Fasteners

As an exercise I'm creating a configurable fastener to which i'm tring to attach a material, finish and part number from a catalogue I use regularly. I have discovered that assiging a material only applies to that unique configuration. Of course I want all configurations to be the same material. Perhaps there's an order of…

Our company catalog division has a lot of manuals made from Solidworks era that need updated post-move to Onshape and we're making extensive use of the standard content library fasteners these days instead of maintaining a custom fastener library like we used to have to. The question is, how can I make an Ikea style manual…

I use the Fastener Fit option for threaded holes all the time. This works well to put the tapped hole in last. However, the same facility doesn't seem to work for PEM insert holes. There is only one option (clearance) and it cuts the insert assembly hole in all pieces, instead of the clearance fit for the fastener and the…

I am wondering if anyone has advice for a methodology of populating fasteners or other high quantity instances in high level assemblies without greatly slowing the performance of the assembly. Once I have replicated hundreds of screws, washers, and t nuts in my top level assembly, adding new mates becomes very slow. I like…

(In a drawing, in Onshape) I need to specify the thread of a fastener (screw, bolt, threaded rod, stud, hanger bolt...) I am not interested in drawing a helix or something else, nor do I want to have a realistic look-a-like thread. What I need, is a standardized simplified representation of the thread, i.e.: that the…

Hi everyone, I have started a document to easily create standard fasteners. Currently I have 3 featureScript that allow quick creation of washer screw and bolt. Each feature rely on table, currently the table are not fully completed but this is an ongoing work. I am new at featureScript and any suggestion on this document…