Improvements to Onshape - July 13th, 2021

Lindsay_Early

We're kicking off July with a new update. This update includes highly requested import and release management features. Let’s take a look!

CAD IMPROVEMENTS

IMPORT IMPROVEMENTS

Split into multiple documents is improved to take advantage of our unique document structure.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/aou4g6w9aq

IMPROVED ARRAY AND MAP ITERATION FOR FEATURESCRIPT

Now, define your for loops with the key and value within the declaration:

for (var index, value in myArray)
{
   ...
}

A similar syntax is allowed for maps as well:

for (var key, value in myMap)
{
   ...
}

These improvements are equivalent syntax to the existing map/array iteration in Featurescript. See the Featurescript Documentation for more details.

DRAWING IMPROVEMENTS

TABLE SUPPORT FOR ALT + ENTER

Create new lines within a table by holding ALT(Option) while pressing Enter.

GROUP NOTES WITH DRAWING VIEWS

You can group notes and drawing views by pre-selecting them and choosing Group from the right-click in context menu.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/j2buyzh8fp

PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

RELEASE MANAGEMENT CHANGE DETECTION

Release candidates detect unchanged components to avoid needless revisioning.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/rrz0t247xe

RELEASE MANAGEMENT WARNING IMPROVEMENTS

Release Management now detects and warns the user if the candidate contains an obsolete component.

ENTERPRISE IMPROVEMENTS

ANALYTICS IMPROVEMENTS

Analytics has new filters and columns to better organize customized reports and dashboards.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/d8l8z76fpz

MOBILE IMPROVEMENTS

SELECTION IMPROVEMENTS IN IOS

Modify the order of selections for Transforms, 3D fit spline, Boolean, and most Mates.

LINK SHARING IN IOS

Activate Share links directly from your iOS device.

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 Onshape Documents and over the next few days these features will also be available in Documents created before the date of this update.

bruce_williams

glad to see improvements in import.  Organizing is a big time saver.

BenTaylor

Change detection to prevent making unnecessary revisions will be a lifesaver. I've had to make so many individual obsoletions to correct that mistake.

ian_d_gardiner

Big improvements to importing and change detection. Thanks Onshape team. New superpowers every three weeks

MichaelPascoe

Excellent. Thank you Onshape team!

Grouping notes will save some clicks.

nick_papageorge_dayjob

The import improvement is great! ps, does this make the import tree come in in order, instead of upside down?

konstantin_shiriazdanov

These little FS tweaks are always welcommed, thanks!

brooke_spreen

Love the FS 'for (var index, value...)'.....thanks!

Lucas_Kuhns

Glad to see improvements being made on the drawings.

Shaun_Field

the imports improvement will be very handy especially if you have A lot of legacy files you need to upload from old software

Theo_R

Very helpful
RELEASE MANAGEMENT CHANGE DETECTION

RELEASE MANAGEMENT WARNING IMPROVEMENTS
(Would love to prevent a release candidate due to an obsolete PN)

danny_payne

Really like teh import organizing that is done.

karen_wagner223

The new import feature is awesome. I had an assembly I had to upload that has a cluster of subassemblies in it and it parceled the subs out with their parts in each document. It is so easy to find the items I need to work with in this structure. I'm doing my happy dance!

adrian_vlzkz

Love the RM improvements 

konstantin_shiriazdanov

I see you have also added opHole() function into the standard library. Found it when faced name conflict with my own opHole function

1v4n3rr3

Thanx, great improvements