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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.
Re: Laser Joint Updated to V3.0: Pin Face Offset and Pin Chamfer!
@aaron_harris672 It'll probably do something, but even if it does, I suspect it won't work entirely as you think, the core assumption right now is that parts are planar and intersect along a line. Working with tube sections I think would require a large enough refactor that it might end up being a different feature altogether.
Re: How to properly curve and make Face Mask
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/55e98155dca4ba4e8049a18d/w/dbf02fb86aafef13f...
Re: How to cut curved and profiled channel into cylinder?
Without a true 3D part sweep (like some other CAD systems have), your best bet in this case, with a cylindrical pin, is to create a swept surface which is normal to the cam cylinder, and then thicken that symmetrically by the diameter of the follower pin (plus a tolerance) and then manually add fillets where needed. Depending on your manufacturing method, the bottom of your cam track might just want to be a cylindrical offset of the stock diameter.
S1mon
Re: New Feature: Text path
I am pleased to announce "Release 3". Same document but make sure to get "Release 3": https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4e187c2b2f7f4974f4e2b612/v/a94c2b1949ec131c8d9eb61f/e/bbfe4eb9f6b097e2ab503d67
Note: Updating existing "Text path" features will likely change them geometrically so verify the results after updating existing features.
- The feature now has kerning-like position controls:
2. The feature has a new set of orientation controls and a new angle orientation manipulator:
3. "Text path" has been renamed to "Text" for brevity and features now auto-rename based on input.
4. Solids can be created as individual parts or a single closed composite solid.
5. UI has been simplified to group related elements.
6. Text can now place a single instance (that is, you can use this custom feature as a replacement for sketch-based text). The text will be located at the line's centerpoint by default or at a user-specified point.
Please let me know if you see any bugs or have any feature requests. The kerning control in particular was a challenge and I would welcome your feedback there. Thanks to @S1mon and @GregBrown and the rest of the FS dev community for their insight and feedback.
The reason I developed this tool was largely to meet my own design needs. I make a Magic: The Gathering Commander Counter and needed to position text elements back to detented dial positions and sliders. This feature made it easy to iterate on the design and adjust the dial text orientation while figuring out how to pack everything in to a space the size of a Magic card. If you've done mechanical text layout before, you know what a bear this can be:
Hope you enjoy Release 3!
