assembly level cut feature?

chris_121

Are there plans to bring in assembly level operations such as extruded cut?  
When working with welded assemblies this is a very useful feature.

3dcad

You can create new improvement request for voting.

I suppose this is pretty standard feature and the least we should expect from Onshape is to meet the standard requirements.

shashank_aarya

@chris_121 As a workaround you can create multiple parts in a single part studio as per position in assembly. Any feature you add for cutting parts, it will update in assembly. I feel that availability of assembly level features is one of the most important thing in design and Onshape definitely have a plan to bring it as soon as possible. We will wait for the same.

viru

@chris_121 , In CAD assembly features required for Assembly operations like hole, extrude cut, surface machining etc. are performed to maintain the alignment and accuracy of operation. Therefore it is very important to have assembly level operations.I also hoping Onshape will introduce this capability in near future definitely.

andrew_troup

@viru: some of these operations would lend themselves to being performed in a Part Studio, I agree with @shashank_aarya.

I'm thinking a part studio would ideally be used (once the feature list issues are manageable) to model assemblies within which there was not relative motion. This would avoid the whole can of worms you get when assemblies and parts reference each other.

What's more, assembly operations (a single feature embracing many parts) get very difficult to manage in assemblies with relative motion...

I think we need to make sure we don't simply transfer our thinking from legacy packages across to Onshape, because we risk bringing a lot of our old problems with us if we do.

3dcad

andrew_troup said:

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I think we need to make sure we don't simply transfer our thinking from legacy packages across to Onshape, because we risk bringing a lot of our old problems with us if we do.

I agree very much! I sometimes find myself guilty on such thinking too..

daniel_staudt

i think i am in the right concept of a thread.

can anyone help me with my document?

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/2ed57bd239aed0c44ed66639/w/84c0970bad7753f920656dd7/e/822413da776d3da9b041b26b

i would like the ends of the DC connector to be limited by the board under clearance so it does not show up. the part does have them that long but after soldering they are cut. is there a way to show this in the assembly with out making the part itself cut off?

owen_sparks

Multiple post I think.  Your link seemed to point to a studio that doesn't exist.  If you're talking about changing a part based on geometry in an assembly then "edit in context" may be what you're looking for?

Owen S