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drawing is printing a lot smaller than object measures in onshape
I apologize, I'm new at this, so I am still learning. I didn't want to ask for help since I need to know this, but I've tried for the past 3 days and I'm getting no where. I get everything created in Onshape, export it to an STL file, and open it in Bambu Studio. When I go to print it, it is less than half the indicated…
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Challenging sketch constraint with variable text - not mission critical!
I have a use case where I'm populating a text block from a configuration variable to emboss onto a face and depending on the length of the text it either breaks out either horizontally or vertically. Plenty of ways to work around it but I'm curious if there's a "pure" sketch constraint approach… I'm probably going with an…
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skArc/Constraint syntax and radius calculation error
Hi! So I'm trying to create a custom feature and i've found a problem where i try to create an arc using 'skArc' and later define it using 'skConstraint' with '"constraintType" : ConstraintType.RADIUS' but while the original points defined in "start" and "end" are correct in the part studio the "mid" point and therefore…
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Is there an easy way to achieve this plane?
So I see that the tangent plane feature seems to only work with cylinders which seems quite limited. I would love to get a tangent plane to a general curved surface. It seems like if I make a minimum bounding cylinder, make the plane around that, then suppress that part I could get the desired plane, but I also cannot…
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Why isn't the coincident constraint working right?
Applied a coincident constraint from this construction line to a spline, yet it created this micro gap which I didn't notice until I really looked. This later caused issues for me when I went to make a projected curve and the shape not filling in properly as its not an enclosed loop. The sketch is entirely fixed, no points…
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I can drag a point but as soon as I set a position constraint whole sketch overconstrained
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/46ec56bf68466d6c6998a371/w/684a04728b44e95a8e8ca73f/e/3485e145691dfa8c32bea582 The top of the bottom notch of this "W" should be 81mm 31.8mm from the bottom of the rest of the letter, but every time I try to set a constraint on it the entire sketch becomes over constrained. I can drag the…
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Why can't this be constrained as concentric if i can "manually constrain" by setting distance of 0?
Wondering if someone can please look at "Sketch 1" in V2 (it's a work in progress, i likely will have just worked around the issue by the time you hopefully kindly open my document ;) But V2 has the problem. I was previously just filleting these corners but I want to do this "in sketch" now (basically decision for printing…
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Trouble with sketch constraints on Text fields
For my first project with Onshape, I am trying to modify an object by adding text to it in a repeating circular manner. I understand that the text entity cannot be part of a circular pattern so this is not my issue. I want each text object to be different anyway (days of the week). To have the text correctly positioned…
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Define the correct tangent!
I am trying to generate an ellipse with a fixed minor axis length and a vertical major axis, the length of which can be solved so that the ellipse fulfills the following constraints: it is coincident with the first point of a spline, tangent to the spline in that point, and tangent to a circle in its outer (convex) side,…
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Why am I not getting the expected surface area of a part? Constraints issue?
I'm learning CAD and am currently working my way through the "Introduction to Part Studios" module in Onshape's "Learning Pathways." My goal is to really learn CAD, not just understand the instructions. In the exercise for Basic Features where you extrude a control arm sketch you create, I'm getting close to the surface…
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Why is my assembly overdefined when I add a second pin slot?
Hi, I have constrained everything well so far, but adding a pin slot to mate connector 5 does not work. I have tried removing the pin constraing on the pin above it before doing this, but it does not solve the issue.…
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How to remove several constraints at a time?
I often want to revisit a previous design and make small changes, tune the dimensions, etc. But every time I do that, it ends up over constraining the sketch, or some similar issue. How can I remove all (or several selected) constraints in a sketch, all in one go? As opposed to clicking every single one and do it…
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Sketch could not be solved - Maximum size sketch
Hello, I am reaching out because I am experiencing an issue with one of my sketches. I was creating something like a pipeline/tube, and at some point I started to run into problems with my sketch, as ONSHAPE reported me that it could not be solved. However, I was quite confident about my constraints. After investigating, I…
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Issues with Loft or Sweep when creating an aircraft wing using airfoil profiles and guide curves.
Hello, I’m new to modeling. I was trying to create a wing using the Profile Generator tool. I created guide lines and generated the profiles; I have all the profiles, but when I try to use the Loft or Sweep tools, they simply fail to recognize the paths. I tried generating guide lines on 3-point planes, but they haven’t…
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Constrain to a variable and “no less than” Constraints
I have a laser cutting pattern that I’m converting to be FDM printable. The pattern has notches than need to be the same depth as the eventual extruded thickness. What’s the best way to do this? Is there a way to constrain a wide in a sketch to an eventual thickness? Or can I create a variable and constrain the notch…