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What's the best way to design complex parts to join together successfully (for example a puzzle)
I struggle often to create parts that slot in together and was wondering how this community solves for it. If you design something like a puzzle then if you fabricate or print it all of the puzzle pieces won't fit together because they're exact size. Instead the parts that extend into other parts need be slightly smaller…
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Working with Apples OS I miss since yesterday the use of Shift + Arrow key to move the screen.
It results now in a rotation.
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Mate connector for slider mate for tube roller on configurable diameter tube
I've been scratching my head over this for a bit now, so I thought I'd ask about a particularly weird case for defining a mate connector. Here is the part I'm importing: https://www.servocity.com/0-250-acetyl-press-fit-tube-roller. Here is an image of a similar part (with built-in ball bearings) as an example of how the…
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Named view is getting cropped in drawing
I've got a couple of drawing sheets with named views from display states, some are fine, but in others onshape seems to be cropping the edges of the view. Any ideas?
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What's wrong with this opTransform input?
I can't figure out the specific problem that @opTransform: INVALID_INPUT refers to. I have checked the input, and don't see anything wrong with it. Is there a problem with the query I am passing? It's just a bunch of faces from an annotation. I tried a few others, and I keep getting this error. I tried a few different…
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Flat-Head Screw Hole
How do I place Flat-Head Screw Holes on a curved surface? I need to specify the location so that they align with the mating part. I have included a simple sketch and would like to add the holes on the inside of the part so the screws point outward.…
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Offsetting complex, closed shapes made up of arcs.
In sketch mode, I am trying to offset a closed, complex shape with lots of arcs but keep getting any one of the following messages "Offset could not be created at this distance" or "Sketch can not be solved" or "Can only offset a single chain at once." No matter what closed shape I make with arcs, how big or small, it will…
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Helix+Swept Cut and a Curve
I have a swept cable (circle) of constant diameter that runs along a path composed of sketch lines and fillets in an S shape. This is an armored cable and my client wants the helix cut armoring to be represented. My question is: Can I run a helix along this curving path to perform a thread-like cut along the cable? Does…
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Need help how to model this part
Hello all, I have to redraw this old model of a shifter boot for a new manufacturing process and I just can figure out how it was modeled before and how to begin to model it new. https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9264a7446ebc32f0a3f486ca/w/611841cb3bcefcddf7732348/e/75ae4918184800288fca15d4 The goal is to match the inner…
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Trying to query for edge betwen a loft and an extrude
In featurescape I am trying to add a fillet on an edge between a rocket in and body (loft and extrude). I've manually put in in the fillet, but I would like to do it in featurescript ("TODO" in the feature script). I need form a query to find the edge. I've tried a bunch of things, but no avail. Something like ... var…
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Boolean- Intersect operation with "Select all bodies" option
Hello, We are trying to find a way to automatically select all the bodies in a part studio for an intersect boolean operation. We are far from getting a satisfactory result but learning FeatureScript has been fun, does anybody have an idea or recommendation for this task?
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can i create a method ?
i need to create a method , because i need to do some operations into this method ...so, when i call this method, but how can i create a method and how can i call this method?
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How to repeat a hole on the other extreme of a wooden beam
Hello all, I must first be warning you that you are facing a complete and total beginner on 3D modelling.I'm currently trying to finish a training wall intended for dog training, that has been around the web and it's known as a Schutzhund A Frame Wall. Here's the project I'm basing off:…
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LOFT_SELECT_PROFILES error
I'm trying to create a loft from a defined face to an created point. I always get the error LOFT_SELECT_PROFILES. //Loft var top = (normal * definition.Height) + origin; const vertexID = id + "topVertex"; opPoint(context,vertexID,{point : top}); var topVertex = qCreatedBy(vertexID, EntityType.VERTEX); var profiles =…
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Need help creating a particular geometry
Hi, I needed a hand creating a sheet metal part. It is going to have three faces welded together, but I can't get the initial geometry correct. Essentially, I need a rectange with a chamfer that follows a curve and tapers towards the top on the corner. The top depth is less than the bottom. I believe I need the loft…
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Trouble Extruding Angled Face
Hi all! I'm a bit new to OnShape, but not new to CAD. I'm a bit hung up on a particular part of a model. First, here's the mode: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/43d856d66fd0c29bbe2b8830/w/160a670308b9ec270c462e4a/e/73bb0f71302ddfee1b1bd58f The area I'm hung up on is this: I created this notch in the side of a panel and I…
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Call user created scripts in another script
If I have written one script called custom_axis, and am now writing a new script. How could I call custom_axis in this new script? I have tried entering custom_axis in the hopes ti appears in the drop down list, but it doesn't. How could I do this? Thanks Lee Hesketh