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Re: Remove tap drill size from hole callout on drawing
Just adding my voice to this in favor of making tap drill sizes optional in the hole callout. It seems like everyone has a different opinion on whether they want to include it or not; making it optional in the drawing would make everyone satisfied. For us, it's useful in some situations, and clutter in others. Our shop prefers drawings without them unless it's a special circumstance.
Re: I don't see the new "query variable" feature in existing documents
@eric_pesty that takes all the fun out of it though. How am I supposed to spike my team's anxiety now if I'm not required to throw weeks of their work in the trash temporarily?
Re: I don't see the new "query variable" feature in existing documents
You don't need to do this anymore… You can go in the hamburger menu an select "updated workspace" now!
Re: drawing - dimension not correct
Confirmed still an issue, if the feature is there it should work correctly.
Silently placing incorrect dimensions into drawings is crazy, and the length of time this has gone without a fix is negligent. It'll end up costing someone one day, if it hasn't already.
Re: drawing - dimension not correct
I was just about to write about the same Onshape behaviour. This is very… sad… and bizarre "feature" of any CAD system.
Re: drawing - dimension not correct
I am still experiencing this in 2024! How is this not fixed yet? This is an absolute show stopper when it comes to select this as a professional cad tool. In the part studio, the selected dimension is 5000mm, while in the drawing it is 4506.94mm. Is this even on the roadmap to fix?
Re: drawing - dimension not correct
.. and OS team should not wait a democracy-style vote to fix something that is wrong.
Re: drawing - dimension not correct
I’m not a pro but it is sad that dimensions on isometric views on OS are wrong. Isometric drawings are by far more compelling that any ortho view so any info associated to that kind geometric representation should not be misleading as it is on current OS drawings.
Re: Improvements to Onshape - August 29th, 2025
@Philip_Thomas_PTC I think that's a very sensible rollout strategy. I don't mean to imply that it should already be implemented, but wanted to add my thoughts now in case there's ongoing discussion for the future, which it sounds like there is! Thanks for the reply
