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In FeatureScript, what determines whether separate 'parts' are created, vs a single one?
dave_cowden
Member, Developers Posts: 470 ✭✭✭
I have created multiple sketches, ,and I'm noticing behavior I do not understand.
Inside of the FS script, I create more than one sketch, and then convert them to solids.
When i use opThicken, each sketch region becomes another 'part' in the Part Studio.
However, when i use opExtrude, only a single part is created in the part studio.
In both cases, I use a single id for the operation. I expected that the creation of separate parts would be driven by whether the operation was the same-- but it is not.
What controls whether separate 'parts' will be created in the part studio when the FS is complete? In this case, I prefer to use opThicken because it is more tolerant of overlaping sketch regions. But I would rather have a single part created, vs one per sketch region.
I think the solution is probably pretty easy-- I simply do not understand how FS operations translate to "Parts" in the part studio.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Inside of the FS script, I create more than one sketch, and then convert them to solids.
When i use opThicken, each sketch region becomes another 'part' in the Part Studio.
However, when i use opExtrude, only a single part is created in the part studio.
In both cases, I use a single id for the operation. I expected that the creation of separate parts would be driven by whether the operation was the same-- but it is not.
What controls whether separate 'parts' will be created in the part studio when the FS is complete? In this case, I prefer to use opThicken because it is more tolerant of overlaping sketch regions. But I would rather have a single part created, vs one per sketch region.
I think the solution is probably pretty easy-- I simply do not understand how FS operations translate to "Parts" in the part studio.
Thanks in advance for the help!
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ilya_baran
Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 1,175 
This is operation-specific. You can guarantee separate parts by doing separate operations and a single part by doing an opBoolean union. Extrude is commonly used on multi-region sketches, so it needs to combine adjacent extrusion regions into one part. opThicken does not do that.Ilya Baran \ VP, Architecture and FeatureScript \ Onshape Inc5
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