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pottz
commented about 1 hour ago
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looks like a great design ross.
Dutchy
commented 24 minutes ago
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With this design you can even exchange the table. Great!
Can you also print and render drawings with onshape?
Main Street to the Mountains
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
Eric - the "Loft"
commented about 17 hours ago
Looking good, and a great idea Ross.
RyanGi
commented about 15 hours ago
I like the idea for the sliding tops. Much simpler than the knobs on mine. 👍🏼
Lazyman
commented about 14 hours ago
I did something similar with the top on my flip-top cart. It is nice because it stops and you do not have to fiddle with lining up knobs or anything. I added a sliding piece side so that all 4 corners are resting on the sides. I also used window sash locks to make it all nice and tight. All 4 corners look like this.
Ron Stewart
commented about 12 hours ago
Really elegant solution, Ross—simple and effective.
Steve Rasmussen
commented 14 minutes ago
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Looks to be a well thought out concept. Good luck with the build!
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
Ross Leidy
commented about 22 hours ago
Dutchy
commented 24 minutes ago
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With this design you can even exchange the table. Great!
Can you also print and render drawings with onshape?
Hi Dutchy. Onshape does allow you to create drawings, although I've not explored that aspect too much yet.
Yes, you could exchange the table, but I wouldn't want to try to lift it off with both tools attached. I can feel a pull in my back already.
Lazyman
commented about 21 hours ago
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Dutchy, you can render drawings to any scale you want, including 1:1, both in 3D and in 2D. I worked on a belt grinder design last year to better learn Onshape and as part of that I was able to render a full size drawing which in my case was much larger than a standard 8.5x11 page. IIRC, the drawing is downloaded to PDF and then I used Acrobat to actually print it page by page. Acrobat has an option to add cross hairs for alignment purposes and once I printed and taped it together, the dimensions were perfect. This ability is perfect for printing paper templates.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
Lazyman
commented about 11 hours ago
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Dutchy, Checkout the free self paced classes that Onshape has on their website. They are pretty good and include an exercise that you can download , usually using the the same example in the class. For me, completing the exercise at the end, really helped drive home the content of each class and definitely help me to learn how to navigate the software, menus, etc. In a couple of instances, I went back to repeat the class when I could not remember exactly how to do something as I was drafting a design, which really helped.
Ron Stewart
commented about 16 hours ago
Ross, what prompted your exploration of Onshape? You were (or still are) a SketchUp user, weren't you?
I'm still using SU 2017. I've been reluctant to use the new web-based versions, mainly because I don't like browser-based apps, and because the web-based version doesn't support user-created textures, which I use in most of my models.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
Ron Stewart
commented about 13 hours ago
Have you (or anyone else here) ever played around with FreeCad? It’s an open-source 3D parametric modeler. I’ve only heard of it and have never tried it, but it might be a solution for anyone trying to monetize plans or items produced by it.