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how to assign a variable to control number of sides of a polygon?

dhiraj_patildhiraj_patil Member Posts: 3
I want to assign a variable to control number of sides of a polygon. But it won't accept the input. 

Best Answers

  • Alex_KempenAlex_Kempen Member Posts: 247 EDU
    Answer ✓
    Sketch patterns and polygons cannot unfortunately be controlled with variables. This is due to the way Onshape handles creating new sketch entities internally; new entities aren’t processed deterministically, so increasing the number of sides on a polygon and then changing it back will cause things which reference the sides of the polygon to behave unexpectedly and inconsistently.

     One alternative to configuring polygons directly is to make multiple polygon sketches and to use configurations to switch between them. 

    Also, note that variables are called in Onshape using a # - this also activates the variable autocomplete menu.
    CS Student at UT Dallas
    Alex.Kempen@utdallas.edu
    Check out my FeatureScripts here:



Answers

  • Alex_KempenAlex_Kempen Member Posts: 247 EDU
    Answer ✓
    Sketch patterns and polygons cannot unfortunately be controlled with variables. This is due to the way Onshape handles creating new sketch entities internally; new entities aren’t processed deterministically, so increasing the number of sides on a polygon and then changing it back will cause things which reference the sides of the polygon to behave unexpectedly and inconsistently.

     One alternative to configuring polygons directly is to make multiple polygon sketches and to use configurations to switch between them. 

    Also, note that variables are called in Onshape using a # - this also activates the variable autocomplete menu.
    CS Student at UT Dallas
    Alex.Kempen@utdallas.edu
    Check out my FeatureScripts here:



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