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Re: IMPROVEMENTS TO ONSHAPE - JANUARY 30th, 2026

@RhettRobinson It's already there!

EvanReese

Re: Custom Feature: Query Variable+

@armandoRR looks like there's an overload for the parallelPlanes query that I could use to toggle parallel / antiparallel geometry so I can pencil that in for an update as well. Currently I'm messing around with sheet metal queries (and inventing a few new ones that I would argue should already exist) so it may take a moment before I push that update.

Derek_Van_Allen_BD

Re: Custom Feature: OnlyTabs - A premium sheet metal tab and slot feature

@lana now that I sort of know my way around the sheet metal functions it'll hopefully be the first of several features. I'll try not to lock up too much Onshape support time debugging them unless they're really really cool.

Derek_Van_Allen_BD

Re: Custom Feature: OnlyTabs - A premium sheet metal tab and slot feature

@Derek_Van_Allen_BD Thank you for taking time and effort to learn peculiarities of Onshape SM implementation. Very nicely done!

lana

Re: "Same same, but different" or WTF with arks

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/126301#Comment_126301

Can I forward your comment to every undergrad engineering CAD professor? There's this tendency to show students final drawing views of fully finished products with hundreds or thousands of lines and dimensions and conflate that with master sketch modeling practices. It's probably the thing I see done most often that slows down new hires fresh out of school and some people carry that practice into industry for way longer than they should.

Derek_Van_Allen_BD