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New Feature: Text path
Here is my latest custom feature: Text path. The purpose of this custom feature is to lay out characters, words, or number sequences following a geometric arrangement (clock faces, wheels, dials) or alignment. You can watch a demo video…
New custom feature: Arbitrary gear path
hey all! another janky feature from the smidchens household - take whatever path you want (elliptical, polygonal, spline…) and generate gear teeth along that path using local curvature to drive involute profile. snag it here: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8f033780ed64a1971e38c2a9/
New Feature: Braided Curve
Hey all! Wanted to model some braided wires for fun, and couldn't find a custom feature to generate the braid paths. Slapped one together real quick, snag it here: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e522ae0e05eda848c8b5a692 Eventually I'll add options for more than 3 strands (right now the logic is all kinda hard-coded for…
Rainbow Faces Custom Feature
I have found Rainbow Faces from Smart Bench Software to be a great Custom Feature! https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6c10172a1734b4f178ad78be/w/70765346933e90216a09db4c/e/7c1aed24adff1f95d693043f Not only do kids love the pretty parts, but it also helps with understanding of drawings and how features show up in different…
New Feature - Banana for Scale
Get Banana for Scale Here Do you struggle to design real world objects within the confines of a computer? Do you lack the discretionary funds for an apple vision? Do you have difficult design constraints such as "would a banana fit in here?". Introducing the newest feature from the SmartBench team - Banana for Scale.…
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…
Split Panel Feature
This split panel feature has been one of my favourites of the past year to work on. The combination of a really cool data structure, and an interesting implementation of point manipulators have resulted in a feature I would describe as "playful". Clicking a blue dot adds a split, a red dot remove the split. The extra cool…
Error while using an imported CSV Sheet
Hey Guys, I wanted to use the automatic wire routing custom feature in onshape for the first time in a project. I did the CSV file manually (not exported from somewhere) in Excel and exported it as CSV file. Then I imported it into Onshape without any problems. But after creating a part studio in context (inside an…
New FeatureScript: Crush Ribs — Parametric Press-Fit Ribs for Cylindrical Holes
Hi everyone, I’ve been taking my first real steps in proper 3D modeling (I came from Tinkercad, so this was a big jump for me 😅), and I wanted to share something useful that came out of that learning process. I wrote a FeatureScript called Crush Ribs — a fully parametric tool for generating wedge-shaped crush ribs inside…
Serialization
We have a request to 3D print up to 4000 parts that require serialization. Is it possible to write a script that will change the text on a extrude cut and export a stl file so they don't have to be edited and saved individually?
Wood grain texture Custom Feature
Often when modeling furniture and other objects created from wood I want to communicate the orientation of the wood grain on a part. This eliminates confusion when creating the parts in the workshop. To solve this I created a Wood grain texture custom feature! This low resolution feature is intended to demonstrate the…
[NEW] Keyway Groove FeatureScript
With our recent release of Keys to standard content I created a Keyway groove custom feature to automatically cut the appropriate size grooves for a given shaft or hub diameter. ANSI and DIN included! Add to your toolbar:…
New Custom feature: Publish geometry
I'm pleased to announce that my Publish geometry Custom feature is now… published. https://cad.onshape.com/documents/40d43cad542dccfa4772d7e1/v/856bd2b631f7e35c4a2b34ad/e/788996d08647863b81b2ff61 Like many other CAD systems (Creo, CATIA etc) the Publish geometry is intended to make Top Down Design workflows much more…
center path finder feature
Hi I have a problem with my script. I wrote a script that finds and adds the center path of a given body. So its the center between two given edge paths on the body as well. However I encountered an error and it didn't work, would appreciate any help! thanks. The blue body was created using a wiring feature. Wiring…
New Custom Feature: HAVF Profiles - Standard Airfoil Profiles
We are releasing an exciting new Custom Feature! Introducing HAVF Profiles, built in collaboration with Austin Holbrook and Greg Brown. This feature comes loaded with an extensive library of airfoil profiles, guaranteeing continuity at the leading edge and providing control over the core variables of the profile, such as…

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