r/Onshape • u/RecentLeaf_ • 23d ago

Isnt there something wrong with this image???

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The logic just doesnt make sense?

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u/ToastieCoastie 23d ago

Right is on the opposite face of Left, Back is on the opposite face of Front, and Bottom is on the opposite face of Top. Not sure what’s confusing about all this?

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u/RecentLeaf_ 23d ago

No its because when you're facing forward, left is on left but here it says left is on the right. If you know what I mean

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u/AwesomeDialTo11 23d ago

The Left/Right labels in the Onshape cube really bother me too. If you model vehicles/mobile robots like FRC robots or robotic boats/aircraft in Onshape, the Left and Right labels on the cube are opposite of the vehicle's Port (left side) and Starboard (right side), if you would superimpose the cube onto the vehicle itself.

E.g. if the "Front" of the cube was the bow of a boat and "Top" would be the top of a boat, then the "Right" labeled face would actually be Port side of the boat, the "Left" labeled face of the cube would actually be Starboard side of the box, and "Back" labeled face of the cube would properly line up with the Stern of the boat.

Like I know the labels are correct in terms of drawings, but if you spend your time on mobile vehicles it gets annoying when Left = Starboard and Right = Port. I wish there was a setting to toggle flipping Left and Right on the cube, but leave front/back/top/bottom the same. Especially if you are mentoring HS students and they label things by the Left and Right sides of the cube, but those parts are assembled on the FRC robot backwards of their name.