Probably A VERY Basic Question

Wingsy

I've been through most (but not all) of the tutorial and I'm trying to draw my part as I go, but now I'm stuck. I'm trying to draw a square rounded bowl with handles. I've got the  bowl how I want it, and that's the handle there in grey (needs work to round the edges). So how do I pick that handle up off the ground and glue it to the upper edge of the bowl??? I'm missing something really basic here.

3dcad

You need to use the 'Fastened' mate and choose two mate connectors to glue together. Mate connectors appear when hovering on parts with mating selected.

You could also model the handle directly onto bowl in part studio and then use 'Group' mate to glue it in assembly.

Hope this helps.

Wingsy

Thank you, 3dcad. The basic thing I was missing (and had not got to yet in the tutorials) was planes. I created a plane at the top of the bowl then sketched the handle there, then extruded (with ADD) it down to the proper thickness. Then I added the filets, which to my surprise wrapped around the curved sides of the bowl. Didn't expect it to be that smart.

This is my drawing:


And this is the 2" long bowl, printed:



I've tried several 3D drafting apps to make this silly bowl, and OnShape is BY FAR the best I've used. The tutorials are awesome and the (hand-held) exercises were just what I needed. I spent over 2 hours in the Fusion 360 tutorials and not once did they take me through creating a part! Also tried Morphie and Sketchup and for multiple reasons they didn't cut it either. I'm no expert in 3D, but I am an expert 3D Novice, so I know what I'm talking about when it comes to breaking into 3D drafting. OnShape is awesome.

john_mcclary

I'm glad you got it figured out.

some friendly advice, if you draw a part in a "part studio" out of position (on the ground). you will need to use a "transform" to move it.
Otherwise you should always draw a part in it's final position in the part studio.

It is hard to tell from your screenshot if you were in a part studio or assembly.
In the future your best bet is to give us a link to your document, it can clear up a lot of the  guess answers and let us get right to the point.
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/9107/forum-post-checklist

Also be specific with your title, We don't judge you on how smart the question is, "Probably a very basic question" may not help someone else with the same question when they are searching the forum.

There are a lot of people here just waiting to bend over backwards to help answer your questions.

Welcome to Onshape and the Forum!

Wingsy

Here's a link to my bowl (I think):
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b9791ea66f9420d5ac4b2fb1/w/32a1bfaffc4736f8f8aad3f1/e/9c1a01984479d5075d82353c

John, I appreciate your comments and advice. I'm not too clear on what you meant about out of position. I expect I'll know by the time I finish the rest of the tutorials and gain more experience. Also... I have no idea if I'm in the part studio or assembly. I think those topics may have been covered at 3AM. I plan to go back through the entire tutorials once I'm done.

Wingsy

Right after I clicked Post I realized what you meant. In my case, out of position was where I drew the handles on the top plane, where it should have been in its final position on the plane that I created at the top of the bowl. Is my thinking correct?

john_mcclary

a part studio is where you make your parts with sketches and features.

as assembly is where you combine (assemble) multiple parts

I was half way through typing out the explanation but looks like you got it now
Yes, you got it. final position is where you created the plane.

owen_sparks

@Wingsy welcome.

Good point on the naming of the thread @john_mcclary
Forum posts are all about getting quick help for the poster but they also serve as an online help repository for the next person facing a similar problem.

Cheers Owen S.

Wingsy

I agree on the name. Usually I try to be descriptive in a forum title but let it slip this time. I don't see a way to change it now... is there?

john_mcclary

Yea, it's permanent
not a big deal, just sayin, I don't wanna sound like a forum snob 

3dcad

Forum is all about helping each other and having fun while doing it. There's no strict rules or editing posts to form perfect question and there's no answers like 'Use search!!!!!!!!!!' or so.. We all understand that everything is new in the beginning and it can be hard to search if you are not yet familiar with the terms to search with.

And sometimes conversations can turn into Onshape coffee mugs or just general discussion how great this forum is - that should be avoided if thread is created as 'Question' since forum will hunt the op for marking answers 

@john_mcclary What do mean you don't want to sound.. didn't you just request 'Forum police' tag after your name?  

Wingsy

I'm making progress! And another thank-you to you folks who offered their help. It seems I'm not getting full access to my 3D printer now that my wife has discovered I can print out her miniatures. I just printed my 2nd thing drawn with OnShape. Can't get over how good that software is.

john_mcclary

Awesome

owen_sparks

Great work