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Discussion List

  • Query Finder (A new way to automate Onshape!) 🆕

    . CADSharp is introducing a new way to automate Onshape! Actually, this isn't new, but it has never really been easily available for all users. (no coding required) . Query Finder Save and use selections across features and even across part studios. Use this functionality to automate your downstream selection process. .…

  • Preserving Attributes on Sheet Metal Parts in FeatureScript

    Hi, I have a sheet metal part where I set custom ids on its surfaces so that i can keep track of them : setAttribute(context, { "entities" : faceOfASheetMetalPart "name" : "CustomId", "attribute" : "aCustomId", }); That works great, but when I apply fillets to the sheet metal, the attribute disappear. How can I keep track…

  • Trying to figure out how to attach custom attributes to the sheet metal master model

    When you attach attributes to a sheet metal part in featureScript, the attributes are lost anytime the sheet metal part is modified downstream in the feature tree. This is because the geometry of the part is completely recreated in the studio. I am struggling to find away to attach attributes without them being wiped. My…

  • Get All Attributes

    Is anyone aware of a way to get all named attributes of a part? In the legacy system we used to be able to just make the attributePattern filter an empty map and it would return all map attributes, but it looks like using an empty string in the name field of getAttribute/getAttributes does not return anything. 

  • Exports & attributes

    My team is currently looking for ways to convert Onshape models into IFC files. There are a few third-party options out there for converting the geometry, but in all cases we need a way to specify which IFC attributes should be attached to which parts. In theory, it would be convenient to use Onshape's `setAttribute`…