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Re: Configuration variables vs configurations?
Agreed about the missing things in Onshape, and about the pain of Solidworks configs. I spent more time maintaining Solidworks configs than I did using them. Using configs with inserted models (equivalent of derived) was very flaky.eric_pesty said:
My biggest complaints with configurations in Onshape are the fact that you can't make two configurations of something appear as a single item (in BOMs of for releases), and the fact you can't prevent "incompatible" combinations of inputs. Other than that it quite flexible and really easy to use (and maintain, which was always a huge pain in SolidWorks where you spend half your time having to double check and fix broken configurations...)
S1mon
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Re: Simple Rubber Duck
IMHO, surfacing a rubber duck is a nontrivial task even for the not-faint-of-heart. You can certainly do it, but the process won't be representative of mainstream CAD work. It's very understandable that those coming from direct editing tools (Blender, ZBrush, Max, etc.) would want to use CAD similarly, but the toolset is geared toward different applications.
How about, say, a toaster, or a case for wireless headphones? A (very unpolished) example: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a2c5203d67ecd824f9fdc8e2/w/bc4ab4a0417b5f2c158b0ce9/e/d6e644fb7b384ddcab09327f
How about, say, a toaster, or a case for wireless headphones? A (very unpolished) example: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a2c5203d67ecd824f9fdc8e2/w/bc4ab4a0417b5f2c158b0ce9/e/d6e644fb7b384ddcab09327f
_anton
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Re: What does the modelled diameter of a threaded hole say?
Changing the fit class and pitch will change the drilled hole size.
Re: Is it possible to avoid logging in every time the browser is launched?
Password managers are your friend.
S1mon
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Re: Hope to add a windows font to a face of a dial
Try a few different Onshape fonts and find one you like (we have a zillion).
I made a copy of your doc and used the feature to get you started:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4bfa67763847c6e83a3095ae/w/17469290441cf292a53e2cd7/e/acdc601f250993b096330e77
You can read how to use it here: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/23648/new-feature-text-path
I made a copy of your doc and used the feature to get you started:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4bfa67763847c6e83a3095ae/w/17469290441cf292a53e2cd7/e/acdc601f250993b096330e77
You can read how to use it here: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/23648/new-feature-text-path
Re: Hope to add a windows font to a face of a dial
Check out @jnewth_onshape's new custom feature: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4e187c2b2f7f4974f4e2b612/v/04e7ad76e7b3e4008b7632cc/e/e8c85370413ae1136b63f9df
AFAIK, though, it can only support Onshape fonts.
AFAIK, though, it can only support Onshape fonts.
_anton
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Re: Rendering of PDFs in Onshape re-enabled
We've pushed an additional change that should restore PDF visibility for almost all users. This was the intent with the last change, but we didn't get it quite right. Our sincere apologies. Only documents owned by certain plans and shared via Link Sharing should have PDFs and other image types not display.
Re: How do I edit the Bezier control points numerically
Dimensioning them works just fine. There are a zillion different ways to constrain them. Typically you need enough dimensions and constraints to manage each control point's 2 degrees of freedom - then the Bézier will turn black, showing it's fully constrained. You can also add points on the curve, and dimension to them, but you will typically need add more constraints to tie things down. The following three curves are all the same, just dimensioned differently.
S1mon
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Re: Improvements to Onshape - December 15th, 2023
Well I thought the countersinks in sheet metal was going to work, but it still won't let me make the countersinks to a sketch in the flat pattern.
I use curved pieces of sheet metal all the time, and I need to add countersinks in them, and frankly this is getting ridiculous that this Basic Functionality is still not available in the sheet metal module. Neither is forming, or rolling, etc. If you're going to have CAD software that (in theory) does sheet metal, then it needs to be able to mimic how sheet metal is formed in the real world. This sheet metal module is infantile, perhaps juvenile, at best. Can we please make it grow up into adulthood like the rest of the CAD world? Good God, this company is owned by PTC now, and Creo can do it, so there's no reason the resource members who coded it for Creo can't be assigned to do it for Onshape...
I use curved pieces of sheet metal all the time, and I need to add countersinks in them, and frankly this is getting ridiculous that this Basic Functionality is still not available in the sheet metal module. Neither is forming, or rolling, etc. If you're going to have CAD software that (in theory) does sheet metal, then it needs to be able to mimic how sheet metal is formed in the real world. This sheet metal module is infantile, perhaps juvenile, at best. Can we please make it grow up into adulthood like the rest of the CAD world? Good God, this company is owned by PTC now, and Creo can do it, so there's no reason the resource members who coded it for Creo can't be assigned to do it for Onshape...
