How to design gussets in Onshape?

wei_xun

Hi, I am designing a part to be injection molded and want to add gussets for the screw bosses. I see that Onshape has the ribs command but nothing for gussets. While I experiment widely, what do more experienced Onshapers approach this?

Here's a picture of the part. It is the bottom piece of a mouse.

john_mcclary

There are some public features out there that automate that feature 

Try this
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5738c86de4b06c68b35e68a5/w/6c69df608d3406005d90482a/e/2b06e2e693176a3cc55be614

wei_xun

Thank you for this great suggestion. I just tried it and it does almost everything. For some reason, this feature creates is a through hole, but I don't want it to go through the backplate.

NeilCooke

It was designed for adding screws through the part - you will have to fill the holes in afterward.