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NX inspired features like Basic Curve and WCS
Detective_Goose
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I enjoy working with sketch, and it works really well, but I miss being able to generate "Dumb" non-parametric curves like in Siemens NX 2212.
Sometimes I wish, I had a feature like basic curve combined with a WCS (Work Coordinate System), so I can make lines in any direction without being constrained to predefined plane. It would also be easier to place planes with a unique direction with a WCS.
I see how basic curves may not harmonize with the vision of Onshape. A big part of Onshape is being able to set up a model in such a way, that I can edit something and all sketches after it update accordingly. But I would love it, if users had the option to do otherwise, because there are just certain things you can't do with sketch.
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Have you looked at this?
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/24874/routing-curve-control-point-curve-introduction-of-two-new-features-for-3d-curve-creation/p1
Also, mate connectors are coordinate systems and you can use them instead of planes for all sorts of things, including placing a 2D sketch (as a quick way to place a sketch at some arbitrary location/orientation by editing the mate connector offsets.
Bridge curve with position at each end will allow you to place lines at relatively arbitrary locations - albeit connected to existing geometry. When Control Point Curve becomes a real built in feature, I certainly expect it to have similar abilities to drag end points along other edges/curves.
Onshapes version of NX's WCS is called a Mate Connector. (And i've found them much more usable then NX's WCS somehow, even though they are conceptually the same, Mate Connectors are integrated in a better way)
the name Mate connector is a bit off, because it suggests they're mostly useful in an assembly environment, but they're now thoroughly integrated and useful in part studio's as well…
maybe check this out (not sure how up to date it is):
https://learn.onshape.com/courses/all-the-ways-to-use-mate-connectors