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Improvements to Onshape - July 30th, 2019
cody_armstrong
Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers, csevp Posts: 215
This update is a special one for us here at Onshape. While we do not normally discuss "version" numbers publicly, internally each development sprint has a number assigned. This update is a meaningful one because we have now reached the milestone of sprint 100. Onshape "version" 1.100 focuses on usability improvements and a number of new highly-requested features. Let's dive in.
A special thank you to the people at Onshape who make each update possible. With each release, there is a tremendous amount of work that must be done by people who are largely never credited. This includes our dev team, QA, UX, ops, and many others at Onshape that make each update feel seamless.
CAD IMPROVEMENTS
"EMAIL AS LINK" EXPORT OPTION
You will find a new "Email as link" export option when exporting in Onshape. This new option allows you to export the model and send a person a download link. The link has an expiration date that you set, and it can also be password protected.PARAMETRIC SKETCH VERTEX SELECTION
You can now select every vertex in a sketch by selecting a sketch from the feature list. This is useful in features like Hole feature that use many sketch points. One other benefit of this improvement is the selection is parametric. So if more points are added to the sketch, the features that are dependent on the sketch will automatically update.VERSION AND HISTORY FLYOUT IMPROVEMENTS
You can now restore Documents, create branches, delete branches, and edit properties directly within the Versions and History flyout without opening the Document.SELECTION PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
A small change has been made to how measure works in Onshape. Now when selecting a large number of entities (ex. window-selecting) Onshape will no longer automatically measure each entity selected. Instead, you will see a small measure icon in the bottom-right corner where you can view the measurement on demand. This change has led to a considerable decrease in the time it takes for large selections to be useable by a feature.PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
REFRESH RELEASE CANDIDATE
You will see a new Refresh button in the Release candidate dialog. This is useful if you create a release candidate and have an error that prevents you from releasing (a part in a rolled back state for example). In the past, the release candidate had to be deleted and recreated. But now, you can fix the problem and come back to the release candidate and refresh.ENTERPRISE IMPROVEMENTS
SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE WORKFLOWS
When creating a release candidate in Onshape Enterprise, you can now pick which workflow you want the Release Candidate to enter. This can be useful if your company has different workflows for different data.ADD ITEMS FROM OTHER DOCUMENTS TO RELEASE CANDIDATE
In Onshape Enterprise, you can now add items from other Documents to a release candidate. As an admin or owner of an Enterprise in Onshape, you will see a new release management setting to "Allow adding items from other Documents."A special thank you to the people at Onshape who make each update possible. With each release, there is a tremendous amount of work that must be done by people who are largely never credited. This includes our dev team, QA, UX, ops, and many others at Onshape that make each update feel seamless.
Please take a moment to try out these new features and improvements and leave your comments below. For a detailed list of all the changes in this update, please see the changelog.
Remember: The updates listed here are now live for all users when creating new Documents and over the next few days these features will also be available in Documents created before the date of this update.
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I think I will start soon using the export as email ;-)
Eduardo Magdalena C2i Change 2 improve ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?
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https://youtu.be/mURf4lKcT2U
Eduardo Magdalena C2i Change 2 improve ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?
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My favorites:
- Parametric Sketch Vertex Selection
- Selection Performance Improvements
- All Performance Improvements (listed in changelog)
Useless to me:
- "Email as Link" Export Option
--> I would like these options on the Share command,
I never export a part or assembly alone.
I prefer place everything (exported) in a new document and then share this document.
- Refresh Release Candidate
--> Release Management tool is too time consuming for multi-level large assemblies like I work with when everything is due for yesterday.
We tried it and it is easy to start releasing and releasing and releasing... again, and again, and again.
Glad you removed auto measure, that should speed things up a bit
Grats on 100 releases!
HWM-Water Ltd
Great new features and the performance has also been improved!
Currently, points cannot be defined as construction geometry
And vertex of construction geometry entities are also included when the sketch is selected.
What do you think?
Eduardo Magdalena C2i Change 2 improve ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?
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It would give better control if it ignored all vertices of construction geometry
But I agree It would be better if it ignored all vertices of construction geometry
Eduardo Magdalena C2i Change 2 improve ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?
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So it would be more un-selecting than selecting in my case (with the exception of sketch pattern)
Support contacted me and they have created an improvement ticket, l'm going with your suggestion of ignoring construction geometry as a filter
Re: PARAMETRIC SKETCH VERTEX SELECTION
Concept is sound, but implementation is complete garbage.I am at a loss understanding how such a poor implementation could ever be released.
It appears my negative comment with how "parametric vertex selection" for the Hole feature was implemented has been removed and "converted" into an enhancement request (ticket: #171979). I am OK with that. I will honor OS's decision to move the discussion to a venue better suited to discuss its implementation short comings.
Because it is not mentioned in the announcement I looked in the Help and found that the Free and Education version of Onshape do not have this feature.
Here is an IR: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/12096/export-as-link-from-education-free-versions
IR for AS/NZS 1100
HWM-Water Ltd
We tried it and it is easy to start releasing and releasing and releasing... again, and again, and again.
The key to use this correctly is to set the Revision in the assembly before releasing the top assembly. For example. when releasing the Cover, Blade, Motor. Note that the parts have the triangle next to them indicating that the proper maturity state of the parts are set to a release versus a version or workspace.
Then when the top level assembly and the Base, XS are ready to be release, the Release Candidate screen will be shown as below...
I hope this helps and I am happy to reach out personally to go over this together with you!
All the best... Mike LaFleche
That being said, there will be things coming in a future what's new update that will address the very valid point that you have above. Stay tuned :-)
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Also, as @emagdalenaC2i stated, you can unselect, BUT then you lose the ability to automatically reference new points added to the sketch.
Add me to the improvement request.
A temporary workaround I found to the use of features and construction lines is to create a sketch with all the necessary mumbo jumbo to make it work, then create ANOTHER sketch and "USE"/project the points I need the holes to be in so that's the one selected in the Hole feature.
While it does leave a sketch there in limbo, and you do have to keep projecting the points you want manually, It is less painful and still helps keep the multiple selection abilities.