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Oh interesting that makes sense. Thanks for reporting back on your fix. It really helps people with similar issues searching the forum.

The problem turns out to be due to how the Id was being formed, I believe because the Id hierarchy was being broken. Fixing the Id assignments resolved the issue.

I have a variable for the frame size, and the frame is square tubing, so I could have done some stuff with 1/2 the frame size, but I didn't really consider that until I had gone down this path. If/when I do a lot more frames, I'll certainly plan things out a little differently.

I'd also like to see some more flexibility with the frames feature, like the IR that I shared. I could also see things where a reference could be two points so I don't need to add 3D Fit Splines or Sketches or Routing Curves to add elements between some existing points/verticies.

I'm sure that people that use Frames all the time have more wishes.

@S1mon I've got a number of projects I'm juggling right now where all the frame bodies are defined by edges or faces of solids and I'm currently getting around the cornering problem by moving faces in by half a frame width but that's not gonna be stable if I decide to change the frame standards at any point. All of these things are reasons I'm weighing a refactoring of the frames tool but to do it the way I'd really like I would need the ability to make a separate tab for the surface body definitions required to implement "simultaneous frames" like was done for sheet metal. That would definitely require some prerequisites to be met by the internal dev team at Onshape though.

@glen_dewsbury

I've made a custom frame profile for one project and figured out how to add the tags. That's not the problem I was discussing.

The issue I'm having is that this frame took multiple Frame features because I couldn't choose different points for different frame elements. Also the topology drove me to need more Frame features than I would have liked. In a few areas I could get several frame parts in one feature (see highlighted feature), but overall it was awkward. I suppose if I had started the reference sketches to all be on the center of the tubes it would have cut down on the complexity. But I wanted to reference corners which don't always work out neatly to be the same for all the elements.