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Re: Mates are bad and driving me insane. (it's a bit of a rant)
A lot to unpack here...
As far as your assembly errors go, I suspect the revolutes are fighting each other (in the Z-direction), if you change the one between the green and yellow arms to a cylindrical mate it should help things...
As far as mating things, it's easier to start the mate with the parts NOT in the correct final position. This solves trying to select overlapping things.
You are correct that the order of selection matters and it does affect how offset work. Basically the offset is going to be applied based on the axes of the first mate connector you select, and they are also going to be applied TO the first mate connector you pick. So you want to pick the "moving" part (the one you are mating) first and the "fixed" (the one you are mating to) second.
See this video for discussion about this:
https://youtu.be/8Pe-W-PV-zE
The new addition of being able edit mate connectors during the mating process means you can now re-align your first mate connector before picking the second one in order to get predictable offsets and behavior. Adding an explicit mate connector in the part studio is also a good way to get better control of that.
As far as your assembly errors go, I suspect the revolutes are fighting each other (in the Z-direction), if you change the one between the green and yellow arms to a cylindrical mate it should help things...
As far as mating things, it's easier to start the mate with the parts NOT in the correct final position. This solves trying to select overlapping things.
You are correct that the order of selection matters and it does affect how offset work. Basically the offset is going to be applied based on the axes of the first mate connector you select, and they are also going to be applied TO the first mate connector you pick. So you want to pick the "moving" part (the one you are mating) first and the "fixed" (the one you are mating to) second.
See this video for discussion about this:
https://youtu.be/8Pe-W-PV-zEThe new addition of being able edit mate connectors during the mating process means you can now re-align your first mate connector before picking the second one in order to get predictable offsets and behavior. Adding an explicit mate connector in the part studio is also a good way to get better control of that.
Re: Browser based = dumb idea.
This isn't an issue, use a supported browser. It's one of the best features of onshape is totally browser based without any software installation! Sometimes you need to show someone offsite away from your own computer a part, you just login and show them without hesitation, no one will allow you to go install software on their computer.
Re: John Steven Bowers
Agree with Simon. That said, if you've got the budget, this stuff is amazing:
https://www.stratasys.com/en/materials/materials-catalog/fdm-materials/tpu-92a/
https://www.stratasys.com/en/materials/materials-catalog/fdm-materials/tpu-92a/
Re: John Steven Bowers
I think that Formlab just released a silicone resin for their brand of 3D printers and that may work better than TPU.
Re: Adjust the edge to other part
Your sketch is red because two of the sketch elements were fixed, causing a conflict. I would delete those constraints.
A simple way to trim the gray rectangle would be to open a sketch on one side and use the Use tool to grab the edge of the sweep and then extrude remove.
A simple way to trim the gray rectangle would be to open a sketch on one side and use the Use tool to grab the edge of the sweep and then extrude remove.
Re: SHEET METAL BEND - CANNOT UNROLL A SIMPLE BEND
Too many selections in the SM dialog.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/876cd7da860d4c14b3b81810/w/8c4e8033cb786c26786d4e0c/e/38f9dc0fdaa152a8adf9d00d
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/876cd7da860d4c14b3b81810/w/8c4e8033cb786c26786d4e0c/e/38f9dc0fdaa152a8adf9d00d
Re: Adjust the edge to other part
Another quick solution which leaves cleaner geometry is to add the extrusion to the sweep, and then use move face to get rid of the extra material. No sketching required.
S1mon
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Re: Custom Feature: Cable/Wire Routing
How up to date are the training videos linked off the custom feature document PDF? Does one need to also watch all the videos in this thread as well?
I haven't started using the wiring features yet, but I'm very interested in implementing it for my companies latest project. I want to be able to get others up to speed without conflicting or incomplete documentation.
S1mon
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Re: Rendering of PDFs in Onshape re-enabled
The same, I am still not able to view PDFs