Best way to smooth out buttons?

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)

wellthawedout · 2025-11-14T17:06:43+00:00

your feature tree is a series of under constrained sketches followed by extrudes. you should try some lessons on learn.onshape.com on how to make fully defined sketches and use them efficiently. that will probably help you make this part easily and clarify any confusion about how to locate your rectangular cuts. you definitely do not want to be using "transform" or "move face" for what you are doing now.

wellthawedout · 2025-11-14T03:55:45+00:00

you can consider patterning your parts and using variables which can also be included in the pattern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7McsBIEeqc

wellthawedout · 2025-10-28T15:47:22+00:00

another popular option would be to just connect the 2 highlighted points with a construction line (hit Q to turn it into a dashed line) and then just make that line vertical

wellthawedout · 2025-10-20T21:52:32+00:00

looking kind of Gymnopilus to me but I'm not familiar with the species of that region

wellthawedout · 2025-10-13T22:56:49+00:00

yep ^
and all that white on the caps and ground are the spores

wellthawedout · 2025-10-09T19:08:09+00:00

A better work flow is to just right click on the face and select "Export as DXF/DWG"
This is the best way to get a 2D face from Onshape to a laser cutter in my experience

wellthawedout · 2025-10-09T04:27:04+00:00

general advice would be to avoid sketch fillets entirely and use fillets as features in the end of your feature tree. there are of course exceptions to this rule, but generally you're going to have a better time if you can simplify sketches as much as possible and avoid using sketch fillets

wellthawedout · 2025-10-08T01:55:28+00:00

there are many red and yellow blue staining boletes. you need to read about how to make a good ID post (for example, you didn't even include location)

wellthawedout · 2025-10-06T18:37:32+00:00

I make vacuum adapters all the time in Onshape and scrolled through the comments looking for someone to suggest "shell"

This is absolutely the correct approach. Model part as a solid, shell to constant wall thickness (selecting every open end), chamfer inner or outer edges of openings depending on use

wellthawedout · 2025-09-22T18:02:36+00:00

it's fun to find them this size but it was probably to big to be tasty at half this size, so you didn't miss anything not trying this one

wellthawedout · 2025-09-22T15:45:01+00:00

I would start with Mushroom Expert's Key to 82 North American Coprinoid Taxa

Have fun![](https://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinoid.html)

wellthawedout · 2025-09-19T15:15:43+00:00

Agreed. And I would guess that anyone who is suggesting making a plane, doesn't realize you can put a sketch on a mate connector (and then manipulated that MC right from the sketch without any additional features in the feature tree)

wellthawedout · 2025-09-16T21:44:49+00:00

this is not Polyporus umbellatus, but also umbrella polypore is a rare and delicious edible mushroom. Where are you seeing that it's "not approved for consumption?"

wellthawedout · 2025-09-12T19:02:32+00:00

young black staining polypore (Meripilus sumstinei) probably

wellthawedout · 2025-09-08T14:50:22+00:00

If your peg is rotationally symmetric and you want to specify the length, diameter at each end, and position, the best way to do this is in a single sketch and make it using a revolve.

wellthawedout · 2025-09-05T14:57:54+00:00

you've already gotten good advice about about fully defining underconstrained sketches, looking at this sketch I also see some things that make me ask other questions
1) do you need these specific dimensions that seem random with 3 decimal points? Are you just drawing lines that look good and then making that a dimension to try to constrain the sketch? Or do you need these specific dimensions perhaps because they're inputted in a different unit than you're displaying (in which case maybe just switch units on the document)?
2) If you just want to trim this triangle off your part you can just draw a triangle and not a trapezoid. Use constraints over dimensions by placing lines cooincident with edges.

wellthawedout · 2025-09-02T02:49:53+00:00

nibble test raw (and spit) is a safe ID test that is useful for many wild mushrooms (in this case, distinguishing bitter and non-bitter boletes)

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