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Discussion List

  • Retrieve mate connector data (host Part and entity) by id

    I am trying to find the specific mate connectors that relate to a fastener mate in an Assembly. So I understand I can GET: /assemblies/d/{DID}/w/{WVMID}/e/{EID} and this provides under rootAssembly.features[i].featureData.matedEntities a mated Occurrence as below: { "id": "MbgTxbQ4oxWjiJC0b", "featureType": "mate",…

  • New Feature: Sketch Point Mate Connector

    Hi all, I'll be the first to admit that I am a mechanical engineer, not a software developer so this may not be written in the best way. I find myself often needing a way to add a bunch of mate connectors to various, non-uniformly spaced points on a body (usually an in-context sketch to back-drive some mate positions) and…

  • The right way to mate

    How can I make the seal part go with the piston until the stopper (due to pressure in the cylinder)? Right now if I pull the piston it does not pull the seal with it. What is the right mate to achieve this? https://cad.onshape.com/documents/90fc1ba431fcd4e983d51aed/w/3f289c9f5ee5cdba5a2536f0/e/6c4c72e984e3c7781efe5a7e…

  • Mates that should in theory follow a center path

    Hi, I'm new to OnShape, but have been having a wonderful time with the product. I decided to give myself a stretch project, which is a toy that features a cam which drives two arms; at the intersection of these arms is a gliding part which houses a magnet (meant to be a bee following a path between some flowers). There are…

  • Help with mating options

    I thought I was doing pretty good with mates until I ran into this issue. In the image below, I want to place the short piece into the notch shown and also mated with the face of the highlighted part. I tried a planer mate with the bottom of the notch. ok. Then another planer mate with one side of the notch. So far so…

  • in the assembly, the gear ratio doesn't seem to be working.

    the gear ratio is the driving gear teeth divided by the driven gear teeth, right? my problem is that when i put in, say 0.5, it seems to take it as 5. any help appreciated! thank you!

  • Slider Mate Error

    I am building a 4 cylinder engine but i have this problem, when i try to connect the top of the piston to the guide sketch i made using slider mate the piston moves up and out of place making the piston not spin on the axis. It worked before but i accidently deleted that and now when I'm trying to redo it it wont work. i…