Improvements to Onshape - June 18th, 2019

WJT

Really outstanding improvement in this release, Onshape!  The multi-level document update is huge for us and action items could not have come at a better time.  Thanks for always listening and improving.

mthiesmeyer

@Davide_Cev,

If you create your version from the Versions and history flyout you will see the dialog that you have come to expect that allows you to edit the metadata.

Best,

Mike

philip_thomas

@Davide_Cev - YES! This was introduced in the previous release

That button you pushed is now a shortcut to creating a version without having to fill out the dialog.

If you want to create versions 'the old way', then simply open the Version Manager window and click on the 'add version' button (and of course you can always edit the 'fastly created' version to name it etc).

brucebartlett

Export PNG with transperent background just made my day. Thanks!!

Davide_Cev

@philip_thomas & @mthiesmeyer thank you guys I've missed that

brian_jordan

mthiesmeyer said:

@Davide_Cev,

If you create your version from the Versions and history flyout you will see the dialog that you have come to expect that allows you to edit the metadata.

Best,

Mike

There is a bit of a trap here in that I have twice created new versions by hitting the "Create version" button when aiming for the "Manage versions and history button". Is there a way to remove the versions I have created in error?

MBartlett21

Great updates!

brian_brady

brian_jordan said:

mthiesmeyer said:

@Davide_Cev,

If you create your version from the Versions and history flyout you will see the dialog that you have come to expect that allows you to edit the metadata.

Best,

Mike

There is a bit of a trap here in that I have twice created new versions by hitting the "Create version" button when aiming for the "Manage versions and history button". Is there a way to remove the versions I have created in error?

Cannot delete versions, but in the Versions and history list you can rename the version from V1 to anything you want by selecting Properties...

brian_jordan

@brian_brady thank you, I thought that was the case. Suitable names for unintentional versions now in use here - some not printable.

jakeramsley

My team has discovered a serious performance issue with the new recursive Linked Document Update improvement and we have decided it is best to disable this improvement until the performance issues are fixed.  We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused with assembly performance recently and we aim to not let it happen again.  We have updated the forum post to indicate this and we will update this page when the performance issues have been fixed and the new functionality has been re-enabled.

don_williams909

philip_thomas said:

@don_williams909 - Again, both are on the list (and quite high up at that!) - let's use your comment as the rallying cry to get people to submit/vote. 
Sorry to sound like a broken record, but this is absolutely how we decide what to work on next

Yes, well I can't quite understand why OS would create a conical mate for something and not make conical mates a standard kind of mate.
That's just convoluted thinking.

Creo has a simple conical mate, and you just select the surface of the first item, then the second, and voila, it's mated.

I mean, hey, why not just create a method for mating things but not actually make that method available?  Brilliant...
Let's just do all this work, get 99.5% of the way through it, and stop! 

NeilCooke

@don_williams909 - isn't a fastened/revolute mate between mate connectors at the point of a cone the same thing?

bruce_williams

@don_williams909
I think @philip_thomas in that quote was replying to your two requests for color and bmp.  Your 2nd question about conical mates must have crossed his reply.  as @NeilCooke points out - the point of cone MC should do the job.

Cache_River_Mill

Announcer voice - "Onshape coming around the first corner..!

Onshape takes the lead.!

Onshape laps its opponents and leaves everyone in the dust!!"

Our company strives to be as awesome as Onshape - Cache River Mill

john_mceleney

cache_river_millworks  thank you for those very kind words. We have some incredibly talented, hard working people that really want to make the best system possible. We have a lot of work to do, but we'll get there. Thank you and all of our other customers for your input, your trust and confidence. We won't let you down!

don_williams909

bruce_williams said:

@don_williams909
I think @philip_thomas in that quote was replying to your two requests for color and bmp.  Your 2nd question about conical mates must have crossed his reply.  as @NeilCooke points out - the point of cone MC should do the job.

Bruce,

Yes, I was able to make it work with a downloaded screw from McMaster. 

That said...

What I really meant by my comment above as far as taking it only 95% of the way is that it would be great if there was a specific Conic Mate to click on so that you only have to click on the surface, and the system automatically selects the point of the cone instead of us trying to get it to select one of 2, 3 or 4 mate connectors along the length of the screw / countersink. 

Surely there must be an easy way to code that kind of specific selection...

don_williams909

NeilCooke said:

@don_williams909 - isn't a fastened/revolute mate between mate connectors at the point of a cone the same thing?

Neil,

Sorry, I didn't see your reply.  See my comment to Bruce above.  I'm talking about a "specific" Conic Mate, that automatically selects the point of the cones and just mates them.  That would be far easier to use than having to hunt for the mates at those locations via the Fastened Mated.  Does that make sense?  I mean, if the coders can create the mate at the points of the cones, then they can certainly find a way to pre-select them when you click on the surface of the cones.  It's a much, much easier way for users to mate a screw and a countersink, or whatever else applies.  Less clicks - happy me.