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Is is possible to share a design as view only
We want to display some of the work our org is doing as view only...as a way of generating possible interest in joining the project. But we dont want to share designs that can be copied until the designs reach a release point.
I see that designs can be shared public and the folks can make a private copy. Can that private copy be reshared?
I see that designs can be shared public and the folks can make a private copy. Can that private copy be reshared?
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stevehess
Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 98 
Back to the original question - both Share w/o copy or download and no-login-link are being worked on now. To @kevin_quigley's point, we do listen and have definitely heard you on this one.
Steve Hess \ Onshape Inc.3
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Not sure how complex the design is, what you can do alternatively is export your files to STEP, re-import it back to a new OS document and share it, the people you shared with will be able to make a copy and re share it as well but all the operations will be lost.
Indaer -- Aircraft Lifecycle Solutions
Currently everything you share can be copied and reshared in private or public group.
I have been promoting Onshape as a way to share files which can not be downloaded or copied and you can pull access at anytime. This is a big feature, I have not had time to investigate but now it looks like this feature is not available.
Twitter: @onshapetricks & @babart1977
I would like to see advanced sharing with enable/disable properties for:
- Share
- Edit
- Copy
- Measure
- Section view
- View sketch
- View sketch with dimensions
- Show/hide parts
- Show/hide feature tree
- Move things in assembly
- View manipulation (if disabled, model would be like auto updating image)
- Zoom
- Turn
- Comments
+ New features
- Rulers (to quickly show scale for model)
- On screen sticky text notes ie. redline
Did I cover everything?
That said, if you want it, make sure that you vote for it in the enhancements section of the forum.
The more votes something gets, the sooner we will start working on it
Sometimes someone with experience and education has to step in a guide the masses.
That's the advantage of a republic over a democracy.
I think Boston is still a republic?
I think something like this is very critical to the success of the product.
Regardless of the voting numbers, I would think this is something that a representative should escalate.
I understand if you count votes for having another text color or not - but having 'view only link' is self explanatory for cloud cad. And highly needed function to use Onshape commercially.
My goal was to get people to know/start-using the voting
@3dcad - yes, many people do not know about the mechanism (hence my post)
@robert_jackson - think of us more like a 'benevolent dictator' - we will stay true to Jon's vision, but are very keen to make sure we give the users what they say they want (and sometimes really cool stuff that they didn't even know they needed (iphone))
Do you plan to allow measurement in view-only modes?
I would need some kind of possibility to show certain dimensions, since that is what my customers will first ask.
I can understand the measure issue from both sides. 1) of course we need to measure & 2) no way, I am protecting my design.
There will definitely be more discussion on this one......
Would it be useful (in some cases) to make specified measurements available, in the form of driven dimensions which could be flagged for inclusion in the view-only model?
This would improve convenience for the recipient, and allow finer control of what they could and could not measure.
That is exactly why I wrote 'possibility to show certain dimensions' instead of measurement tool - if no dimensions are selected to be shown in view only mode, none will appear. Nor me or my clients are after full featured measurement tool, it would just make things too complicated.
What we need is feature similar to show sketch dimensions but we need to be able to select dimensions from multiple sketches / extrusions (like Andrew suggested).
The only problem I can see is how to make it simple and clear to control which dimensions are shown and which are not..
What do you think of this Steve?
ps. This would enable using Onshape models embedded to webshop 3d product image and show product dimensions with a single click. This single feature would justify a great deal of pro accounts if marketing finds right channels..