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Improvements to Onshape - September 15th, 2020
Roy_Mutalik
Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 37 
We've already reached the middle of September! I hope you all continue to stay safe and well.
Let's take a look at some of the improvements to Onshape in this release.
Mate Connectors will also be suppressed automatically if their owner part is suppressed.
In order to set up this type of field, you'll need to add the properties you create to a Category which has "Versions" and/or "Workspaces" set as the scope.
For more information on Categories, make sure to visit the help documentation!
Onshape's underlying kernel, Parasolid, has been updated to V33. This provides you with the latest advancements in geometry, and allows you to export the latest format.
Data created in and owned by the Enterprise cannot be made public even if a user has share permissions, so your data is still always secure. Enabling the public filter in an Enterprise simply makes it easier for user to copy data into the Enterprise for use, such as public custom features, vendor or supplier models, or even training materials.
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.
Let's take a look at some of the improvements to Onshape in this release.
CAD IMPROVEMENTS
MATE DETAILS TOOLTIP
A new mate details tooltip is available when mousing-over a mate or mate connector feature in the features list.SECTION VIEW OF A SECTION VIEW
You may now create a new section view, defined from an existing section view in a drawing.AUTOMATICALLY SUPPRESS MATES
A mate will now automatically be suppressed if a part used to define that mate is suppressed.Mate Connectors will also be suppressed automatically if their owner part is suppressed.
PROPERTIES FOR VERSIONS AND WORKSPACES
You may now create custom properties for an entire version or workspace in a document. This is useful for capturing metadata that might apply to all of the tabs, such as a project number or job type.In order to set up this type of field, you'll need to add the properties you create to a Category which has "Versions" and/or "Workspaces" set as the scope.
For more information on Categories, make sure to visit the help documentation!
FOLLOW MODE SHOWS DIALOGS
When following another Onshape user using 'follow mode' you will now see the dialogs for any sketches or features they edit within a Part Studio.3D FIT SPLINE FOR MODEL AND SKETCH EDGES
A new option has been introduced in the 3D Fit Spline feature allowing for the selection of model and sketch edges. It converts these multiple edges into a single curve.PARASOLID UPDATE
Onshape's underlying kernel, Parasolid, has been updated to V33. This provides you with the latest advancements in geometry, and allows you to export the latest format.
ENTERPRISE IMPROVEMENTS
GLOBAL PERMISSION FOR CREATE DOCUMENTS AND FOLDERS IN MY ONSHAPE
A new Global Permission has been added, allowing administrators to control which users of an Enterprise can create documents at the My Onshape page. If this permission is not allowed, a user will only be able to create documents or folders within folders to which they have the appropriate permissions.
BROWSE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS FROM AN ENTERPRISE
You can now easily browse through public documents, even when signed in to an Enterprise domain.Data created in and owned by the Enterprise cannot be made public even if a user has share permissions, so your data is still always secure. Enabling the public filter in an Enterprise simply makes it easier for user to copy data into the Enterprise for use, such as public custom features, vendor or supplier models, or even training materials.
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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Suggestion - in the same way that 'fixed' parts have an icon, it might be helpful if the mate icon had a variant that indicated whether limits were present in the mate. This would help identify why a mechanism would reach a state where it could no longer move and answer the question, 'is this because the mechanism bound or was a mate limit reached?'. It would also identify those mates that might control the extents of motion of a mechanism.
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All useful thanks
Great stuff as always, keep it up OS
What does this mean in the changelog: REST API: Add rollback bar to EvalFeatureScript endpoint
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Automatic mate suppression will simplify a lot assembly configurations
Properties in Workspaces and versions are great, but we can't use it linked in a drawing note (like in the titleblock)
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Seeing how mates are normally hidden, it would be nice if the suppressed mate had a marker that shows it is inactive, without having to mouseover and read the tool tip.
I agree it shouldn't be crossed out like a normal suppress because it is nice knowing which were suppressed manually from a config.
I always hated having to mouseover in SW too when checking the status of a suppressed mate. Now is a good opportunity to do it better the SW again
Maybe you could have just plain text appended to the name rather than a symbol:
Fastened 3 (Inactive)
When calling the evaluate FeatureScript endpoint (`/partstudios/d/:did/[wvm]/:wvm/e/:eid/featurescript`) it now accepts a query param to indicate where the rollback bar should be evaluated to, ex. `?rollbackBarIndex=0` will rollback the entire feature list.
As @john_mcclary pointed, it would also be great to have a visual cue of which mates has been suppressed together with the suppression of a part or ass'y.
Altogether, these improvements are very welcomed.
Cheers!
Onshape, Inc.
Hidden mates are light gray
Inactive mates are light gray + Italicized text + lower half of icon is lighter
all of that and I still barely noticed the first time
But great improvements again!
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This is a fantastic update. Thank you Onshape team!
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On the tip, firstly I'd like to be able to highlight areas when I mouse over but this may be done deliberately but what I really want to know is, if things are configured or not, this would make it much more helpful.
See here nothing tells me the 58in is configured on the tooltip
I have to open the edit dialogue
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As far as I know, it always appears automatically.
Are you sure you are not doing a projected view or auxiliary view?