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Select chains for surface loft
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3f37cebd6c7c65758dec550e/w/39b3380754d593e97b0ad0ec/e/dc537ba2d743f9883ede6ed9?renderMode=0&uiState=67f19df199fde447b363743f I am trying to create a lofted surface. Why won't OS select the entire chain? All of the sketch profiles are open, but if I recall, they are all tangent (which I…
Why isn't this enclose working?
Here's the document link. The part I'm working on is in the "Outtake Parts" part studio. https://cad.onshape.com/documents/21d74e98fc4375dac84f2c2a/w/7413bb431169d2d1fdd89053/e/e0a4721fdad310f95b111da9
Is there anyway to loft 4 edges into a smooth surface?
I have this smooth structure I am modeling and it has 4 sides, the top is a 3D spline and there is a curved face at the front and a straight edge on the bottom, and I want the it to end in a radius at the end, is there any way to form these into a smooth surface? I have been able to make it into a surface but not a smooth…
Beginner question; Trouble thickening complex shapes
Hello Everyone, I was hoping to get some more experienced eyes on my project. I'm pretty new to Onshape and CAD design in general, and am still familliarising myself with all the features, so my project may be a bit ambitious. What I'm trying to design is an airbox for a motorcycle, and I'm stuck trying to model what could…
Feature script for filling in missing faces to fix faulty topology.
Hello, I want to create a feature script that let's me select bodies with missing faces (faulty topology), i.e. surfaces, and automatically have these missing faces filled. So far I came up with the following feature script:…
Not sure how to bend surfaces over a curve... can someone point me in the right direction?
Attempting to bend these surfaces over the curved line. I can share the document if needed, but this might be such a simple answer i'm missing. Context: I'm wrapping faces onto STLs of characters from a game i like to make 3d printable figures. All the characters have relative simple shaped heads, and because i didn't want…
Best fit plane
Currently, in onshape a plane can be made from 3 points. Is there a method to use more than 3 points of a non-planar surface to create a "best-fit" plane?
Fewest features to create a hexagonal surface
In the context of another problem, I needed to create some flat surfaces that have "complex" perimeters. I'll use a hexagon here but the real surfaces may have more complex perimeters. I tried a few things in this document flat surface | offset surface. Extruding a surface sounds enticing but that make surfaces out of the…
Set Color and Material - New FeatureScript
Hello everyone, I would like to share a featureScript of mine which I think could be useful for you. https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a1c694da929cd0c00da57f1d/w/affc3a805df9b0c08ec7af3c/e/641eb1448fe7d5609b74ae7e You can make a copy of this document and customize the table with the materials you use for your parts. The…
Creating seamless transitions between two lofts
I am trying to make a helmet and I thought it was done, but when I exported it into blender for texturizing I noticed that the two main lofts I made for the helmet are not joined smoothly and there's a crease. I think it may be related, but there's also a gap in the two halves of the helmet on one side after I mirror the…
How to find gaps in a model?
Hi, I have a large and complex model that has come through as a surface. There must be a gap or missing face somewhere but I can't find it. Is there a way to have Onshape tell me where the offending area is so I can fix it?
Chain Select for picking curves? (eg Selecting "closed loop" for a surface)
Since I can't select a sketch area to create a surface, must pick sketch entities... (I haven't tried "click and drag" a window yet)...I want to "Chain-Select" the curves. OK... dragging a window did work. I had only the sketch I wanted displayed...
Trouble With Splitting Surface
I'm trying to build a helmet and extrude only portion of a surface. I have one version of the helmet where it's working, but I'm trying to do it on a second version and I can't understand why it is not working on the new version of the helmet. I received some help on the working version, and I've been going through…
custom "nozzle" feature
Hi, I need to be able to "copy" a certain feature (lets call it a nozzle) to an array of holes on a cylinder. (or to the position of a mate connector on the cilinder mantle) I would like to make a feature script which would allow for a nozzle (based on 3 base dimensoins) to be installed at certain positions on the…
Animation fail while following a surface
I have up a tool path simulation and running into an error massage that I haven't been able to sort out. When animating the cylindrical mate to see affects of tangent mate I can only get a quarter turn. I think it as to do with the ruled surface use to close the part but not sure. Any thoughts?…
Convert Surface to metalsheet model
is it possible to get a metal sheet model from a surface generated by a loft function? when i select a surface the convert tool become red and fail. i can do thicken and it work, but is not a sheet metal model to calculate/display flat geometry.

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