A place to put my thoughts
TL;DR Copy-Paste creates a strong link between the original and copy component. Copy-PasteNew create no link between the original and copy component. What if you want something in between. Do a Copy-PasteNew and then change all the parameter references for the copy component to reference back to the parameters of the original component. Running the […]
TL;DR Create your components. Use Joints to attach/fix the components, and have the components overlap/interfere where the box joints will be. Cut away material from Component-1 to form the box joints. Use Combine (cut) to cut material away from Component-2 Use Offset Faces on Component-2 to provide some clearance. Description Lately I’ve been creating lots […]
TL;DR A feature (Extrude, Combine, Rectangular Pattern, Offset Face, etc.) can result in many faces being affected/created. You often want to select all the affected faces so that the next feature can be applied to them also. Select your feature in the time line Run the SelectAffectedFeatureFaces script (all affected faces are now selected) Continue […]