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This new set of custom features takes the best ideas from those… Cable/Wire Routing: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3599036701247d65f0106997 There have been many wiring custom features created over the years, each using a different approach and each having different strengths, but none focused on the end-to-end process. This new set of custom features takes the best ideas from those… Custom Feature: Mold & Die Design On Thursday, 12/12/19, I hosted a webinar to talk about mold design methodologies in Onshape and to introduce 4 new custom features. The replay of the webinar can be found here. As the names suggest, these custom features automate the creation of core and cavity geometry. A number of Onshape users have already beta-tested… On Thursday, 12/12/19, I hosted a webinar to talk about mold design methodologies in Onshape and to introduce 4 new custom features. The replay of the webinar can be found here. As the names suggest, these custom features automate the creation of core and cavity geometry. A number of Onshape users have already beta-tested… Feature Studio Keyboard Shortcuts For those of us who do a lot of custom feature coding, shortcuts can be very handy. Attached is a PDF of all the ones you didn't know existed! These will be added to the help documentation in the future. For those of us who do a lot of custom feature coding, shortcuts can be very handy. Attached is a PDF of all the ones you didn't know existed! These will be added to the help documentation in the future. Progress on new mesh tools Building some mesh tools in this Public Document. See process below: Import mesh Use MultiPointPlane to least squares fit through points use SectionCurves to get raw polyline sections through mesh Sketch circles near inside and outside circular features, depending on what you want to fit use CircleSearch to fit circles… Building some mesh tools in this Public Document. See process below: Import mesh Use MultiPointPlane to least squares fit through points use SectionCurves to get raw polyline sections through mesh Sketch circles near inside and outside circular features, depending on what you want to fit use CircleSearch to fit circles… Deform (New Custom Feature!) 🆕twist | bend | scale | morph | wrap | flex . CADSharp & RENDERCAD have sponsored a new custom feature: . Deform It deforms a parts and surfaces via profile sections or lattice grids along a path. Useful when you need to bend, twist, and scale parts after they have already been modeled. Note: It is still a work in progress but I think its good enough for first… . CADSharp & RENDERCAD have sponsored a new custom feature: . Deform It deforms a parts and surfaces via profile sections or lattice grids along a path. Useful when you need to bend, twist, and scale parts after they have already been modeled. Note: It is still a work in progress but I think its good enough for first… New Feature Script for generating Hex Bolt and Nut automatically Hi, please review and validate my FeatureScript for genererating automatically Hex Bolt and Nut. Feature script name: TornilloHexagonalParametrico Hi, please review and validate my FeatureScript for genererating automatically Hex Bolt and Nut. Feature script name: TornilloHexagonalParametrico Any word on organizing custom features tool bar? Its out of control I mean I absolutely love how easy it is to create custom features now but being able to find them is also important :) I mean I absolutely love how easy it is to create custom features now but being able to find them is also important :) Custom Feature: Worm Gear v2.0 – Now Supporting Globoid Worm Gears! Hi everyone, I'm Younseo Lee from Seoul National University, KOREA. First of all, thank you for your interest in my previous Worm Gear Feature Script! I've been working on some improvements and new features, and I'm happy to share Worm Gear update! Use Custom Feature: Worm Gear ←Link The biggest update is Globoid Worm… Hi everyone, I'm Younseo Lee from Seoul National University, KOREA. First of all, thank you for your interest in my previous Worm Gear Feature Script! I've been working on some improvements and new features, and I'm happy to share Worm Gear update! Use Custom Feature: Worm Gear ←Link The biggest update is Globoid Worm… Hole Pattern FeatureScript Here is a featurescript that can be used to create equally spaced holes using a sketch as a reference. User can select a square/rectangle or even a series of lines (circle, polygon or polyline for example) The featurescript will create equally spaced holes or the user can define the desired spacing. You can also select… Here is a featurescript that can be used to create equally spaced holes using a sketch as a reference. User can select a square/rectangle or even a series of lines (circle, polygon or polyline for example) The featurescript will create equally spaced holes or the user can define the desired spacing. You can also select… How to Manage One-off Computed Part Properties Hello, This question has probably been asked before but I'm having trouble finding it. I'm looking for a general best-practice way to handle a part that has a custom property (or something similar) that applies to it and nothing else. I'll use the part I'm currently working on as an example, but I think this same situation… Hello, This question has probably been asked before but I'm having trouble finding it. I'm looking for a general best-practice way to handle a part that has a custom property (or something similar) that applies to it and nothing else. I'll use the part I'm currently working on as an example, but I think this same situation… Mate connectors created by script can't be hidden in assemblies!? Have created a script to fill heat set inserts on prototype parts, the problem is that when this example part is inserted in an assembly all the mate connectors will be shown, even if we hide them in the part. K key can't hide them, only connectors that are not created in the script. The Mate Connector is not shown in the… Have created a script to fill heat set inserts on prototype parts, the problem is that when this example part is inserted in an assembly all the mate connectors will be shown, even if we hide them in the part. K key can't hide them, only connectors that are not created in the script. The Mate Connector is not shown in the… Glove generator featurescript A quick feature script for making gloves for glove boxes. Visual only and not for manufacturing gloves. This was helpful when I was trying to make visual improvements to a rendering and needed a representative glove vs open hole on a machine model for display and presentation purposes. A quick feature script for making gloves for glove boxes. Visual only and not for manufacturing gloves. This was helpful when I was trying to make visual improvements to a rendering and needed a representative glove vs open hole on a machine model for display and presentation purposes. cannot find a good worm gear featurescript Hello again, I am looking for a worm gear to worm gear drive on a 12 mm shaft (maybe 10mm) to be a 1:1 at 45 degrees. I want to 3d print this and I only found 2 feature scripts dealing with this. The first was a globoid worm drive, which is honestly a bit weird. Then I found a promissing worm gear feature script BUT, it is… Hello again, I am looking for a worm gear to worm gear drive on a 12 mm shaft (maybe 10mm) to be a 1:1 at 45 degrees. I want to 3d print this and I only found 2 feature scripts dealing with this. The first was a globoid worm drive, which is honestly a bit weird. Then I found a promissing worm gear feature script BUT, it is… Custom Feature: Worm Gear Hi everyone, I'm Younseo Lee, a robotics researcher at Seoul National University. We use Onshape quite a lot in our lab, and I've always wanted to create and share a custom FeatureScript with the community. Recently, I came across a discussion about the lack of a proper worm gear FeatureScript, so I decided to give it a… Hi everyone, I'm Younseo Lee, a robotics researcher at Seoul National University. We use Onshape quite a lot in our lab, and I've always wanted to create and share a custom FeatureScript with the community. Recently, I came across a discussion about the lack of a proper worm gear FeatureScript, so I decided to give it a… Custom Feature: Material & Grain definition + Grain Layout for sheet goods TL;DR: FS kit to tag parts with material, finish and grain direction + a grain-oriented-layout feature, ready for a drawing callouts and CNC file prep. Material and Grain definition - try it out and come back with suggestions. I'm releasing it hoping people will fork it and build on it. I'll keep improving it and keep the… TL;DR: FS kit to tag parts with material, finish and grain direction + a grain-oriented-layout feature, ready for a drawing callouts and CNC file prep. Material and Grain definition - try it out and come back with suggestions. I'm releasing it hoping people will fork it and build on it. I'll keep improving it and keep the… New Features: MC to Transform, Transform to MC Link to feature Somewhat similar to some features from @jnewth (see this thread), these two features will measure the transform between two mate connectors (and store a variable and custom table), and the other will generate a new mate connector from an existing one with a transform variable (or entered values). Unlike the… Link to feature Somewhat similar to some features from @jnewth (see this thread), these two features will measure the transform between two mate connectors (and store a variable and custom table), and the other will generate a new mate connector from an existing one with a transform variable (or entered values). Unlike the… ChatGPT Atlas for FeatureScript vibe coding OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Atlas, which is their own web browser with built in ChatGPT agent functionality. So far this is MacOS only, but Windows is in development. https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-atlas/ What this means potentially is that you can use ChatGPT to vibe code FeatureScript. So far I'm not… OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Atlas, which is their own web browser with built in ChatGPT agent functionality. So far this is MacOS only, but Windows is in development. https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-atlas/ What this means potentially is that you can use ChatGPT to vibe code FeatureScript. So far I'm not… Make all parts in part studio to Not Rev Mge, Exclude from BOMs, and Tessellation to Coarse Is there a way to either Featurescript or something to automate the process of making all the parts in Part Studio to "Not revision managed" and "Exclude from all BOMs" and make the Tessellation quality to Coarse? I do this often and it would be nice to have it down with 1 click. Is there a way to either Featurescript or something to automate the process of making all the parts in Part Studio to "Not revision managed" and "Exclude from all BOMs" and make the Tessellation quality to Coarse? I do this often and it would be nice to have it down with 1 click.

New Feature: Multi-Mirror I often work with symmetrical designs in multi-part studios, and many times I have a number of parts to mirror across multiple planes. With the standard mirror feature, I have to use a new feature for each part x the number of planes to mirror about. That means if I have 3 parts to mirror about the top, right, and front… I often work with symmetrical designs in multi-part studios, and many times I have a number of parts to mirror across multiple planes. With the standard mirror feature, I have to use a new feature for each part x the number of planes to mirror about. That means if I have 3 parts to mirror about the top, right, and front… Parametric Cycloidal Drive Featurescript Hello, I've made a parameterized cycloidal drive generation script that I've found very useful, and I thought I'd share it in case anyone else was interested. I'd love any feedback 🙂 https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8b3df8cee04d69a41c0ee558/w/896df62751b78bc0bd9e2148/e/6a0d9aecc7ada0f635581c7a Hello, I've made a parameterized cycloidal drive generation script that I've found very useful, and I thought I'd share it in case anyone else was interested. I'd love any feedback 🙂 https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8b3df8cee04d69a41c0ee558/w/896df62751b78bc0bd9e2148/e/6a0d9aecc7ada0f635581c7a Playing with custom curve tools again Wrote my own curvature and deviation analysis tools to find better ways to fit clean curves to noisy STL sections. Curvature is the smoother one, Deviation is the wavier one. Max allowed deviation is the square wave. They kinda work, but I would love these to be native with the visualization options I worked into mine. Wrote my own curvature and deviation analysis tools to find better ways to fit clean curves to noisy STL sections. Curvature is the smoother one, Deviation is the wavier one. Max allowed deviation is the square wave. They kinda work, but I would love these to be native with the visualization options I worked into mine. ThreadLab: Can't do a 0,75mm pitch (But can do 0,74 and 0,76!) I did a simple little cap for a connector, recently. It is to have a 0,75mm pitch thread on one end and I thought: Hey, easy going! But then: I cannot make it do a 0,75mm pitch, though it has no issues doing a 0,74mm or 0,76mm or whatever else I tried. Just no 0,75mm. What might be going on here? I did a simple little cap for a connector, recently. It is to have a 0,75mm pitch thread on one end and I thought: Hey, easy going! But then: I cannot make it do a 0,75mm pitch, though it has no issues doing a 0,74mm or 0,76mm or whatever else I tried. Just no 0,75mm. What might be going on here? Niche feature script. Link To Feature I know this is a somewhat niche feature, but it is something I've wanted for years. I like the fact that with the MCP, I can now create things like this even though I have no coding experience. Just thought I would share it in case anyone else could find a use for it. Warning: I have not done extensive… Link To Feature I know this is a somewhat niche feature, but it is something I've wanted for years. I like the fact that with the MCP, I can now create things like this even though I have no coding experience. Just thought I would share it in case anyone else could find a use for it. Warning: I have not done extensive… New features for measurement: Relative Measure, Euler to MC, and MC to Euler Announcing: Relative Measure, Euler → MC, and MC → Euler Written by Joshua Newth (former Part Studios dev, now at Reframe Systems) and Greg Brown (Head of Product at Onshape). What’s new Relative Measure — Get X, Y, Z displacements between two points relative to any coordinate system (mate connector), not just the world… Announcing: Relative Measure, Euler → MC, and MC → Euler Written by Joshua Newth (former Part Studios dev, now at Reframe Systems) and Greg Brown (Head of Product at Onshape). What’s new Relative Measure — Get X, Y, Z displacements between two points relative to any coordinate system (mate connector), not just the world… New FeatureScript: Pocket Holes Hi everybody, I would like to share my first FeatureScript: Pocket Holes. The feature is very straight forward: * Choose entry face * Choose exit face * Select vertices where the pocket holes will be created * Select thickness of part that will have the pocket holes You can find the FeatureScript… Hi everybody, I would like to share my first FeatureScript: Pocket Holes. The feature is very straight forward: * Choose entry face * Choose exit face * Select vertices where the pocket holes will be created * Select thickness of part that will have the pocket holes You can find the FeatureScript… Custom Feature: Amalgam Tag and Amalgamate Are you like me and use Point Derive for everything? The ability to draw a part studio in one document and copy and paste functional geometry all over a different document is a huge force multiplier for quickly and precisely generating complex parts that adhere to centralized standards and document control schemes. For… Are you like me and use Point Derive for everything? The ability to draw a part studio in one document and copy and paste functional geometry all over a different document is a huge force multiplier for quickly and precisely generating complex parts that adhere to centralized standards and document control schemes. For… Configuring cable weight via FeatureScript: override mass directly, or override material density? I'm building a FeatureScript feature to configure cables & tubes (many different types). For each cable type we know the weight per unit length (kg/m), the cross-sectional area, and the length — from which the total weight follows directly. My question: what's the better approach for getting the correct weight on the part… I'm building a FeatureScript feature to configure cables & tubes (many different types). For each cable type we know the weight per unit length (kg/m), the cross-sectional area, and the length — from which the total weight follows directly. My question: what's the better approach for getting the correct weight on the part… Custom Feature: OnlyTabs - A premium sheet metal tab and slot feature -Link to feature up front- A long time ago in the distant year of late 2024 our sheet metal obsessed production company was evaluating our CAD options and found ourselves checking out Onshape as an alternative to our old licenses of Solidworks. There were two main barriers in the way of our adoption, support for sheet… -Link to feature up front- A long time ago in the distant year of late 2024 our sheet metal obsessed production company was evaluating our CAD options and found ourselves checking out Onshape as an alternative to our old licenses of Solidworks. There were two main barriers in the way of our adoption, support for sheet… Custom Feature: Dovetail Joint I've developped a complete custom feature to help 3D printing assembly design. Dovetail Joint Created By: Nicolas Barret Link: OnShape document link A custom FeatureScript that generates male and female dovetail joints between touching solid bodies. Tailored for 3D printing assemblies, it automates the boolean cuts and… I've developped a complete custom feature to help 3D printing assembly design. Dovetail Joint Created By: Nicolas Barret Link: OnShape document link A custom FeatureScript that generates male and female dovetail joints between touching solid bodies. Tailored for 3D printing assemblies, it automates the boolean cuts and… How to draw BSP thread In Europe we use BSP pipe thread instead op NPT thread widely used in the USA. How can I make the BSP available in the hole tool? In Europe we use BSP pipe thread instead op NPT thread widely used in the USA. How can I make the BSP available in the hole tool? What can we actually build with the Onshape FeatureScript MCP Server? We’ve been testing the new Onshape FeatureScript MCP Server and honestly, it’s been interesting to see how far it can go. 😎 Instead of asking AI to generate a complete CAD model from a text prompt, we used it to create custom Onshape Features for things we would normally have to build manually. For example, we created: An… We’ve been testing the new Onshape FeatureScript MCP Server and honestly, it’s been interesting to see how far it can go. 😎 Instead of asking AI to generate a complete CAD model from a text prompt, we used it to create custom Onshape Features for things we would normally have to build manually. For example, we created: An… New Custom Tool : SVG to Sketch Hey all — long-time Onshape user, wanted to share something I've been building and using in production. The problem: Getting vector artwork (logos, cutout profiles, panel designs, icons) into Onshape as real, editable sketch geometry is annoying. DXF import can be inconsistent, and manually retracing SVGs with the sketch… Hey all — long-time Onshape user, wanted to share something I've been building and using in production. The problem: Getting vector artwork (logos, cutout profiles, panel designs, icons) into Onshape as real, editable sketch geometry is annoying. DXF import can be inconsistent, and manually retracing SVGs with the sketch… Auto layout update request Anyone willing to try the new capabilities to expand on auto layout to allow for nested layouts. So if you have a big cutout and there's open space in the middle, could other parts be fit inside there? As long as the interference check deems there's no interference. Anyone willing to try the new capabilities to expand on auto layout to allow for nested layouts. So if you have a big cutout and there's open space in the middle, could other parts be fit inside there? As long as the interference check deems there's no interference. 10.1K Community Support 213 New in Onshape 305 Learning Center 250 Education Community featurescript 879 improvements 357 part studio 322 configurations 303 feature script 298 Sheet Metal 293 feature request 239 mate connectors 232 improvement requests 173