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Re: hot to change alot of part colors in onshape?

EvanReese

February 19

I'm not sure how to drive a feature dropdown (enum) with variables. I'd just use the built in color picker to find the hex value you want then copy/paste. (View Post)

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Re: hot to change alot of part colors in onshape?

EvanReese

February 18

After the fact, probably not, but you could use my Part Color custom feature in conjunction with a Variable Studio to set it up so that it's easy to change next time someone has a mercurial whim. Her… (View Post)

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Re: Boolean Manifold

EvanReese

February 18

Also, for a model like this, I highly recommend modeling only 1/8th of it, then mirroring it and doing a circular pattern to complete the shape. It will be less work to model, faster to regenerate, a… (View Post)

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Re: Mushroom Pattern

EvanReese

February 17

Here's one way with some clever use of some custom features. The dots here are randomly placed and sized. https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e609af2c4c801b238f439322/w/10e2ee167f867ee58c8d7db2/e/5c31b… (View Post)

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Re: Intersect plane with mesh?

EvanReese

February 13

Relevant to this conversation though. I've recently been playing with curves and meshes together for workflows like this, and found that Project Curve and Intersection Curve are both coded to prevent… (View Post)

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