Welcome to the Onshape forum! Ask questions and join in the discussions about everything Onshape.
First time visiting? Here are some places to start:- Looking for a certain topic? Check out the categories filter or use Search (upper right).
- Need support? Ask a question to our Community Support category.
- Please submit support tickets for bugs but you can request improvements in the Product Feedback category.
- Be respectful, on topic and if you see a problem, Flag it.
If you would like to contact our Community Manager personally, feel free to send a private message or an email.
Best Of
While using ONSHAPE Drawing do we have Auto Dimensioning feature ?
Babu_V
Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 31st, 2025
Great update onshape team!!
Will use alot of these new updates straight away.
Awesome start to 2025, keep the sheet metal features coming :)
Re: Merging two profiles into one whilst sweeping two different lines
Thank you all!!! I now know where I was going wrong!!!
I've not really played with doing lofts but i will look up doing some more learning.
Once again thank you all!
Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 31st, 2025
As a hobbyist and founder/director of a Hackspace, I have said the same to @NeilCooke multiple times since Onshape was created, but it has gained no traction.. Onshape (now PTC) just aren't interested in supporting the Maker/Hobbyist to Small Business market, which is a crying shame.
I know they are afraid a lower cost offering would be abused by larger businesses, but small Onshape user businesses won't grow into larger ones if they aren't using Onshape in the first place!
Re: Constraining dxf "shape"
Not sure if this is your intent:
If you know the dimension of a line or a distance between two points of the DFX, create a line or construction line on top of that line or a line or construction line between the two points. Assigning a dimension to that line equal to the known dimension will resize the entire sketch proportionally. This only works with the first assigned dimension. - Scotty
Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 31st, 2025
The CAM system seems to be a lot more mature than I would have guessed given where it is in the development cycle.
Is/will there be a utility available to create machine definitions and post processor generation or will these only be available directly from Onshape?
Will TCPC be supported for 5-axis work?
Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 31st, 2025
I'm really glad you made this point here, because I just dipped my toes into Onshape and I'm mystified by the lack of a tier between their free and first paid tier. If they had a small step up from free to get your drawings private, perhaps without direct support, they'd draw a lot more people in. How can one, as a hobbyist or startup, even experiment with something they could foresee as a viable business when their drawings are out in the public.
I was made an offer I can't refuse to get into the paid tier but then what do I do when I have to pay full price? A price I simply cannot afford.
That said, I commend them for at least having a free tier to play with. I'm just saddened that I have no inexpensive options for private storage and cannot afford the paid tier with no income from the investment. I think they would get a lot of people willing to pony up a few extra bucks for private storage that can't go all the way.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - January 31st, 2025
I used the hobby version for a year at home before discovering OS. If a company used that, I'd quit on the spot. It'sfine for hobby of simple trinkets, but try making a product with it and you'll go jump out a window.
Edit: the above was for the CAD. The CAM, I actually still use (export OS step to it), and find its pretty good. Design work in CAD, no way. You can't even reorder a complex history tree because it's not labeled, and you can't see what feature is what. Its a pure guess.
Re: Render Battle #6 - Coffee time ☕(Winner gets a real Prize!)
Hey! First post on the Onshape forums, I'm pretty active on the subreddit and often find answers here but somehow don't find myself here otherwise.
Anyway, I'm not sure how much smoke and mirrors everybody else has to incorporate to get some of the incredible past results I've seen, but here is my own coffee mug, redone in Onshape.
Here is the actual mug from the store I bought it from. Really struggled to get the earthiness of the mug right, but pretty happy with the overall result!
Re: I want to help make custom feature icons
Searchability is still a challenge for FeatureScript. The feature spotlight and some of the lists already mentioned are a good start. I have also included either my name "Reese" or my company's name "Ovyl" in the document name for features I've written, and I know some other authors have done the same, which at least makes those easier to find by author. I certainly encourage any feature authors to do the same.
