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Creating ergonomic/organic surfaces
Hi community,With my current project, I have hit an obstacle. I'd like to better be able to create organically shaped surfaces with OnShape's surface tools. However, often it happens to me that I am just unable to arrive at the shape that I intend. Within the scope of this question, I'd like to examplify this with a seat…
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What is the best way of inserting sufaces into an assembly
I have a model of a pump that I have been sent by the manufaturer, I want to insert it in to an assembly. The step file opens ok and I can see the model in parts studio but it consists of only one part and 3600+ surfaces. I have tried inserting surfaces in to to assembly which has worked in the past but OS crashes or loads…
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Creating a loft surface
Not having much success creating a surface of the geometry in orange. The red arrow points to the geometry I would like to use for the path / guide. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Advanced Surfacing Help Please
Hi all, I'm attempting to make a solid model corbel that is adjustable and rebuilds itself to the adjustments made. I have run into a problem, the leaves are suppose to be flowing and organic looking. Shaping these has proven to be difficult. I would like to use the Sculpt Surface feature script, but it is not efficient…
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Fill command
Hello everyone where can i find surface fill command? tanks
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3D printing - always one perimeter is NOT flat
Hi, When I print cubes, they always have one side not flat at all. Especially the corner of that perimeter. How does that happen? readjust the platform's level? the issue of nozzle? And one more thing, how could I make the top sealed? It is like this all the time. Thanks for help. Just like this:
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Parametric Surface from f(x,y)
I'm trying to build upon the Parametric Curve FS to create a Parametric Surface. The intention is to be able to input a function Z = f(#x,#y) and have that create a lofted surface. However, I'm running into problems getting the z equation to accept 2 inputs (x,y). @ilya_baran, @kevin_o_toole_1, maybe one of you can take a…
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Both original edge and chamfered edge shown at the same time ?
Novice: I have a conical shape made with a "Revolve -> Surface" and then "Thicken" the surface. Now I want to chamfer (or fillet) the edges coming from the "Thicken". Now the Chamfer works, but the original surface still remains. Is that a bug, or did I make the conical shape in the wrong way ? Zoom in on "Chamfer 1" and…
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Show surface after hiding it
Okay, I think I'm missing something extremely simple and routine. After I hide an offset surface I used for extruding text and objects on a sphere I can't get it back without "showing all." Of course, when I do that I have to then hide a bunch of stuff again. The only way I can hide it is by right clicking and selecting…
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Surface to solid
Hi, How do I turn a surface to solid? I've got a 'cylindrical' surface created by sweeping an open arc along a closed path . . . how do I close the open ends and create a solid? I guess I can close the open arc and sweep that to create a solid and then boolean fill the centre but that feels like a hack ...
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Extrude-Remove-Offset from Surface to retain wall thickness?
Maybe this will come in handy and maybe there are various ways to achieve this. I want to Extrude-Remove a feature that stays a value (eg wall thickness) away from a surface. That way if the height of the part changes I don't have to modify the "cuts". Plus the surface matches the "curve"/"angle" of the offset from…
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What surface based software works best with Onshape?
I want to create some surfaces that are beyond the capability of Onshape (so far :smile: ) but I still want to use Onshape for most of the mechanical CAD work. Is anyone using any free or low cost software that can create Onshape (e.g Parasolid) compatible surfaces? Yes, I know Rhino is great but I can't afford that as…