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Re: Request: Manage Configurations in Drawings
Are all the views using the same configuration? If so try switching to "sort by reference" instead of "sort by sheet.
Otherwise you might be able to create a derived part with just a simple dropdown list of configurations that sets the config variable combinations you want (assuming you have a "subset").
Something like this where the "master" model has infinite configurations but the "standard sizes" part only has a few combinations of configs to pick from.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d2d3382aa18189471db96624/w/bfdb4819bc7e743e462a92ad/e/671f31135deee56ac9da53da?configuration=List_CfK1kQIjtoTHRj%3D_2&renderMode=0&tangentEdgeStyle=1&rightPanel=configPanel&uiState=66f199313d96595708d6226e
Re: Rotating a line around an axis with FeatureScript
@aleksi_hermonen.
Couldn't help myself but test it. this function ends up working exponentially and gets away from you rather quickly in the higher values.
circular pattern 2 is reapplied each and every time within Circular pattern 1 so it keeps adding a new line at a new angle, but measured from the original top line. (not from the line next to it)
Re: My sheet metal parts won’t sheet metal
The 'Faces or sketch regions to thicken' selection needs to have the cylinders selected there too.
My sheet metal parts won’t sheet metal
I’m trying to make a sheet metal part, and nothing is working. It was a sheet metal part, then I turned it into a part, now I’m trying to turn it back into a sheet metal part. After I select all the flat faces, then select the edges or cylinders to bend it makes them there own parts, like in the last picture. If I select all the faces, including bends, and press include bends, it deletes the part. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Thanks in advance!
Re: Switch statement
What do you mean? Onshape uses it many times in their own code and we can create code just like it:
Re: I teach CAD and the Tutorial - "Part Design Using Part Studios" is missing but in my archives.
One of the coolest parts of Onshape is that it updates roughly every 3 weeks. Last week was version 187! But that does make keeping training materials up to date a challenge. Learning Center content is constantly being revised and updated. Part Design Using Part Studios has been depricated. But Extrude, Revolve, Sweep, and Loft are all in the new Introduction to Part Studios.
Re: Request: Manage Configurations in Drawings
@kvdmolenp ,
If the parts are inserted one by one, then yes you would have to update the config for each one (this does help if you have the same reference used in two separate sheets).
There is another trick you could use: insert all your parts in an assembly with configurations and set them once here, then use display states to only see one part a time on your drawing, this way you only have one reference to update… And you might be able to skip the "derive" step if you just set the variable values in the assembly config.
Re: FeatureScript request: Corner fillet for CNC machining
The Laser Joint custom feature has this feature. Maybe recycle some of that code?
Re: FeatureScript request: Corner fillet for CNC machining
Have you tried the "corner overcut" FS:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b99915c0b73924ca981bc57f/v/615cb6d9633a595a6bc99f8a/e/14458d1263a98640a0cf663c
FeatureScript request: Corner fillet for CNC machining
When machining a part with a CNC mill, sharp corners cannot be milled (due to the diameter of the drill, this actually also holds for lasercutting).
The trick is to create a "deeper" radius with the same size of the drill (slightly larger), see below.
But it's a drag to draw these over and over..
Is there perhaps an existing featurescript to add this to a 3D corner, similar to a fillet? Or perhaps directly in the drawing, but I'd prefer for 3D fillets due to the maintainability of the drawing.
PS, I am aware of the SuperDerived featurescript, and using that in combination with a configurable sketch and extrusions, but that still is a lot of work.
Thanks!
