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Frame Structure - Wiring AND Routing through 8020 Profiles
Hi All,
I am trying to build a custom 3d printer as a part of my DIY project. I have built the frame using 8020 profiles using the frame feature of Onshape, that was cool. Now i am try assemble the axis on to the frame. Afterthat i have to do the wiring and routing, but i find it a bit challenging. As seen from the picture below, routing is done via the profiles horizontally and vertically.
Have tried using the freeform spline, but using a simple straight line and tangent arc around the curves are quite simple to my experience..... 
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Is there any way that i could integrate or merge the straight lines that were created on two different planes i.e., horizontal and vertical? And is there any other way that i can acheive this?
And secondly what i trying to create is an 3d, if i want to create a 2D electrical schematic is it possible in Onshape?
I am trying to build a custom 3d printer as a part of my DIY project. I have built the frame using 8020 profiles using the frame feature of Onshape, that was cool. Now i am try assemble the axis on to the frame. Afterthat i have to do the wiring and routing, but i find it a bit challenging. As seen from the picture below, routing is done via the profiles horizontally and vertically.
Have tried using the freeform spline, but using a simple straight line and tangent arc around the curves are quite simple to my experience..... . Is there any way that i could integrate or merge the straight lines that were created on two different planes i.e., horizontal and vertical? And is there any other way that i can acheive this?
And secondly what i trying to create is an 3d, if i want to create a 2D electrical schematic is it possible in Onshape?
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https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e9510fd9afb962d7ce9a8022/v/c0fbb184e647118cac3ae0ce/e/13b3e0761b89e89cacdcb732
The freeform spline FS has "polyline" mode that should basically do what you want as well and reports the length of each feature in a custom table, which is handy if you are actually going to use that to measure wire lengths.