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Frame Generator

Discussion List

  • Dxf file of the notch on the end of this tube

    I am trying to export a dxf file of this tube to be cut on my tube cutting attachment on my CNC plasma cutter. There is no option for this that I have found. How are people taking componets they have built in the frame generator and exporting them in a DXF file format to be cut on rotary plasma or laser equipment?

  • frame generator

    Is there a a way to group tubes that are all the same instead of having each one as a separte part even if you have 6 others exactly the same size.

  • Can you make a Frame Profile with repeating orthogonal hole / slot pattern?

    I'm trying to model a frame made of Unistrut lengths. I've made a profile library for Unistrut, modelled the wireframe and applied the profile to the wireframe. This has worked well but I can't find a way to remove the holes / slots along the length of a Unistrut frame without manually cutting these into every frame, this…

  • is there a way to add your own steels to the frame list?

    is there a way to add your own steels to the frame list? we have different sized beams and channels that arent on the list. for example i was looking for 200x90x30 PFC but on my list the option of 200 PFC has a width of 75mm not 90. there has been other sizes of steels too but thats the most recent one i have tried to use.…

  • Beams / Frame Generation (Tutorial) - Where Is It?

    I've just worked through Onshape Fundamentals: CAD course. I enjoyed the course, am impressed with what Onshape has to offer, and am planning to adopt Onshape for my business. I'm used to using Autodesk Inventor, and use Inventor's frame generator feature quite often. It seems like Onshape's equavalent is "Beams." It would…