Where is the FeatureScript source for the sample Spur Gear generator?

jon_woellhaf

FretureScript is a wonderful addition! Where can I find the FeatureScript source for the sample Spur Gear generator?

ilya_baran

In the Spur Gear document itself -- just click on the Feature Studio tab or go here: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5742c8cde4b06c68b362d748/v/c65839fc6078faeb4d2aece1/e/01a666571e625f8b819fd75b

ilya_baran

In the Spur Gear document itself -- just click on the Feature Studio tab or go here: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5742c8cde4b06c68b362d748/v/c65839fc6078faeb4d2aece1/e/01a666571e625f8b819fd75b

jon_woellhaf

Thank you. I found it at the link, but don't understand what "the Spur Gear document itself" means.

NeilCooke

A custom feature must live in a Document somewhere - in the Spur Gear Document there is a tab for instructions on how to use the feature, a Part Studio example of several types of gears, an assembly of the gears (try the new animate on one of the revolution joints), and of course the Feature Studio itself with the code. 

jon_woellhaf

NeilCooke said:

A custom feature must live in a Document somewhere - in the Spur Gear Document there is a tab for instructions on how to use the feature, a Part Studio example of several types of gears, an assembly of the gears (try the new animate on one of the revolution joints), and of course the Feature Studio itself with the code. 

Understood. But where is the "Spur Gear Document?"

jakeramsley

jon_woellhaf said:

NeilCooke said:

A custom feature must live in a Document somewhere - in the Spur Gear Document there is a tab for instructions on how to use the feature, a Part Studio example of several types of gears, an assembly of the gears (try the new animate on one of the revolution joints), and of course the Feature Studio itself with the code. 

Understood. But where is the "Spur Gear Document?"

In Onshape, you create documents that contain Part Studios, assemblies, drawings, foreign data, Feature Studios, etc.  In the case of the spur gear code, it resides in a document that Neil owns called "FeatureScript Spur Gear" which includes a PDF on how to use the spur gear feature, a Part Studio using the feature to generate gears, an assembly that shows how the gears can be mated, as well as a Feature Studio where the code was written and lives.  The document is public so that everyone in Onshape can view it.

NeilCooke

The doc is the link above (which is taking you directly to the feature studio)

shashank_aarya

Thanks for adding feature script. Its really awesome! I noticed one thing. When any custom feature is added, in feature tree it is shown with linked document icon. It means that developer can change the script to add more parameters in new version of the document where the feature script is created. So, after updating to latest version, changes appears in model. But since feature script samples are from public documents it could not be easy to know if script has been updated in new version. So, every time I need to open the part studio and see if linked document icon is highlighted. In this case I feel it would be nice if user gets notification on main document page for available updates in any document versions, which are used as linked documents for custom features.

ilya_baran

Thanks, @shashank_aarya !

Showing documents that can be updated is an interesting suggestion -- we'll think about how to do it.  That said, updating custom features is not at all necessary unless you want the new behavior or new functionality in the updated version (and I would expect most of the time if you have a part that is already modeled than you're ok with the geometry the feature produces).  It's not like installed software where you need to update frequently or risk security holes and bugs.