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Miniature Calculator Improvement
John_Gebhardt
Member Posts: 2 EDU
Hello, on behalf of FTC #2901, Purple Gears, we have a proposal for a new feature that we think would be useful in Onshape
We were thinking of improvements to Onshape and thought of how useful it would be to have a little calculator in the bottom right corner of the screen.
We think this would be useful for not only measured objects in the measuring tool but combining them with other variables and coefficients from outside of Onshape, as well as not having to pull out a calculator or the calculator app on my smartphone. For the feature specifically, we think that it should have a simple keypad, along with a simple arithmetic operation. Also, it would probably go in a tab right next to the measure tab. In addition, we think that the feature should be able to type in numbers with the keyboard, specifically when the calculator tab is selected, so we don't have to click each individual number with my mouse. Another thought that we came up with was the use of measurements using the measuring tab, as variables in the calculator. Say you are measuring along a horizontal plane, then if you highlighted the end of said plane, you could put the selected variable into a computation. You can also expand on this by using units like X, Y, Z, Θ to represent the most recent measurement of that plane. Another strategy is to make a list of the most recent planes measured, and use those in equations and computations.
This feature would be so useful in Onshape, specifically for the people who need to use math a lot in their models, and would be a great source of workflow and ease of access for our team.
We were thinking of improvements to Onshape and thought of how useful it would be to have a little calculator in the bottom right corner of the screen.
We think this would be useful for not only measured objects in the measuring tool but combining them with other variables and coefficients from outside of Onshape, as well as not having to pull out a calculator or the calculator app on my smartphone. For the feature specifically, we think that it should have a simple keypad, along with a simple arithmetic operation. Also, it would probably go in a tab right next to the measure tab. In addition, we think that the feature should be able to type in numbers with the keyboard, specifically when the calculator tab is selected, so we don't have to click each individual number with my mouse. Another thought that we came up with was the use of measurements using the measuring tab, as variables in the calculator. Say you are measuring along a horizontal plane, then if you highlighted the end of said plane, you could put the selected variable into a computation. You can also expand on this by using units like X, Y, Z, Θ to represent the most recent measurement of that plane. Another strategy is to make a list of the most recent planes measured, and use those in equations and computations.
This feature would be so useful in Onshape, specifically for the people who need to use math a lot in their models, and would be a great source of workflow and ease of access for our team.
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Maybe something like an expanded equation editor, like what we can currently do in dimensions and variables and the like.
... with the ability to copy an equation into a dimension field and have it Just Work.
IR for AS/NZS 1100
I have thought from time to time how it would be nice to get a bigger place to type some particularly long equation without having to make a Feature Studio, or copy/paste it in from somewhere else (especially since there wouldn't be auto-complete of my variables). Take pretty much any ternary statement for example. It never fits in the feature dialog. A bigger window: I'd use it.
And have comments and everything as well
IR for AS/NZS 1100