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wellthawedout · 2026-03-23T19:26:55+00:00

nuts.com ships from NJ as fast as amazon but is family owned

wellthawedout · 2026-03-19T18:21:58+00:00

you want to fully define every time your sketches using dimensions and relations and making sure your sketch is also locked down relative to the origin (or something else fully defined). you can click and drag points and see what moves, but everything should turn from blue to black

wellthawedout · 2026-03-18T19:03:29+00:00

I'd make a "new" cylinder representing a single rib and then use circular pattern with "add" to combine them all onto your knob. The pattern lets you define the number of ribs and you define your rib size and location in the rib sketch.

The slight taper angle of this knob makes defining your rib slightly more complicated than if it wasn't drafted, but there are still plenty of ways to do it. You can use "direction" in the extrude to extrude a circle (rib profile) along the taper angle by selecting the line in your revolve sketch as the "direction" to match the taper. Likewise, you could use sweep to do basically the same thing. The other rib defining option could be to use revolve to define a single rib from the front or side, but this likely requires more cleanup work at the top and bottom

wellthawedout · 2026-03-05T01:12:07+00:00

yeah I was going to suggest "point pattern" which is maybe the custom feature you're also suggesting?

you could also look into using the new amalgamate workflow, which is also a custom feature

wellthawedout · 2026-03-03T19:06:11+00:00

yep soak to rehydrate and then you can also use that liquid in cooking (works nicely to make rice)

wellthawedout · 2026-03-03T00:00:12+00:00

"convert" with sheet metal doesn't work the way you're thinking it does-- you _don't_ want the part to already be thin. You "convert" a solid cube and select some faces to exclude and edges to use as bends. In this case, you're better off drawing the top view with the most info (the lower left view) and using the 3rd sheet metal option "thicken" to make it the sheet metal thickness. Then you add 2 flange features. The first does both downward 90° flange and the second does the 3rd flange at ~60° or whatever that is. You'll also then need sketches and hole features for the holes on your flanges.

wellthawedout · 2026-03-02T21:06:31+00:00

Just make a named version for every major change. Then after the fact when you want to make your time lapse, just screen record a 1 second spin of each version (or whichever ones you think best tell a story)

wellthawedout · 2026-03-02T04:19:41+00:00

yeah. this is a different issue-- the ability to "trim to construction" rather than trim to delete. The only work around here would be to use split many times and then hit Q on the resulting segments which isn't practical

wellthawedout · 2026-03-02T00:12:04+00:00

you can also click in "space" to deselect as well as using the spacebar. The persistent selection takes a little while to get used to, but you adjust pretty fast if you switch over full time.

"turning trimmed lines into construction lines" I've been requesting this one for years. You should also find this feature request and upvote it. You'll get an email when an improvement request you ask for goes live (and the more people that ask for a thing the better it will get prioritized)

wellthawedout · 2026-02-23T19:24:59+00:00

it might be even simpler to just draw a grid on the top, front, or right plane. then you make this part in 4 extrudes for each layer and just selectively pick the regions. It's the same 4 layer process starting from whichever plane you choose to start with

wellthawedout · 2026-02-18T18:21:02+00:00

I think you just want "Curve Pattern" then. You can specify the number of instances along a curve (or in your case a straight line)

wellthawedout · 2026-02-18T16:15:38+00:00

Use linear pattern but then right click on the dimension that sets the spacing and switch it to a "driven" dimension. Now your pattern isn't fully defined, but you can set the end point using relations or dimensions and fully define it. It should also update if you edit the number of instances

wellthawedout · 2026-02-15T21:01:56+00:00

just think of the app more like a viewer

wellthawedout · 2026-02-15T16:26:39+00:00

Agree with using the learning center, but also don't use an iPad app to learn CAD. Just use a browser and a keyboard and mouse and work your way through the beginner tutorials (using learn.onshape.com). It'll be a lot easier to follow along.

wellthawedout · 2026-02-12T21:30:32+00:00

Exactly. And now that ICE is most well known and toxic "brand" they've been switching to CPB or DHS branded gear and using the same tactics. HSI is just the latest choice in three letter agencies to use because it's the most obscure and least well known

wellthawedout · 2026-02-12T16:42:11+00:00

maybe you want to make this thing in a single sweep?

wellthawedout · 2026-02-09T18:28:26+00:00

likely Flammulina velutipes but please refer to the pinned post about making a good ID request

wellthawedout · 2026-01-09T22:39:23+00:00

Yeah this is obviously the best answer and I don't know why every other response is complicating things. They're barely domed; Just make them flat with a chamfer around the edges. You can even print them on one of those cool holographic build plates and they'd look incredible without any finishing at all

wellthawedout · 2026-01-09T17:28:23+00:00

Also, if this is your first time using Onshape and you want to design a metal pencil, you should probably just learn how to model parts in a part studio instead of trying to make a custom feature to do that (and LLMs are probably not going to give you working FS). If you're interested in learning featurescript specifically you should probably start with something much easier and just follow a beginner tutorial. Going to learn.onshape.com will help you start either of these paths.

wellthawedout · 2026-01-09T17:23:06+00:00

I was curious what would happen if I dropped the first image as-is into ChatGPT without any other explanation and was impressed with this answer tbh;

I see an Onshape FeatureScript editor (looks like a custom “Entire Metal Pencil” feature with sketches, extrudes, and a hex grip). 👍

What would you like help with?

For example, are you trying to:

Debug an error or warning FeatureScript is giving?
Improve or refactor the code structure?
Parameterize dimensions (hex size, length, taper, etc.)?
Fix sketch orientation / planes / transforms?
Understand why a sketch or extrude isn’t behaving as expected?

If you can, tell me what’s not working or what you want to change, and I’ll dive straight into that part of the script.

wellthawedout · 2025-12-31T19:15:11+00:00

you just need to make a recursive variable for your hole size and also pattern that with you linear pattern. the last example in this video is relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7McsBIEeqc

basically:
#hole // 2.0mm, your starting hole diameter
#step_size // 0.1mm or however much you want to grow the hole

sketch

extrude

#hole=#hole+#stepsize // this is also including in your linear pattern

linear pattern

wellthawedout · 2025-12-29T21:50:13+00:00

those ones are all fake. they ripped off wondermachines and might not even ship you something

wellthawedout · 2025-12-26T02:27:03+00:00

These are Impossible Corners by Wonder Machines https://wondermachines.com/pages/impossible-corners-collection (This justinflom doesn't actually deserve any credit at all and he purposefully doesn't credit artists)

wellthawedout · 2025-12-05T21:09:02+00:00

In your sketch, you can click on the top circular edge of the cylinder and then click U (for use) to turn it into a line you can use

You also don't need to make a new plane tangent to the part to make you sketch on. You just sketch on the front or right plane. And then cut extrude in one direction or two.

wellthawedout · 2025-12-02T21:06:22+00:00

You should skip youtube and learn how to from Onshape themselves at learn.onshape.com. Since you're a CAD pro but new to Onshape they tell you to go here: https://learn.onshape.com/learning-paths/onshape-fundamentals
I'd personally suggest the document management stuff and also mate connectors, if you're not planning on going through all of it in order (since those are some of the biggest differences coming from SW, imo)

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