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Momentusdottoday at 6:28 AM0 repliesview on HN

Looks cool.

One task that is always time consuming for a mech design team is generating library parts. Mcmaster carr or other vendor model downloads are one thing, but they never have everything you need, and I don't want a separate model for each and every size/configuration of part. There are still plenty of parts that you can't get a model so have to generate it from scratch using data and pictures from a pdf catalogue.

I want a single model containing all the available configurations of that product.

I just had a go with the Onshape connector to generate such a model of a simple BSPT hex reducing nipple for piping. It looks promising but didn't quite get there and hit the daily token limit while I was trying to get it to fix the model.

FYI when I hit the token limit and click the 'See plans' link, I get "Application error: a client-side exception has occurred."