How to Create a set of Sketch & Feature that are available to be imported/insert into a Part Studio

patrick_farley

Hi,
i am trying to make a bank of avionic instrument drill out and be able to use them on a custom instrument panel
right know i am only able to make a list of sketch and copy / paste them on the new part. i cannot have any feature save. 
I try the derived feature, but, I cannot change the location after the insert is made.

Is there a way that i could make a set/bank of Sketch with Feature, and easilly use those to insert into a new part

In the bottom of the picture i show my set of drill out instrument in sketch only, but they are missing all the feature (chamfer)
In the top of the picture, i show what the real drill out for this instrument would be. (chamfer)


Thanks
Pat F

patrick_farley

Thanks Criss, your idea gave me part of the answer.

i did finally draw a negative of my cut out needed, and i could not union all the part together because the part were not touching, i included you idea of a face plate connecting all my part together and VOILA....

So i insert point on my instrument panel, and insert the mate connector (i redraw the instrument panel on the top plane instead of the front plane to get the mate correctly insert without the need to realign them) on a sketch.

i then create a assembly, and insert the instrument panel, the instrument, then i did a in context edit of the instrument panel then i did a boolean subtract and there it was.

Thanks a lot for your idea, it help me find my solution

Pat F

owen_sparks

Hi.

Sorry I'm late.

I use a similar method on occasion.

First create a library document containing a bunch of solid parts describing the cutouts required.

Then just derive them into the part target studio, "transform by mate connector" into place, and then use the boolean tool to make the cutout. (No assembly or ICE required.)

I'd intended to make a custom feature with a pick list of hole types that you could just point to a sketch entity but never got round to it.  Thanks for the nudge, I ought to finish that...

Cheers, Owen S,

Josiah_Harthcock

patrick_farley said:

Hi,
i am trying to make a bank of avionic instrument drill out and be able to use them on a custom instrument panel
right know i am only able to make a list of sketch and copy / paste them on the new part. i cannot have any feature save. 
I try the derived feature, but, I cannot change the location after the insert is made.

Is there a way that i could make a set/bank of Sketch with Feature, and easilly use those to insert into a new part

In the bottom of the picture i show my set of drill out instrument in sketch only, but they are missing all the feature (chamfer)
In the top of the picture, i show what the real drill out for this instrument would be. (chamfer)


Thanks
Pat F

The transform feature will allow you to move/rotate in a part studio.

Jake_Rosenfeld

Documentation link:
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/transform.htm

patrick_farley

Thanks, but,
i don't want to move or rotate or translate a Part.

I would like to copy only the sketch, and feature of a part (not the part itself) onto another one.

i would like to desing a instrument panel. (a full sheet of metal) from the shape of a specific airplane

Then using a bank (set of cut out) of all the possible instrument. insert the cut out to the correct location

I try to create a Negative of the holes, (to be able to create a Boolean Subtract) but i cannot create a single part, as the hole are not touching together.
I would have to transform the 5 parts individually

This bank/set idea is so i don't have to redraw the hole location and chamfer for each instrument panel that i make, only the position would be left to do




Sheet of metal without hole:


Bank of instrument cut out:



Hole made on the instrument panel:



Thanks 
Pat Farley

TimRice

Sounds like a good case for a custom FeautreScript!

Cris_Bowers

Create a sketch on the face of your instrument panel using points locating the center of each of your instruments. Insert the instrument panel and the sketch into an assembly. Create your instruments in another part studio. Now you will need to create mate connectors at each of the points and realign them to the face (apparently the z axis is always up when trying to mate to a point, so this has to be done, unless someone says otherwise). Use the fasten mate to locate all your instruments with the appropriate mate connector. Then edit your instrument panel in context. You can use the geometry from your instruments to create your holes and cutouts in the instrument panel. I made a quick example:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e97782e2780ed83fd9c3e093/w/f25a3a806831992d05ca55b2/e/cf752c5b58e57518a5338943

patrick_farley

Thanks Criss, your idea gave me part of the answer.

i did finally draw a negative of my cut out needed, and i could not union all the part together because the part were not touching, i included you idea of a face plate connecting all my part together and VOILA....

So i insert point on my instrument panel, and insert the mate connector (i redraw the instrument panel on the top plane instead of the front plane to get the mate correctly insert without the need to realign them) on a sketch.

i then create a assembly, and insert the instrument panel, the instrument, then i did a in context edit of the instrument panel then i did a boolean subtract and there it was.

Thanks a lot for your idea, it help me find my solution

Pat F

owen_sparks

Hi.

Sorry I'm late.

I use a similar method on occasion.

First create a library document containing a bunch of solid parts describing the cutouts required.

Then just derive them into the part target studio, "transform by mate connector" into place, and then use the boolean tool to make the cutout. (No assembly or ICE required.)

I'd intended to make a custom feature with a pick list of hole types that you could just point to a sketch entity but never got round to it.  Thanks for the nudge, I ought to finish that...

Cheers, Owen S,

MBartlett21

@owen_sparks
Please see this FS for something like what you want to do:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/389762cf46ca2a3fcc9d4ad9

mahir

@MBartlett21, cute test cupcake

owen_sparks

Yes, that's even more than I was looking for as it'll handle configurations too.  I thought it was popcorn though.  Either way it's nice work!

Cheers, Owen S

MBartlett21

I have now got it to handle feature pattern

owen_sparks

@MBartlett21

You seemed to have created a throwing star for "Cupcake-Ninjas".

O.S.