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Set Color and Material - New FeatureScript
sebastian_glanzner
Member, Developers Posts: 398 PRO
Hello everyone,
I would like to share a featureScript of mine which I think could be useful for you.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a1c694da929cd0c00da57f1d/w/affc3a805df9b0c08ec7af3c/e/641eb1448fe7d5609b74ae7e
You can make a copy of this document and customize the table with the materials you use for your parts.
The advantage in using this feature instead of the Onshape material list is, that all parts will have the same color in your documents.
Also you can extend the feature to set custom properties!
Here is a list of custom properties I use:
- German material name
- English material name
- German surface name
- English surface name
This helps me to fill my BOMs and part properties.
PS.: Make sure to place the feature at the end of the feature list. That the way the mass is calculated correctly.
I would like to share a featureScript of mine which I think could be useful for you.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a1c694da929cd0c00da57f1d/w/affc3a805df9b0c08ec7af3c/e/641eb1448fe7d5609b74ae7e
You can make a copy of this document and customize the table with the materials you use for your parts.
The advantage in using this feature instead of the Onshape material list is, that all parts will have the same color in your documents.
Also you can extend the feature to set custom properties!
Here is a list of custom properties I use:
- German material name
- English material name
- German surface name
- English surface name
This helps me to fill my BOMs and part properties.
PS.: Make sure to place the feature at the end of the feature list. That the way the mass is calculated correctly.
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This is a great feature, I use it to assign density to my COTS parts. However, there is a small bug. Here is what happens: If you assigned any type of materials to the part from Onshape materials Library, the feature will not work even when you change the material back to "None" from Onshape materials assignment. I believe this is due to the fact that Onshape materials lib assign "0" to the part if you select "None", and the feature is not able to overwrite that "0". Is there any fix can be applied? Thanks!