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In some instances (2 out of 8) in this part studio, the cable works totally as expected.
In others though, the path looks right but the moment I hit the "show wires/cables" button the feature fails and the wire path disappears. I've been fiddling my bend radius in case that's the cause but nothing I do seems to fix it.
All my cables have the same settings. Has anyone else run into anything the same problem? Here's what my current CSV looks like (which has a super tight bend radius in the hope it fixes the issue).
For cable raceways, I include a solution in the video which will hopefully solve your issue.
Er, actually whenever you get around to updating this forum thread.
I've added the part from the video to the doc's main workspace, here:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3599036701247d65f0106997/w/616e6f87cc1f718256a4d639/e/c4effcbc255f95293c0eca36
I only had a quick look but this seems like a really nice evolution of the feature (or feature set I should say)!
Setting up the "clip" in the part will take out a lot of the repetitive work (once setup initially).
Just one thought: it looks like it names the composite part "clip", which might make it a bit tricky to keep track of in the assembly tree (or will require manual renaming)... It would be nice if it could include the name of the original part/composite (and ideally copy any properties it already has) to minimize the amount of work when "converting" existing components.
I also couldn't quite tell if/how it is able to manage "contacts" for connectors (eg. the crimped/soldered pins on a multi-position connector). Obviously it would be easy enough to add them to the assembly after the fact but it would be neat if it could be automated considering we already have wires coming to specific connector locations (but probably low priority)!
Now we just need the ability to "straighten" the wires! Should only take a couple of days to implement, right
I can hardly contain my excitement even though I haven't even had a chance to play with the v2.0 features yet!
I was looking at the example do and mentally trying to figure out what the workflow would be for creating a "straightened" version manually and looked like not all the data would be directly "accessible" but (to do it manually) did think it seemed like it should be "doable" in FS (although that looks like a pretty tricky thing to do)...
It's nice to know it's in the works though and I can't wait to see the ingenious way in which it's implemented, judging by how this works up to now I have I expectations (no pressure )!
Just noticed that the doc still link to "v1.0" video so you might want to edit (or remove if new one not ready) that link to avoid confusion if someone updates without coming here first.
Also thought of another "nice to have" feature: wire gauge/area information in the library for "idiot-proofing". I.e. set the range of gauges a terminal accepts and throw a warning in the table if terminating a wire outside the range. But I'd rather have the "straight wire" so this can wait until v4.0
Or is there any other good workflow to control the routing that Im missing? I know the clips etc but sometimes it could be nice to do a quick and dirty routing before adding clips..
Great work anyway, looking forward to the future updates!
What @Kristoffer_Nilsson decribes is basically what I do when using the freeform spline, I might pick the nearest point/corner that a wire needs to go by and offset it by diameter/2 away (and then move it around in the other directions). Automatic 1/2 diameter offset from along normal would be neat when picking a face though!
That said if it's just for "rough" layout before adding clips then moving the points around "freely" is probably ok...
I am using your wiring custom feature for cable/routing 2.0 and I am having some difficulty with the references, when i select some of the references it give me a ERROR REGENERATING, do you think you can help me with this? The other components were selected and worked properly, when it comes to referencing the ones on the front panel it doesn't work!
With this resolved I will live happily ever after! Thanks for your mega help on this one!
Also the rest of them have perfectly referenced, these are just giving issues for some reason. as shown below:
Any help on this would be phenomenal! Thanks
Just did thank you for your prompt response! Let me know if you need anything else
Amazing wire featurescript that you have made. Really providing so much control over wiring.
I ran into the follow issue where the script is complaining that the geometry being made could have violated curvature yet nothing appears red nor does it stop it from completing the cable. I know it happens exactly after I add the following wire "Output_Encoder_MA+" and continues for the last 4 in the table. I know its not a naming issue since the names are essentially the same in the previous cable.I attached below with image of the from-to file as well as the script before and after removing the last 4 wires in the second cable.