Improvements to Onshape - November 18th, 2020

MichaelPascoe · December 2020

This is a great update. Thank you Onshape team!

bill_schnoebelen · December 2020

I got a chance to try the pics today.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/190ff22230d6575e2b718738/w/c6c894c3e451254053fd77c2/e/e493dc1ed7f0a023245d83f5

This is great for somebody like me who cannot remember what I did five minutes ago. I like the fact that the pics do not also stay on your phone if you use the camera. A nice addition would be to upload multiple pics.

bruce_williams · December 2020

@bill_schnoebelen
thanks for sharing the doc with pics!

the paint look is really cool. what order and method did you get the black and blue to look so clean? I see the needle applicator, just not sure how you did it. Looks great!

I am making a sign for gift and this is very timely...

sorry to hijack the topic a bit here.

bill_schnoebelen · December 2020

Hi Bruce,

That is just a favor for a neighbor. I have made a bunch of these over the years. I usually make them out of whatever scrap I have.

IIRC I made one where I machined the profile. I then painted the exterior flat black. Then I machined the letters and clear coated. It looks pretty nice with the machine marks in the aluminum colored letters. I'll put a picture up there.

For this one, I machined then painted. I watered down the blue and applied it with a glue bottle since that is what I had. It wicked in the letters very nicely!

If I was going to do it again, I would make the base paint gloss or semi gloss. I think any slips in the letters would clean off better than the flat black. The flat black may work better if you take the time to let it fully dry. I don't have that kind of patience.

I actually bought the model paint to make some tooling storage racks. I plan to machine text in the aluminum. I'll rub the paint in the recessed letters and clean the surface with a sponge.

bruce_williams · December 2020

@bill_schnoebelen that is helpful. I am making a wooden sign and was going to hand router it. You inspired me to do it in Onshape first and then we have CNC routers that I will use to 'engrave'. Hope I have time to post a design doc including pictures also. Thanks for the ideas!

john_mcclary · December 2020

We like the sheet-metal powdercoat option

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bill_schnoebelen · December 2020

This could turn into a hackaday, pinterest, grabcad, fiverr on steroids. Do a Google search. Find a pic of what your looking for in OS. Borrow the CAD/Instructions or hire the person to make it for you.