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Re: STLWorkbench : Heals STL files and writes data directly in Onshape
What’s New in STL Workbench November 10, 2016 This document describes new feature addition to STL Workbench. The most significant changes to this update are listed below: 1. Export to Onshape: STL files can now be exported to Onshape from STL Workbench. In the right corner of toolbar, you will find new Import to Onshape… -
Re: Export STL of Assembley with all parts in context
Hello. (1 STL Color) I don't believe STL files have colo(u)r as a property so not much Onshape can do here on that front. (Hopefully there is a move away from STL soon as it's not a data rich format. Makerbot's software for example can take proper CAD file types and has for years. You can import an entire assembly and then… -
Re: Older Improvement Requests...
Hi folks, thanks for another interesting thread. @@john_mcclary and @@Don_Van_Zile (1) With regards to the field auto activation as you say it's a tiny thing. But I noticed that the create plane feature automatically select mid plane for you if you've pre-selected two planes before calling the create function. This simple… -
Building Layouts (Floor Plan) -- Seeking Your Advice
I have constructed a building layout (floor plan) for a 2 story office space: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/569e29daf28932c56a2c7a76/w/d3678f7a010aec8d44ed44bc/e/db2ca978e704cf21d2fd5650 Does anyone have any advice on document structure, design or construction techniques that would be specific to these types of models?… -
Re: How does identity work?
The primary thing that Onshape will use to identify a selected entity is the "id" passed into the operation that creates it. You can read a more detailed explanation in a past comment here. To sum it up briefly: When you select an entity, Onshape generates a query for that entity. That query might look like "the face… -
Re: Significant difficulties transitioning from NX
Thanks for the video. Overall, yes, onshape doesn't have a clear bottom-up or top-down workflow. It can function really well in either way (or even some hybrid). One of the challenges with onshape's learning curve is understanding all the different options and when to use each. As an alternative to the Wave links, have you… -
Re: Hollowing out a convoluted cylinder
Hi @tj_thorniley ! You may find this page helpful: https://www.onshape.com/videos I'm not very good at making videos (my main role here at Onshape is as a programmer). We try to discourage making threads in general ( @owen_sparks had a great post on the end of this chain about how adding threads made his model >100x more… -
Re: Cad went back to basement?
I'm in a similar but less developed position, and am also interested in what others think. I'm the first Pro user in our Production Engineering Department with a further 3 users on the ex free plan with the aim of building up the process and investing in more seats as we get more proficient and demonstrate to our… -
Re: Editing feature definitions in a body after it has been scaled
@christian_campbell YOU SAID — I propose that whenever you scale a body/part, Onshape automatically scales the feature definitions too. Onshape can do that. Use a variable, or a number of variables, to do your scaling. You can use one variable to scale your entire part. Or, you can use a variable to scale along the X,… -
24 Hours of Fusion later...
I've been a longtime (happy) user of Onshape. Recently I decided to give Fusion a serious try to see how much pain the integrated CAM, Eagle connector, and FEA could save me. I'm a semi-hobbyist one-man-band doing everything from PCB layout to machining parts so the idea of a set of tools that are tightly connected is…
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