Sketch Blocks from Solidworks, or similar...

Aaron_Silidker

Struggling here with something that's a basic core function in Solidworks and seems to be 100% missing from OnShape. Any advice? Please watch this Loom video for what I am looking to do: https://loom.com/share/2210636db16b4945804ebd0021bd5f38 (note, I said binary when I meant boolean...long day). 

Thanks!

Isaac_W_Baer

Hi Aaron,

The point derive custom feature made by Alex Kempen is what I use to do a similar thing.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ad42d9d1532c5ea87446b1e8/v/852579040773e505026da438/e/8fb6f1b296e93dac01c59371

You can make a surface, import it using this feature, and then extrude it. The feature also has a boolean operation built into it so you can import a solid and remove it from a part in one step.

dirk_van_der_vaart

With Super Derive custom feature you can import and position a sketch into your Part Studio, even from a different Document, so can create your own library.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/cfef86ed4f9635531599a973/w/def12fa727cba59c54c7c45d/e/c7a140a9163a5516f24fcddf