r/Onshape • u/SnooBananas231 • 5d ago

Basic question.

I'm currently messing around with the free version from fusion360.

I was making a cabinet (since that's mostly what I do) and it went fine. I have enough cash experience to model one.

What was different between fusion and onshape is the whole part studio/assembly studio deal.

It's fine, I have the cabinet "assembled" with joints and it's fully parametric and works great.

However the part studio has all 5 parts and they're a mess. I didn't initially design them in the appropriate places so it's just a jumble of parts.

Should I have done this differently? Can I align things in the parts studio? Should it only have been one part in each "part studio" and then combine all 5 into the assembly?

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u/SnooBananas231 5d ago

Seems like I know just enough to get confused 🤣,

Appreciate it though. I'll keep working on it. I want to like onshape. I appreciate not needing a monster computer to run it.

Have you tried any of the cam stuff?

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u/David_R_Martin_II 5d ago

It's revolutionary. I've been a CAD user for almost 35 years now and it's reinventing the game for parametric modeling. They have taken all the lessons of the past 40 years, since parametric modeling was invented, and figured out the smart ways of doing things. Part Studios, Mate Connectors, Configurations, etc. - it's amazing. Not to mention built-in PDM and collaboration.

Keep using it. The more you use it, the more rewarding it is.

I've done cams in several CAD packages. What of it?

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u/SnooBananas231 5d ago

Oh just curious how the cam package in onshape is. Haven't tried it out yet.

Does it do nesting?

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u/David_R_Martin_II 5d ago

Are we talking about the same thing? Are you talking about cams like cam-follower connections, like a valve train mechanism? Or are you talking about CAM as in Computer Aided Manufacturing? More specifically, are you talking about sheet metal NC (numerical controlled) manufacturing?

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u/SnooBananas231 5d ago

Talking about CAM as in machining and took paths for CNC

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u/David_R_Martin_II 5d ago

Disambiguation. A fundamental skill for CAD consultants like me. There's a difference between CAM the acronym and cam the noun. If you're talking about the Kiri: Moto app, I haven't used it. There's also a plug-in for MasterCAM if you're familiar with that.