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Part Studio
Blaz
Member Posts: 4 ✭
I have a few questions about the features in the Onshape Part Studio.
Is there a thin profile option when extruding or revolving a sketch? If not, is it planned to be included in one of the future versions of Onshape?
How about the offset option, for example if I draw a sketch on a Top plane, but I want that the extruded solid to start at a height of 10 mm and not directly on a Top plane?
Another thing that I noticed are some inconsistencies when a sketch is defined. For example, if I draw a sketch (e.g. circle with a hexagon hole) on one of the mail planes, the extruded solid has a hole in it. But if I then draw a sketch on one of the faces of that solid and not on any of the main planes, and with a little different dimension or position of the hole, the second extruded solid does not include the hole.
Here is the screenshot:
Here is the screenshot:
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jakeramsley
Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers, csevp Posts: 661 
Hi Blaz,
If you select the "Surface" option in Extrude/Revolve, you can select sketch entities (not faces) which result in making surfaces for a thin profile.
1. Select "Surface" in the extrude/revolve. This will change the selection field to allow sketch entities to be selected to create surfaces.
2. Select the sketch entities you want. Notice it will create surfaces, not parts.
Right now, we don't have offset extrude. What I do in the meantime is to apply a move face/replace face with the offset I want. If I want a blind offset, I use a move face that would move it up. If I want some sort of termination, like start on a specific plane, I will use a replace face and replace my extrude cap face with the plane.Jake RamsleyDirector of Quality Engineering & Release Manager onshape.com5 -
jakeramsley
Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers, csevp Posts: 661
Extrude with offset and thin extrude are two features that should come with time. Extrude with offset is more likely to arrive before thin extrude.Blaz said:Hi,thank you both very much, that's very helpful. These options are definitely very useful and I can definitely work with that, but I am still curious if you are still planning to release the thin extrude and offset features in one of the future versions of Onshape?
Extrude should work the same whether you are extruding a sketch from a plane or from a face. Obviously they are not and we will look into it. In the meantime, rather than selecting the entire sketch for the extrude, try selecting just the region you want.Blaz said:How about the other thing, the problem with defining outer sketch’s edges, do you have any idea what is wrong in my example? Is there anything that I’m doing wrong?
QLV stands for Query List Value which is the internal term we use for the blue selection boxes in a feature. In this case, when you toggle between surface and solid extrude, there are separate selection fields that allow for different selections (and they are not cleared when toggling from one to another).Andrew_Troup said:@JakeRamsley : QLV?Jake RamsleyDirector of Quality Engineering & Release Manager onshape.com6 -
3dcad
Member, OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 2,475 PRO
Screenshot for my previous post:
As you see I didn't select 'Sketch 2' for extrude, but took just 'Face of Sketch 2'
//rami5
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If you select the "Surface" option in Extrude/Revolve, you can select sketch entities (not faces) which result in making surfaces for a thin profile.
1. Select "Surface" in the extrude/revolve. This will change the selection field to allow sketch entities to be selected to create surfaces.
2. Select the sketch entities you want. Notice it will create surfaces, not parts.
Right now, we don't have offset extrude. What I do in the meantime is to apply a move face/replace face with the offset I want. If I want a blind offset, I use a move face that would move it up. If I want some sort of termination, like start on a specific plane, I will use a replace face and replace my extrude cap face with the plane.
I can't help you on the second issue.
Extrude should work the same whether you are extruding a sketch from a plane or from a face. Obviously they are not and we will look into it. In the meantime, rather than selecting the entire sketch for the extrude, try selecting just the region you want.
QLV stands for Query List Value which is the internal term we use for the blue selection boxes in a feature. In this case, when you toggle between surface and solid extrude, there are separate selection fields that allow for different selections (and they are not cleared when toggling from one to another).
UX/PD/Community Support
I'm not sure if it's a bug or feature - onshape works a bit different with sketches since you can have a lot of stuff in a sketch and extrude just some of them.. Give it a try!
As you see I didn't select 'Sketch 2' for extrude, but took just 'Face of Sketch 2'
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