Improvements to Onshape - February 11th, 2019

APD

lougallo said " Exploded views are on the radar and hope to get it to you as soon as we can."
Thanks for the update Lou, looking forward to that.

owen_sparks

Alexei_Pittowicz said:

@romeo_graham392 great question! If onshape could, at the same time as configuring the assembly, generate the config specific product code/ product name (or at least some piece of  metadata text ) that would be wonderful.

That is rapidly approaching my Holy Grail scenario.  Salesperson sits with the customer, logs into a web-portal (onshape in a pretty skirt) selects from a bunch of drop down lists, then they cut 'n paste the auto-generated bespoke part number output into a purchase order.  That way I'm certain that I understand what's been sold and how to build it. 

O.S.

Ryan_Almeida

Woohoo!  I've been dragging my feet on creating the assemblies for my configurations.  Just in time, it should be way easier now!  Thanks so much.  Awesome work as always

Marc_Miller

Love the variable name autocomplete.  Thank you for more great updates.

michael_corsetto

Is it possible that this update broke some 3dconnexion Space Mouse functionality? My Space Mouse stopped functioning on certain axis (pan up-down and left-right). The functionality was lost today. My Space Mouse has been great up until now.

Thanks for the update! Auto-complete variables is great.

TimRice

@michael_corsetto
Please update your 3DConnexion device drivers to the latest version and functionality returns to what you expected.

romeograham

Is there a way to force a Document to update? Currently, some of my existing Documents have the new functionality, and some don't. I understand that it rolls out to existing Documents....

I'd just really like to try configurations on a certain Document...

Jason_S

romeo_graham392 said:

Is there a way to force a Document to update? Currently, some of my existing Documents have the new functionality, and some don't. I understand that it rolls out to existing Documents....

I'd just really like to try configurations on a certain Document...

It takes a little bit for us to upgrade millions of documents. Please raise a support ticket to see what we can do to make your experience better.

David_Bone

Amazing set of updates!
I know I'll be using most of these regularly.

Effendi_H

Awesome!

MBartlett21

romeo_graham392 said:
It seems that you can't configure the Name property of an Assembly...Is this a limitation? Or is there another way to end up with a different Assembly Name for different Configurations. Other properties seem to be available, but not Name.

@romeo_graham392
Here is a IR: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/11115/configure-assembly-name/#latest

romeograham

Thanks @MBartlett21 !
Voted.

jakeramsley

romeo_graham392 said:

Thanks @jakeramsley

I added a little edit to my post before I realized you had responded.

Can you comment on how we can Configure different Name custom property for Assembly Configs?

@owen_sparks
I agree with you - and this is part of the larger discussion on how to get Release Management to work for us. We're going in a good direction though.

Hi romeo_graham392,

Currently the assembly name cannot be configured.  The reason for this is because unlike Part Studio configurations where you are configuring a Part Studio and getting parts out of it, with assemblies the configured assembly is both the input and the output.  The name of the Assembly is used on the tab (as well as many other parts of the UI) and we felt it didn't make sense to have it be modified while switching through active configurations.  If it is something important, I would suggest adding to an improvement request.

romeograham

Thanks @jakeramsley I can understand that issue. @MBartlett21 started a IR: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/11115/configure-assembly-name/#latest for this.

The thing is, it makes total sense to have the Assembly Name different if the config is different...Just like a configuration of a part. 

Thanks!

MBartlett21

@bradley_sauln
Is there a link to the Configurable Computer Chassis document?

3dcad

If I have simple configurable part with say X-dim, Y-dim and type A or B. Then I create assemblies using different values and now they are burried into sub-assemblies inside assy-configs.

When whole product family is finished, I begin with drawings. How can I get single part visible in main assembly with the exactly same configuration into drawings?
It is quite important that production drawings follow same parameters (dimensions) used in assemblies. 

MBartlett21

@3dcad
I think you can right-click on the drawing and choose to create a drawing of the part

Josiah_Harthcock

Way to go team!

emagdalenaC2i

En este enlace podéis ver las Novedades de Onshape en español:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_blO71yf4o

jakeramsley

3dcad said:

If I have simple configurable part with say X-dim, Y-dim and type A or B. Then I create assemblies using different values and now they are burried into sub-assemblies inside assy-configs.

When whole product family is finished, I begin with drawings. How can I get single part visible in main assembly with the exactly same configuration into drawings?
It is quite important that production drawings follow same parameters (dimensions) used in assemblies. 

Hi 3dcad,

As MBartlett21 said, if you create a drawing by selecting the part in the assembly then it will make the drawing of that part in that specific configuration.

valérie_Vercruysse

I just used the configuration in assembly without knowing that it was just new ! I used to work a lot with the configuration with SW , so I took the configuration training on onshape and thought that it was just the same for part studio and assembly. I tried this morning and it works great . I did some drawings with BOM - very easy so switch from one configuration to another one ( just click on one view and that's it - with SW I had to pick on every view that was not linked) . For the moment I just have a little problem with the BOM : it switch to the right config - the name follow too but not the part number . I can tell you assembly configuration just make you win a lot a time !

john_mcclary

I'm not winning in vegas, at least there is a huge win with Onshape when I get home!

Assy configs!
Var auto complete!
Section view depth!

Can't wait to try it all out

florian

@NeilCooke is there a plan to make the linear pattern in assemblies fully parametric and based on existing geometry? In your example, I would definitely want to pick the distance of the USB ports as a reference from the housing. If someone will change it in the Partstudio, how does the ASM keep up?

And finally: Variable completion

NeilCooke

@florian I am not aware of any “reference pattern” type capability in the works. It’s a good idea though. Can you create an IR?

3dcad

jakeramsley said:

.. create a drawing by selecting the part in the assembly then it will make the drawing of that part in that specific configuration.

Is this the ideal workflow? It creates new drawing tab for each part..

My current workflow is to create drawing from main assy as frontpage, then add parts into separate sheets under same tab.

dan_gilson427

I actually punched the air when I read about variable name autocomplete.  Love your work!

owen_sparks

dan_gilson427 said:

I actually punched the air when I read about variable name autocomplete.  Love your work!

Yes!  Used it for the first time today and felt the same.  Before even if you could remember the name you still had to remember the case of all the letters, this is so much sweeter!

O.S.

john_mcclary

owen_sparks said:

dan_gilson427 said:

I actually punched the air when I read about variable name autocomplete.  Love your work!

Yes!  Used it for the first time today and felt the same.  Before even if you cold remember the name you still had to remember the case of all the letters, this is so much sweeter!

O.S.

Hope it works for fs pushed vars, tired of going back and forth to my globals fs to check names

ilya_baran

@john_mcclary

gerhard_swanepoel

Again - great improvements! Especially assembly configs. Variable inputs also quite nifty. Thanks!