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Why can't I delete an imported DXF?
I'm playing around with creating my own document template, following the procedure in Best Practices for Creating Onshape Drawing Templates - Onshape Learning Center. An imported DXF appears as a tab at the bottom of the document, like a part or drawing would. This is the only type of tab I've seen that does not have a…
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setting diameter of circle
Step 1 : click on Add Sketch button Step 2: click on existing face on model Step 3: click on Center Point Circle tool Now here is the problem, I need to specify the exact diameter of the circle, but hitting the number keys when I am in Center Point Circle tool mode doesn't do anything
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OnShape not connected error.
Hello fellow Shapers, I am new to this system and experiencing difficulties getting up and running. Every time I try to open OnShape to begin a project I am met with the Error 'Onshape is not connected. Your document is saved. Refresh the browser to continue.' Safe to say refreshing the browser does not work. Any help…
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How to change the size of circle diameter
In tutorial video 2 there is a menu item to change the dimension. in new version there is no such an option. How to change the sizes of the fugures?
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How to make a cylindar into a 45 degree angle end?
Hey, I was wondering how to make a cylinder into a full 45 degree cut in Onshape? P.S>( sorry for the bad drawing, trying to make it on Microsoft paint with a touchpad.)
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Learning center lessons not showing?
I went to show my students the learning centre this morning and the actual content is in a letter box about two lines high and un usable. The transcript below is fine. This is on edge and chrome browsers. I'll post a screen shot when back at my desk tomorrow. Just thought I'd post while I remembered. Here is a screen shot…
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Custom Feature: Dials!
DIALS FS I hope this will one day become as indispensable for the AMP industry as SpeakerPattern FS is for the speaker industry :) It’s a feature that lets you design all kinds of dials for clocks, tachometers, synthesizers, nanometers, amps, and more. From a designer’s point of view, it’s great to have a tool that lets…
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Drawing line colors to match model appearance
Is there a way to make the drawing line colors to match the appearance colors in the part/assembly? In drawings with lots of details it would be nice to change the colors to differentiate the parts/features. I can change certain aspects of the view colors such as hidden lines, threads, bend colors in the Drawing Properties…
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MBD - How to place datums on dimensions or feature frames?
I cannot see the method to attach a datum to a dimension in the MBD toolset. Is this not currently possible?
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Converting Variable Type (Angle to a Number)
New to Onshape and was wondering if there's a way to convert an Angle variable type to a Number? Trying to circular pattern and calculate the number of instances based on the angle variable but it does not like, so is there a way to either convert it or somehow allow me to do some math on it. If I convert the angle to a…
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Drill Press Hub
I am trying to create a basic Milling Machine Hub for my pinion on my Enco because the handle holes are worn out, and i need a new one, and they are not available, can someone tell me how to create the holes on the angled plane on the sides, i managed to get one using the original sketch before revolving it, can i create…
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How do you start a drawing in a second browser as recommended in the tutorial
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Every time I visit the onshape website I need to log in again. Is there a "remember me" option?
The first onshape browser tab I connect in Chrome requests login info every time. Can onshape "remember me" when I connect from the same device (laptop)?
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Yet another Loft question
Sigh. Lofts. I deliberately built these three profiles to have the same number of points, and drew them in the same clockwise order, I'm even using Connections and yet the loft engine somehow is twisting two pairs of vertices. How to disentangle this mess?
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Sketching a circular pattern
I am having button trouble. I can't fathom out how to simply accept the origin default for the centre of the pattern. They always end up not fully defined.
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Dimension visibility in assembly
I'm looking for an effective way to clearly display dimensions between two instances in an assembly, particularly for printouts intended for a mechanic performing the installation. Right now, while the dimension values are available in the table, they're not shown directly on the dimension lines in the assembly view, which…
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Sheet Metal Icon for table view and flat view is missing????
Newbie to Sheetmetal - The tutorials all show a sheet metal tab that is used to view the "simultaneous" flat view and table view. This icon is not visible for me. I have an Education Enterprise version of Onshape. I have attached a screenshot of my exercise from the tutorials and no sheetmetal icon is visible on the right.…
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How to design an external & internal thread (simplified) and then draw it as shown in the picture?
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Assembly Mirrored Parts - Consolidate Quantities in BOM?
I've been using the assembly mirror feature to mirror parts on a workbench I'm designing and it's an awesome feature to easily position the mirrored part. When I generate the BOM for the assembly the mirrored parts aren't consolidated in the quantities of its 'parent' mirror - i.e. there are 2 rows in BOM for the same…
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How to drive Surface (Face) names via Configuration?
I am looking for a way to explicitly name a Surface entity (Face) based on the active Configuration. The Workflow: Sketch -> Extrude -> Fillet (Base geometry). Offset Surface (Zero offset): I extract a specific face from the solid to use as a master surface for downstream Derives. The Goal: I need the Name of this…
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sheet metal model with text
I'm drawing up some "box signs" — basically sheet metal pizza boxes with numbers cut out — and am stumbling to make sheet metal model for them. The example in the pic is a shell with 1/16" thickness and no bottom face. The letters are extruded/removed from that. When I go to make a sheet metal model I spec the sign part,…
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Can Onshape please make it so that the flattening tool can also project into a sketch
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Onshape is unnecessarily lagy, What can I do to fix this.
Despite following all recommended troubleshooting steps provided for improving performance, the issue with Onshape remains unresolved. All suggested fixes have been implemented, I have also check my system throgh onshape at it is fine. Diagnostic tests indicate that the hardware and meet all required specifications, with…
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Making angles same
Hi, as a newbie I can't figure out how to constrain two (or more) angles to be equale. E.G. I have an angle set to 12 degrees. I want to constrain other angles to be identical so if I change the 'master' angle to 10 degrees they will follow and become 10 degrees. (Not having to change manually all values)
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Why do new parts "disappear" from the parts list?
Hi all, I'm very new to CAD and Onshape, so please forgive a newbie question, but I have several extrusions in my model where I have selected Solid & New in context dialog. While that is open, the extrude does show in the parts list in bold, but when I click the green tick, the part disappears from the parts list This…
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Drilling hole on the opposide side
Recently I faced this problem several times asking myself is there any shortcut for that. Hence motivation to write this post. I draw a sketch of the object to be extruded and the point positioning a future hole. I extrude the object and then attempt to create a countersink hole directed from the top surface of the object.…
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Refactoring - seeing which sketch parts do not get used
I found myself doing refactoring of a model (picture below) and came up with this idea. What if there was a way, within the sketch editor, to highlight the elements that are not used anywhere downstream. In this particular case, if I suppress the sketch entirely, some steps break way later. It will take me time and effort…
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Marble Machine Motivation
Greetings fellow educators! I'm so entranced lately with watching the Wintergatan - YouTube series. With the help of @Derek_Van_Allen_BD (and constant shout outs to @EvanReese ), we get to see the creative process unfold in real time (although the after real time, 1.5x speed is the more realistic option). I'm sure he'll…
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User Interface Guidelines?
It would be great if Onshape would publish a set of User Interface Guidelines like other mature platforms. I find myself often thinking I should try to emulate first party features with things that I'm developing, but then I wonder how much of some of them are legacy results of adding functionality and not wanting to break…
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Query based on "direction" or relative angle from reference selection?
I'll preface this by saying I think we should have a mega-thread where people can ask "how do I write a query variable for this"… I've been making some configurable designs that use hexagons (bestagons) and have run into this a few times: I want to get the faces (actual faces of extruded bodies and polygon faces) that…