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  • pcb studio mates breaking after syncing to onshape

    Hi, I am exploring some workflows with the PCB studio and collaborating with our electrical engineering team (they work in Altium). Current workflow: 1. Pull board cad from cloud service 2. Ensure all components are there and have correct CAD 3. Sync to Onshape (update existing assembly) This works fine and as intended,…

  • Can't create an assembly from ECAD data

    Greetings! I'm trying to complete the PCB Studio Fundamentals course and I'm having trouble with "Creating a PCB Assembly from an IDF" section. I've imported the ECAD (emp/emn) files as instructed to, but when trying to create assembly from the ECAD data, the Sync to Onshape button is greyed out. Any idea what I'm doing…

  • PCB and CAM studio

    i am an onshape education subscriber. and in a recent update they made the PCB and CAM studio available to education subscribers. and i am wondering, how do i access these new features as they seem to not appear on the drop down bar when adding a new tab.

  • How can i wrap a flex around it self in a spiral form ?

    Hi everyone, I'm new to Onshape and need some help. I want to wrap a flexible PCB around itself in a spiral shape. It’s important that it starts as a flat, rectangular shape so I can add the necessary tracks. Only after adding the tracks do I want to fold it into a spiral to fit inside a tube. Any ideas on how to approach…

  • GERBER to ONSHAPE feature

    I recently got into the world of PCB design. It’s going well, just had my first PCB made and it’s working great. I’m working on KiCAD, though that’s not really relevant to the issue I’m about to surface. I want to develop a FeatureScript that bridges the worlds of PCB design and 3D Modeling. Such features already exist…

  • Importing and using kicad 3d PCB

    When importing .STEP files from kicad, onshape creates an assembly with all the components as parts. My problem is when I insert this "subassembly" into my main assembly and put a mate connector on one of the screw pads, only the PCB is mated and all my components are loose. How can I specify that all my components must be…