Is there any way to prevent laser joint sockets from penetrating both walls of a tube?

DGF65

I have successfully created pins and sockets on tube joints, however i cant find a way to prevent the sockets from extending right through the far wall of the second tube.
See example https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7b1fcf924bc3bd3b89b96777/w/702e3f28adb5dedf3c2d04c3/e/bc9a81099715333be1df8ed5
am i overlooking something?

EvanReese

I took a look and all I can say is 🤷‍♂️. I thought maybe in the script there was an endBound that was easy to identify as the culprit, but I think there's more going on there and the person most suited to solve it is @lemon1324

If it's uncommon enough to not warrant a feature update, you could just delete the extra holes with Delete Face. I'd right-click -> create selection -> tangent connected -> pick the holes.

fnxf

You could also split the second tube before making the laser joint, and then uniting after the laser joint feature. No need to pick holes.

lemon1324

Huh, I'll definitely take a look when I get time, I was pretty sure I wasn't doing any through-all extrudes as part of the feature.

I think it may be that as part of a speed optimization I rewrote the algorithm which cuts the features in the tab part and didn't fully mirror that algorithm to the base part.  At any rate, I've got a test case in my document now, so keep an eye out for an update soon(ish).

In the meantime, the split/union approach is probably the most parametric workaround, albeit annoying if you have to do it many times.

(strictly speaking, trying to run it on a non-planar part violates the assumptions stated in the feature documentation, but I'll see if I can add this as a supported use anyway)

EvanReese

I took a look and all I can say is 🤷‍♂️. I thought maybe in the script there was an endBound that was easy to identify as the culprit, but I think there's more going on there and the person most suited to solve it is @lemon1324

If it's uncommon enough to not warrant a feature update, you could just delete the extra holes with Delete Face. I'd right-click -> create selection -> tangent connected -> pick the holes.

fnxf

You could also split the second tube before making the laser joint, and then uniting after the laser joint feature. No need to pick holes.

lemon1324

Huh, I'll definitely take a look when I get time, I was pretty sure I wasn't doing any through-all extrudes as part of the feature.

I think it may be that as part of a speed optimization I rewrote the algorithm which cuts the features in the tab part and didn't fully mirror that algorithm to the base part.  At any rate, I've got a test case in my document now, so keep an eye out for an update soon(ish).

In the meantime, the split/union approach is probably the most parametric workaround, albeit annoying if you have to do it many times.

(strictly speaking, trying to run it on a non-planar part violates the assumptions stated in the feature documentation, but I'll see if I can add this as a supported use anyway)

DGF65

Thanks Arul, i will keep an eye out for an update. 
I see it being really helpful for design of tube laser cut projects.It is already brilliant for sheet cut asse 
thanks also Evan and fnxf for your workarounds.