Onshape Mastery: Feature Scripts

CAD should be fast. If you are sketching circles to make holes in a tube, you are wasting time.

Must-Have Scripts

1. Julia’s Features (The Holy Grail)

• Extrude Beam: Turn any line sketch into a 1x1 box tube with the hole pattern pre-cut.
• Tube Converter: Turn a solid block into a hollow tube with specified wall thickness.

2. Laser Joint

• Function: Automatically creates “Finger Joints” where two plates meet.
• Why: Perfect for laser-cut wood or plastic prototyping. It snaps together like a puzzle.

3. Lighten

• Function: Generates pocketing patterns (Triangles/Hexagons) automatically.
• Why: Saves weight and looks cool without manually drawing 50 triangles.

How to Install

1. Go to Onshape Public Document search.
2. Search “Julia’s Features”.
3. Click “Add to Toolbar”.

Conclusion

Work smart. Let the code build the robot.