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CADSharp is introducing a new way to automate Onshape!
Actually, this isn't new, but it has never really been easily available for all users. (no coding required)
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Query Finder
Save and use selections across features and even across part studios.
Use this functionality to automate your downstream selection process.

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Query Finder compatible features (More features to be added to this list!)
(Note for developers)Feel free to put the query finder in your own custom features. See (this example) of how to do it.

• Composite+
• Compare (New!)
• Laser Measure
• Logic Driven Feature (New!) (Included sub features: Extrude, Revolve, Mirror, Transform, Boolean, And more…)
• Property / Attribute
• Set Query Attribute (New!)
• Zone Delete

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How to use the Query Finder:

(Step 1) Use the Set query attribute feature to make a selection that you want to save for later.
This will create a variable with the name of your attribute which you can use downstream.

Note: Query Finder doesn't require you to set an attribute, you can change the QF search type to the following types of searches.

Supported search types include:

• Everything: Searches the entire part studio.
• Attribute: Searches only entities with the specified attribute attached to them. Easily set with the Set query attribute feature.
• Feature: Searches selected features in the tree for specified entities.
• Property: Searches only entities with the specified property and property value.
• Identity: Searches entities that have had their identity set.
• Transient ID: Searches for a specific transient id.

(Step 2) Click on the Query Finder button to enable the query finder.

(Step 3) Input the selection variable that you created earlier in the tree. You could also type this attribute name manually like this: "toColor"

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