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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!
Re: Improvements to Onshape - September 20th, 2024
I've been using the filtering a lot over the past few days and have found it to be useful, but that's probably because we usually work in documents with 50+ part studios.
I'd have to do some more thinking about what kinds of improvements we'd be looking for surrounding debugging queries. I know that when a query fails in a loop it is tricky to isolate the first instance of that error so I usually need to do some kind of statement like
if(i == 0)
{
debug(context, query);
return true;
}
Re: INTRODUCTION TO PART STUDIOS - ADVANCED FEATURES / EXCERCISE:FUNNEL
Your document isn't public, so it's hard to see the issue with the loft, but your sketches look good. Here it is working:
Re: Do default view style toggles work for you?
If you right-click on "tangent edges removed" there is an option to make it default across all docs & sessions
Multiple derives not allowed?
This is a new error for me. Until I have time to create a proper custom feature, I was using a part studio with parts for injection molded boss features. That was great until I tried to derive the same bosses in two different derive features in the same part studio, and I got this error. Is there some good reason why this is not allowed?
Also, why was this scolding message about not using derive to create assemblies added? I'm using it to create the same sets of features in different parts of the same part studio.
S1mon
Re: Multiple derives not allowed?
Yeah that seems a bit drastic… My understanding is that it's for performance reasons and deriving multiple times from the same ps and config was always against recommended practice and not it's explicitly not allowed….
I guess you could derive once and then use transforms (or transform patterns) to add other derived instances of the same. Or use the good old "super derive" FS which should still work the same way.