glassworks/explorer/#/Document/getCurrentMicroversion

Caden_Armstrong