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Re: BIM, Revit-rfa files
right. among other formats. I suppose OP didn’t what the extra steps or had no access to Revit. Didn’t realize this thread was 5 years old. How is exporting to SAT shorter route than exporting to STEP?
If you have just a few files you want exported… feel free to dm me. If you’re looking for a long term solution, none that I know of.
MDesign
Re: How to accurately constrain a splined shaft to a splined gear?
I looked into your document and slightly modified the definitions of your two part studio mate connectors and reversed the fastened mate in the assembly.
- You cannot place the connector on the spline edge itself, for there might be an offset between the gear and shaft splines, so that this would make the fit excentric.
- You need to put both mate connectors right on the geometrical axis of the gear resp. the spline in the part studio. Ideally, you'd use their common face (where the both are to touch in the assembly).
- You need to find (or define) a refenence to use. Lacking any immediately clickable references, I created a sketch on both the parts for this purpose. The sketches center on the spline base circle segments.
- Align the secondary axis with the reference.
Find the result here:
CAM UI
Hi everyone,
I would like to input CAM parameters in PartStudio than in CAM Studio.
Almost all parameters required for CAM can be entered in Part Studio.
Please see
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/eb8fab3f9a2540a51ba7bfd6/w/5747a1420021f29b47aa9b64/e/6ad5dd0e4151a0f063fb78b5?renderMode=0&uiState=67c5b84b2984fd246780eec3https://cad.onshape.com/documents/eb8fab3f9a2540a51ba7bfd6/w/5747a1420021f29b47aa9b64/e/eff8e9fb51c3a7e63808928b
I request CAM Studio could have an interface to import the parameters from PartStudio.
Which would you like to use in PartStudio or in CAM Studio?
Re: Is there a way to actually fix the dreaded "some external references are missing"?
so least bad 'solution' is not to redraw the sketch, but only to delete the red references and redo those. then the edges and faces will keep their internal id and so will the downstream geometry.
You can try the repair manager's feature recently introduced, but I haven't experienced it myself yet and don't know how it works with sketches…
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/27548/improvements-to-onshape-april-25th-2025
Re: Parts list for dimensional wood projects?
Try the Measure Cut List feature. It's intended for projects like this.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - May 16th, 2025
I agree with
Would be great to be able to sort alphabetical when inserting parts into assemblies.
J_Cal
Re: Query Finder (A new way to automate Onshape!) 🆕
Technically that is supported with standard features - its just not easily accessible.
I've been working on a video essay on the subject, I can send it your way when its ready.
Re: Is there a way to change default part colours? (Blue, then gray, then dark blue, etc.)
I would love to see you implement functionality for choosing a custom default color palette/order!
