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  • Cut List (New Custom Feature!)

    Cut List (New Custom Feature!) https://cad.onshape.com/documents/395304920b30c3b382fd312d/w/86481637ad1e9da01b0e5d60/e/e19230df69a29e1fc2259b9d How to find custom features: * Click the "Add custom features" button in your toolbar, you may have to search for this in the search tools box * Select "Public" * Show advanced…

  • Intersect Views (New Custom Feature!)

    Intersect Views (New Custom Feature!) https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1755463e12cab51e4a5de51f/w/07865f22b67cc44e473c99a3/e/302fb7288b77057ca30414fb How to add a custom feature to your tool bar:

  • Texture (New Custom Feature!)

    Texture (New Custom Feature!) https://cad.onshape.com/documents/46897a2d60ade8dbb04077f3/w/23398bd91a932d1432a5d204/e/201138fdd8eee8cfcd2dcac1 With Texture, you can create solid body textures by clicking a surface or face. Use pre-loaded textures, or use your own custom texture, (See the tutorial gifs below). This feature…

  • Pattern & Sweep (New Custom Feature!)

    Pattern & Sweep (New Custom Feature!) https://cad.onshape.com/documents/76442daf92ce43df74883ec6/w/2f4ea4d52c5fb26051e11c55/e/d072106a68c04fc5d0a6862c How to add a custom feature to your toolbar:

  • How do I sketch on face of sheet metal model?

    When I create a sketch on sheet metal, I try to select the face of the part as the sketch plane, but a face of a previous feature, usually a hole, gets selected. This is annoying because I lose subsequent sketch planes when I edit features. I end up having to sketch on one of the coordinate system planes to make my…

  • How do I curve a complex solid shape from it's current straight profile?

    I have a complex shape that changes profile along it's length, that I now want to curve around a large radius curve. Can't see a way to do this.

  • Advanced Non-Uniform Scale Feature

    Here and there I've seen threads or posts about the need for a non-uniform scale feature. I've written a little feature in FeatureScript capable of scaling in any chosen direction or set of directions. Choice between: * Uniform scaling; in the standard coordinate system * Non-uniform scaling; in the standard coordinate…

  • Editing logic breaking reference to variables in array parameter?

    Both of these custom features have array parameters: Texture & Freeform Spline. Input variables are lost when a new array item is added. Is there a way to fix this? @Evan_Reese, you may be interested in the solution to this if there is one.

  • Manipulator offset?

    I'm trying to get the manipulator in my custom feature Section to behave more like the real section view model tool. So far, all of my attempts have failed. Is there a good way to do this? A more specific question: Is there an efficient way to offset a manipulator from its origin?…

  • Measure Multiple (New Custom Feature!) by Jason_S

    Here is a cool feature I found by @Jason_S. It lets you: measure multiple distances, create in studio variables of measurements, & export a custom table from the measurements taken Measure Multiple by Jason_S (New custom feature!)…

  • Boolean Groups (New Custom Feature!)

    Boolean Groups (New Custom Feature!) https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8a8e419809a7dc3de36ff04d/w/0ed9e9d7984dea4c03a88617/e/cea8f2b22cc5318e286adaf6 How to add a custom feature to your toolbar: