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Assembly Constraint Problem: Mating a cylinder to a V-groove idler
In theory just 2 tangent mates should do it: cylindrical surface of cylinder to each conical surface forming the V-groove. I wasn't the least bit surprised Onshape had problems with this approach given the complexity of converging to a solution. I attempted to simplify the problem by first using a Planer mate to center the…
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Can you control a mate animation using featurescript?
For example, I'd like to have nonlinear ration speeds, and very long, complex animation movement involving multiple mates, controlled by featurescript calculations. Is any of that possible?
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More mates and mate options
Hi, it seems that solidworks has many more options regarding mates and complex movement mechanism. for example the path mate which is lacking in onshapoe.Are there any plans to implement path mates and increase the usability of mate limits (for example using a face as a limitter)? thanx
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Building Layouts (Floor Plan) -- Seeking Your Advice
I have constructed a building layout (floor plan) for a 2 story office space: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/569e29daf28932c56a2c7a76/w/d3678f7a010aec8d44ed44bc/e/db2ca978e704cf21d2fd5650 Does anyone have any advice on document structure, design or construction techniques that would be specific to these types of models?…
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Compound lever mates
Hey guys, I cannot figure out what I’m missing-this compound lever won’t move, no matter what combination of mates I’ve tried. Please help! https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5b35d934acc2dd898d6b2875/w/ef9a72600071b952f0121a52/e/26ea46bc371cfc77b960e051
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Loosing Mates when inserting parts and sub-assemblies into and assembly
I don't know what I'm doing wrong and need some help. The same problem occurs in multiple situations. 1) I import an air cylinder as a part studio (it consist of four individual parts). In the part studio I cannot move the individual parts relative to one another. When I insert the cylinder into an assembly the part studio…
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How to make a simple mate between 2 rods and a support?
Hi I'm trying to mate 2 holes in a support bar to 2 rods but it refuses to mate. I've made revolute mate to the 1st rod and after that I cannot get any other mate to work to match up the 2nd rod. Assembly works fine in SW and Creo. The shaft is not connected in any way. Hole and rod centres are exact. Any assistance…
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HOW TO MAKE PARTS "PUSH" EACH OTHER?
So for a school project, I have to make a geneva drive. For those of you who don't know what a Geneva drive is, this link demonstrates it pretty well: http://benbrandt22.github.io/genevaGen/ My drive has 4 positions, an a drive crank radius of 2, a b drive crank radius of 2, a pin diameter of .5 and an allowed clearance of…
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How do I keep the bearing together?
I down loaded model of a bearing from McMaster Carr, when I try to mate it in my assembly it comes over piece by piece. How do I keep the bearing together?
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Parallel mate
I know I must be missing something here, but how does OS implement the parallel mate that you find in Solidworks? I cannot believe that it is not a question that has not been asked before so could someone show me how to find the answer from the existing resources?
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Misbehaving mates
I've made the following document public: Octagonal pedestal https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1d0aacd5ac1e425d97f4253b/w/c81d8434e8a846008ca85e4e/e/736a3a04075f4635934306ca Question 1: Is there any way to freeze the orientation of a part or assembly so that it appears in the same orientation when the document is closed and…
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Datum Plane created in Parts Studio does not show up in Assembly. Create a Datum Plane in Assembly?!
Hello! I wanted to create a Datum Plane as an assembly reference on a solids face. This way I wouldn't have to "flip" the model over and over to mate surfaces together. But a Datum Plane (Offset = 0) created in Parts Studio doesn't show up in an Assembly. (Merge Datum Plane to Part?) There is no where to create a Datum…