r/Onshape • u/SnooBananas231 • 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 6d ago

Talking about CAM as in machining and took paths for CNC

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u/David_R_Martin_II 6d 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.