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Some work around thoughts for sheet metal
When working with sheet metal in onshape you can only cut through the entire material thickness. You cannot just cut through a certain depth. Once you select completed sheet metal part you have the option to cut through to a certain depth but this will not show in the flat pattern (similar to adding fillets on corners).
One way would be to have the option to have a normal cut which cuts normal to the thickness and a regular cut. There are some instances that a sheet metal part will need features added by a mill or as I previously mentioned a laser etch.
Re: Investing in Onshape's Foundation: Focus on Stability and Performance for the Next Two Releases
Will you also focus on standardizing user inputs and desired outputs across various features? For example, implementing a consistent "hit Enter/Esc to confirm and close" instead of requiring users to hover over a green checkmark to confirm or using Esc to confirm. The UX varies significantly from feature to feature and between 3D and 2D environments.
Export rules does not apply to multiple exported files inside ZIP file
As my title: Export rules does not apply to multiple exported files inside ZIP file.
So I have several drawings I need to export to PDF. its over 20, so it's not impossible to do one and one( but this is not scalable in the long run, if I add 20 more parts and do a new revision its not unlikely I need to do 40 exports)
Any work around or is there a specific export option to make the items inside the zipped file to follow the export rules?
Also any ETA on this feature if its not already available?
Improvements to Onshape - April 25th, 2025
CAD IMPROVEMENTS
REPAIR MANAGER IMPROVEMENTS
Improvements have been made to Repair Manager that allow you to forward propagate some references. The new Replace reference option allows you to replace a broken reference in the current feature, and propagate that replaced reference downstream to any features that use that reference.SHORTCUT KEY IMPROVEMENTS
You can now add Section view, Mass and section properties, and Measure and section properties to your shortcut toolbar. This gives you quick access to some of Onshape's most popular features.RENDER STUDIO IMPROVEMENTS
SCENE LIST IMPROVEMENTS
You will find new, more advanced, Scene list filters in Render Studio. These filters include the ability to filter by criteria like appearance and decals. This allows you to quickly filter the scene list. You will also find the scene list has been split and now has two panes. The top pane contains the scene geometry, as well as Transforms and Projectors, while the bottom pane contains Appearances.RESET APPEARANCE ON FACES
If faces have an appearance set in the Part Studio, and their appearance is changed in Render Studio, they can now be reset to the original Part Studio appearance via the Scene list or graphics area context menu.
FOCAL LENGTH FIELD OF VIEW
You can now define Field of view by focal length. In the past, this was limited to angle.
LEARNING CENTER IMPROVEMENTS
NEW LOCALIZED TRAINING
Please take a moment to try out these new features and improvements and leave your comments below. For a detailed list of all the changes in this update, please see the changelog.
Remember: The updates listed here are now live for all users when creating new Documents. Over the next few days, these features will also be available in Documents created before this update.
⚠️How to Simulate Assembly Rail Collisions
There's probably a tech tip or post on this, but I thought I would share anyways.
You can simulate collisions on a rail with dynamic limits by:
Linear Rail
- Have each rail object start at the end of the next rail object.
- Limit their slider mates to a slide min of 0.
- Place one parallel (Or another slider?) mate at the end of the last rail object to the end of the rail with a min or max z limit (it depends on the direction of the mates).
Alternatively, instead of a min slider limit where they all reference each other, you could probably have 2 parallel mates per end of a rail object, but this would take more time to set up.
possible to turn of the tangent arc automatic switching when using line?
hello,
some months ago onshape introduced the quick seketching where if you draw a line and then pass over the last point of the drawed line with the mouse it will switch to tagent arc and then again if we pass again over it goes back to line again. this is super annoying for me, i almost never use tangent arc and it is driving me crazy, as sometimes i go over a point by simply moving the mouse and it goes to this. I understand that it can be interesting for some people but would like to turn it off (the switching, so i always stay on line) is this possible?
Investing in Onshape's Foundation: Focus on Stability and Performance for the Next Two Releases
Hello Onshape Community,
We have an important update about our upcoming releases. As you know, we've been committed to delivering new features and improvements every three weeks, and we greatly appreciate your enthusiasm and feedback. In just the past 6 or so months, we have released:
- Onshape AI Advisor
- Onshape Government for ITAR/EAR needs
- CAM Studio
- Powerful core modeling enhancements such as: constrained surfaces, routing curve, edit curve, sketch constraints manager, curve approximation, loft/boundary surface improvements, flatten surfaces, many sheet metal enhancements, ...
- FeatureScript performance and usability enhancements to make it easier and faster to create custom features
- A completely re-architected Render Studio, and many workflow improvements following the re-architecture
- A great leap forward in Drawings: Constrained sketching, support for many new types of drawing views, automatic centermarks, datum attachments, inspection tables, …
- Many UX and quality of life improvements: universal keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, cosmetic threads, reference repair, config parameter visibility, Product Structure View, …
- Product areas like Data and Release Management, and Enterprise Analytics
- And of course, many performance improvements in multiple areas of the product
We've also been listening closely to your feedback regarding performance, robustness, and addressing issues. To ensure Onshape continues to be a stable and reliable platform for your critical design work, we've made the strategic decision to dedicate the next two releases entirely to addressing technical debt and improving the overall user experience.
What does this mean?
Over the next two Onshape releases, we will be turning our attention to:
- Addressing reported issues: prioritizing those that cause the most significant disruptions to your workflows
- Architectural improvements: making core changes in several areas that will enable us to deliver even more powerful and innovative features in future releases
- Technical Debt: Look closer at areas of the product that are in need of refactoring and can benefit internal workflows for teams such as QA, Support, Documentation and Technical Operations
Why are we doing this?
We believe that investing in Onshape's foundation is essential for its long-term health and your continued success. By addressing these underlying areas, we're not just fixing user-reported issues; we're strengthening the core of Onshape to create a more stable and efficient platform that will empower you to design with greater confidence.
What to expect in the upcoming releases:
- A somewhat leaner list of feature enhancements (as listed in the What’s New posts)
- But a longer changelog that will list all the details highlighting the specific issues and performance improvements implemented
- We'll share selected "behind-the-scenes" technical updates to give you insight into the work done
We understand that you may be eager for new features, and we want to assure you that this is a temporary shift in focus. We are committed to returning to our regular cadence of feature releases after these two foundational releases.
We value your feedback and appreciate your understanding as we work to make Onshape even better and thank you for being part of the Onshape community.
Vajrang Parvate
SVP, Onshape Product and R&D