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How can I dimension the OAL of a chain consisting of individual elliptical links?
Hi All, I've created a single chain link that is elliptical in shape with 3.4mm round stock and a 0.5mm gap. I then created an assembly using individual links and a linear pattern to create a full chain. When I drop the chain on a drawing, I am unable to dimension the Overall Length because I can't figure out how to snap a… -
Re: How can I dimension the OAL of a chain consisting of individual elliptical links?
I tried the split feature, then created a composite part consisting of the 3 "chunks" of the link. When I drop it on a drawing, the lines shown are very rough and I'm unable to attach a dimension to the actual node location to get the correct dimension (should be 35.6mm): Any idea how to improve this? -
Re: How can I dimension the OAL of a chain consisting of individual elliptical links?
Try splitting the face of the chain so that Onshape recognizes there is an edge to snap to. Sometimes this helps. Also, try dimensioning anything, then dragging the dimension nodes to the correct location afterwards, this will enable orthogonal snapping, I think there is a shortcut for it too, but I can't remember. -
Re: How can I dimension the OAL of a chain consisting of individual elliptical links?
I was able to change the view settings and it improved the view quality. For the chain link, I used a sweep to create the part and then used the right plane in the Split feature to break the part into 3 chunks, then created a composite part consisting of the 3 chunks: It seems to have worked, although the dimension on the… -
Re: How can I dimension the OAL of a chain consisting of individual elliptical links?
@S_Regula share a link to your document and I'll show you. Within the part studio, there is the Split feature. You can use this to split the face of your chain link into quadrants, forcing it to have an intersection vertex at each end. This should allow you to easily dimension to it within a drawing. That, or you could…
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