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paul_chastell 
I've spent my career developing mechanical design software with the goal of making it better, easier and more accessible.
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Re: Self-intersecting loft / sweep
I threw this together at lunch but I'm not happy sharing the document yet. Still, it is possible. The key is that the body can self-intersect as long as the faces don't. Hence the two lofts, one for … (View Post)2 -
Re: Silhouette Outline
:D Awwwww, and @philip_thomas was so excited when I told him about this operation yesterday! By the way, being added for sheet metal is why its flagged as internal: I tested it very thoroughly for t… (View Post)1 -
Re: YouTube embed video
How about this @Ben_, using the Link Tab app to have it playable in Onshape? https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ffc2b60946478b9e34609d02/w/4ae18573cb5f0772c67d7f30/e/e8c96d31434e0f3fd9b48120 (View Post)3 -
Re: Why don't "Helix" objects have a show/hide button?
@cianci, good question. The approach we took was to consider curve features like helix to be the same as solid and surface features, like extrude. In all those cases we don't provide a hide icon beca… (View Post)1 -
Re: .stl file size?
STL is a triangle-based format and scales with the number of triangles created by converting the Onshape geometry into triangles. As a result the print resolution is the way to control size. If 'fine… (View Post)2
