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Center of a square in iPadOS
Good afternoon, I'm having my students model the VEX Robotics ClawBot in OnShape and all of my instruction has been on a computer, but I've been working with one student who only has access to an iPad and he can't get the center mate connector in a square to show up. In the top picture, on my PC, I get a nice center mate…
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Add mate connectors to more than two parts
Dear team, I would try to create a single drawing for all parts of a structure assembly. To do that i create new assembly with part all on a flat surface using the planar mate feature. Is there anay way to apply planar mate to more than two parts? Imagine : Clic on planar mate and clic on all part one after other and the…
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Wire moves relative to part sliding
I am trying to design a telescoping boom of a mobile crane, where the boom extension is controlled by a wire and I would like to simulate the telescope behavior of all participating parts in relationship to the movement. I can simulate the telescope behaviour of the two components with the slide mate connector and a linear…
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Is the current implementation of MateConnector the primitive we need?
All I have at this point is a nagging feeling that we need MateConnectors as a feature but that the way that they are implemented, they are not quite right. Maybe the mate connectors in the feature list are an extension of the mate connectors used in assembly and were not intentionally designed as a primitive feature? I…
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Placing a Mate Connector on another MC
I’m using @lougallo’s FeatureScript - Center of Gravity [https://cad.onshape.com/documents/93441b2ad25b5409ea8b5e43/w/a20d0eb72c21637714d681b6/e/fcee71979d4a5420c481bc63]. The mate connector in that CoG feature is fixed and can not be moved and realigned. So, I like to add a new ‘movable’ Mate Connector on top of the CoG…
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Rotate a MC along two axes
Since OS 1.93 (20190301) it is possible to use an implicite Mate Connector as sketch plane. In https://cad.onshape.com/documents/715412c9c1163434269387b8/w/ef89d03cbf95f0bdc274f57a/e/df70441e6400d5047759127f I needed to tilt that sketch plane in two directions. However, as far as I know, a Mate Connector can only be…
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What mate can I use to create the correct movement in my linkages
I am drawing up an automaton and the linkage required to move a component is as below: The lower section only moves up and down which controls the upper one which makes a wing flap, but as the mechanism is moving back and forth the central section needs to allow for that movement at the connection points. The link to the…
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Show Mate Connectors
There's a "show mate" here, but not a "show mate connectors". To view the mate connectors, I have to "show all", but that shows all the stuff I've hidden;) Is there a way to just show the mate connectors? I need it when I click "create part studio in context"
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Help with mating rotary to linear assembly
My Assembly Link Hi guys, I'm hoping someone can help me with connecting mates on a rotary to linear assembly. I can get the wheel to rotate, I can get the piston to slide, but I can't link the pin on the wheel to the slot on the piston. What's the correct mate to use? At first I thought a pin slot mate would be suitable…
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Can the precision for angularity red reduced when using mate connectors?
I know my question title doesn't explain at all so I shall try to expand.I have been having great trouble with an assembly trying to connect several parts that involves 3 revolute and 1 cylindrical mate connectors. Which invariably fail. I have tried different types and combinations of mate connectors and came to a…