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Re: Curving text
Hi @Grav_electric I recommend people use my new feature "Text". You can get it here:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4e187c2b2f7f4974f4e2b612/v/a94c2b1949ec131c8d9eb61f/e/3458f1d46464375effca78a5
You can draw a path or a curve on any surface and then distribute text along it as needed. It has a number of manipulators to make text orientation and position easy to adjust: you can read about it here:
The newest release 3 adds kerning control and a few other useful controls:
And it all works on surfaces as well:
jnewth
Re: Representation of threads and tappings of an assembly in drawings.
@Ste_Wilson this is not exactly what I want.
the hatch lines of the bore #6 should not be visible in hatched zone of #7.
I expect this :
Visualizing Documents And Their Contents And Links
I think I asked this before, but I can't remember and can't find it. I stepped away from a group project for a few months and came back to find things… in need of help. I need something like a tree (think Autodesk Vault) or flow chart with color coding for external document references. I searched for all objects of type = document and received a massive list of random crap. This is unreadable so I can only assume my workflow is wrong.
I think that models in OnShape can only be defined in a single document where all other documents permit read only. Users need to open the origin document to make changes. Is this true?
How do I visualize our documents, their contents, and which ones are pulling models from other documents?
Did my team really create documents for all these parts pictured?
If I search for type = part or assembly then open a result, will it always open the origin document (assuming "origin documents" exist)? Does it show a result for each "copy" in every document that references it?
Sorry to ask so many questions, but the guides are simply not useful. They just define what a Document, Assembly, and Part is, but not how to manage or garbage collect. My brain is used to Vault and other PDM tools that don't force things into containers and a reference is just a reference (like one big tree that can be viewed as everything above or below a node). Example: anything that uses Part A uses the one and only instance of Part A. Changes to Part A are automatically pulled in all parent assemblies. Another example: I can click on an Assembly B and "look up" to see everything that directly or indirectly references it or "look down" to see everything that Assembly B directly or indirectly references.
Re: You need to fix the allowed answer for the volume of exercise "basic sketching"
Why are you digging up a question from 8 years ago?
S1mon
Re: Shell on oval face?
It's not liking the sharp tip…
That said, that seems a bit odd as it should be mathematically possible to offset the faces of the cone. I checked and it doesn't work with a circle as the profile either.
It looks like the only case where this works is with a circle instead of an ellipse and the circle centered with the pointy end. (i.e. a "perfect" cone).
I would submit a ticket as that seems like unexpected limitation. The workaround is to chop up the pointy end so it has "some" width (more than the thickness you want to use for your shell), i.e. use a small circle instead of a point, or chop off the pointy bit before your shell
Re: How to cut curved and profiled channel into cylinder?
A bit tired, so I haven't taken the time to fully absorb what is being discussed. But take a look at this document by Konstantin to see if anything in it would help
Re: can i even trim in drawing mode ? i need to trim a construction line
As of this time sketch tools and drawing tools in drawing space are two different sets of tools since the drawing space was based on another software. This is gradually being updated over time.
You can however insert sketchs into a drawing so if you absolutely need to then thats a work around. In the mean time have a look at exising feature requests to see if other people are asking for something similar and vote them up
Re: Assemblies
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/10945#Comment_10945
Re: Auto Layout updated to V3.1: oriented parts!
If you have multiple sheets, I usually insert a top view of the part studio and then do crop views to pick which cut layout gets exported on which drawing sheet.
