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How do I export all parts, flattening them on the XY plane?
dapug
Member Posts: 17 ✭✭
I built a simple box using X,Y,Z. Just as you'd imagine, each side is simply a board (1/4" ply, whatever).
Goal: export each side as a flattened 2D object for laser cutting or whatevs.
How do I do this? When I export STL as individual files, all the parts that are on Front or Side views. I'm not seeing the quickest, easiest way of just getting all parts layed out as 2D without painstakingly rotating everything to XY plane first. Ugh. Ultimately I'd like everything in SVG format and not have to pop open other tools just to convert and get things done too.
Am i missing something?
Goal: export each side as a flattened 2D object for laser cutting or whatevs.
How do I do this? When I export STL as individual files, all the parts that are on Front or Side views. I'm not seeing the quickest, easiest way of just getting all parts layed out as 2D without painstakingly rotating everything to XY plane first. Ugh. Ultimately I'd like everything in SVG format and not have to pop open other tools just to convert and get things done too.
Am i missing something?
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Jake_Rosenfeld
Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,646 
You can right click on any planar face and 'Export as DXF/DWG...' to get all your vector drawings individually.
Another option is to use the Auto Layout Custom Feature:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3b3bb87c95d03259328fdb1f/w/9828ddc941ddc2896ebeebdb/e/fcecc760e1bc713ee3aae876
See the video here under 'Start Using Custom Features' for instructions:
https://www.onshape.com/featurescript
This Layout feature will lay out all of the parts of a certain thickness with whatever you spacing you want, on whatever size sheets. Then you can make a Drawing of those and export the whole thing as one.Jake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team5
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Another option is to use the Auto Layout Custom Feature:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3b3bb87c95d03259328fdb1f/w/9828ddc941ddc2896ebeebdb/e/fcecc760e1bc713ee3aae876
See the video here under 'Start Using Custom Features' for instructions:
https://www.onshape.com/featurescript
This Layout feature will lay out all of the parts of a certain thickness with whatever you spacing you want, on whatever size sheets. Then you can make a Drawing of those and export the whole thing as one.