surfaces

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  • HELP! How do I trim a surface with a sketch?

    So frustrated, have tried split and extrude but cannot seem to trim away this cylinder with rectangle sketch. Its a test so just want to trim off the top and bottom parts of the cylinder. SolidWorks is Extrude Cut, then choose what to keep, what is the Onshape equivalent?

  • Best Fit Surface on a Point Cloud

    What is the best way to create a surface using points created in multiple sketches? I am working on a boat hull. The shape is defined by a table of Offsets. These are points measure up from a base, and over from a center plane. Back in the BC days(Before Computers), these points were taken from a scale model created for…

  • any way to create an object shaped like this with surfaces in onshape?

    trying to figure out how to create a shape like this in onshape. just the basic shape, not all the twig detals. was trying to wrap a helix around a sphere, but that doesn't work.any advise would be greatly appreciated.

  • Importing .stp / .step file appears only as one Surface. How to transform to an Onshape Part

    When importing a .stp or .step file it shows up in a Part Studio only as one "Surface" in the lower left area. But I need one solid "Part" for editing it e.g. removing parts of the geometry. I have tried various things link converting to solid via Freecad or importing in a different format. Nothing worked. Is there a…

  • On Flattening a cylindrical surface

    Is there an Onshape equivalent of SolidWorks "Insert->Surface->Flatten" command? As far as I know, the best thing to do is make a projection of the surface and then scale it to the length of the cylinder. Are there any features that people have made that can do that? I'm trying to make a sticker template for the surfaces…

  • opExtractSurface on Derived feature - NOT touching the one sided edges

  • opExtractSurface using derived feature

  • How do I query for just the inside surfaces?

    For example, I have a pipe network. I want to query for all of the inside surfaces of the pipe, and I don't want the outside surfaces or the end faces of the pipes. Another example: I have a cavity (like a mold tool), and I want to query for just the inner surfaces. Thanks!

  • Importing files from Maya/Blender... (mesh)

    Hi, I am working in a project that aesthetics and mechanical design is involved at the same time. Specifically I am working with some 3D scans that has been refined and corrected on Maya. From Maya this mesh has been exported to IGES files and then imported to Onshape. My surprise is that once imported it is recognised as…