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Ah ok thanks. Yes other thread forms are on my radar. Whitworth was not but I can add it. Tapered threads are not easy to add, which is why I don't have them now . There are a lot of questions because of the taper. For example, if we start with a cylinder, is it the inner is the outer diameter? Do we allow users to selected thread length? If so, what happens if the thread taper means that the objects becomes larger or smaller than the original cylinder? I will add this to my thread creator to do list. I have a number of other projects at the moment so I do not expect to work on this soin., But I will get there eventually. Thanks again for reaching out!

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Re: Inner Threads with ThreadCreator problem

dave_cowden

February 24

hi @klaus_krämer Im sorry you're having this issue. It's clearly a bug! inner and outer threads are created using various geometry— I think the lower hole getting smaller is some kind of bug in which… (View Post)

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Re: New Featurescript: PP Surface Text 2.0

dave_cowden

January 16

@ray_s994 Oh good tip! thanks for making me aware there are more fonts, i didnt know. I'll try to make time to get to this. I have a huge list of changes folks have asked for— i've just not gotten to… (View Post)

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Re: New Featurescript: PP Surface Text 2.0

dave_cowden

October 2024

hi @sean_trainor1988 Unfortunately, it is not possible to install custom fonts in Onshape— that i know of. The fonts available are only those available already in Onshape. Kerning and Tracking relate… (View Post)

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Re: New FeatureScript: Thread Creator

dave_cowden

June 2024

This is a very good idea! I'll try to incorporate in the next version. (View Post)

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Feature Request: help text in feature UI

dave_cowden

February 2016

I'd like to put help text for users into the UI. Of course i have lots of comments in the feature code itself, but i'd like to have ability to put a short description of each choice ( sometimes), and… (View Post)

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