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Sheet metal? Thin features?

caradoncaradon OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 300 PRO
in Using Onshape
Normally I make extensive use of SolidWorks sheet metal.
How big of a priority is getting sheet metal into Onshape?

In the same context: where are those thin extrudes and thin revolves?? ;)

Dries
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dries-vervoort/1b/530/271

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    lougallolougallo Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 2,002
    @DriesV‌ It is definitely on the radar. We are aware of this and I will add you to the request. As far as thin features, you will need to do cross section sketches for now. One thing that is very cool is you can select any planar face and just hit extrude. It uses that selection as a profile.

    Lou Gallo / PD/UX - Support - Community / Onshape, Inc.
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    stevehessstevehess Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 98
    Lou, the animation really helps. Thanks.
    Steve Hess \ Onshape Inc.
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    jon_hirschtickjon_hirschtick Onshape Employees Posts: 91
    +1 on Lou's animation! What a great technique to use in a Forum! Lou: do you use Camtasia to capture? Would be great if users could easily do this in both reporting and responding to issues and forum threads.
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    caradoncaradon OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 300 PRO
    Nice!
    Would be cool if you could do that face pulling without i
    jhirschtick said:

    +1 on Lou's animation! What a great technique to use in a Forum! Lou: do you use Camtasia to capture? Would be great if users could easily do this in both reporting and responding to issues and forum threads.

    +1!
    Or maybe some recording into OS??
    Could be really useful for support purposes!

    Dries
    https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dries-vervoort/1b/530/271
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    kevin_quigleykevin_quigley Member Posts: 306 ✭✭✭
    Try using Jing. Free, easy, works on Mac and Windows.
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    lougallolougallo Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 2,002
    I use Snagit and then run it through a tool on the Mac called GIF Brewery. There are a bunch of ways to do GIFs from video. Glad that works well for you guys. I have many more tips to come...
    Lou Gallo / PD/UX - Support - Community / Onshape, Inc.
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    mark_biasottimark_biasotti Member Posts: 123 ✭✭✭
    I'm a pathetic old dog - I use Photoshop and Bridge to make my gifs. I'm sure Camtasia and Snagit make it a whole lot easier :p
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    lougallolougallo Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 2,002
    mbiasotti said:

    I'm a pathetic old dog - I use Photoshop and Bridge to make my gifs. I'm sure Camtasia and Snagit make it a whole lot easier :p

    Haha @mbiasotti‌ I just try to use what makes it quick so I can quickly record, process and post. ;-)
    Lou Gallo / PD/UX - Support - Community / Onshape, Inc.
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    andrew_schreiberandrew_schreiber Member Posts: 1 EDU
    I'd also suggest http://www.cockos.com/licecap/ as a tool for recording portions of your screen to gif. 

    It's pretty bare bones but it works reliably enough for me. 
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    X3msnakeX3msnake Member Posts: 2 ✭
    You can use ActivePresenter free edition too
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    imagineeredimagineered Member Posts: 57 ✭✭
    @lougallo any progress on the sheetmetal
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    john_mceleneyjohn_mceleney Onshape Employees Posts: 57
    @imagineered we're actively working on sheetmetal, stay tuned

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    imagineeredimagineered Member Posts: 57 ✭✭
    @john_mceleney good to hear - this will be the game changer!
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    christopher_hiattchristopher_hiatt Member Posts: 1 ✭
    john_mceleney said:
    @imagineered we're actively working on sheetmetal, stay tuned

    Thank you. New user here testing out the product. Had a fit trying to find the sheetmetal features realizing there aren't any. I was about to walk away and never look back.I'll stick around a bit to see what happens with this before I commit to Creo again.
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    walterwalter Member Posts: 41 EDU
    any word on sheetmetal
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    john_rousseaujohn_rousseau Member, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 363
    Hi Walter. Onshape's policy is to not provide timelines for upcoming features. We realize how important sheetmetal is to many of our users. We are working on it, but sheetmetal functionality is a substantial addition to Onshape and we want to take the time so that you say "wow" when you use it for the first time. We're not trying to "check the box", we are working on making it a real productivity boost for people that design with sheetmetal.
    John Rousseau / VP, Technical Operations / Onshape Inc.
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    colemancoleman OS Professional Posts: 244 ✭✭✭
    @john_rousseau
    I appreciate the onshape way of slow cooking features to make sure they are great before releasing them. 

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    walterwalter Member Posts: 41 EDU
    thanks john
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