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Improvements to Onshape - October 10th, 2022
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Awesome update!!!
En este enlace podéis ver las Novedades de Onshape en español:
https://youtu.be/BxRRAIwZ_4E
Un saludo,
Eduardo Magdalena C2i Change 2 improve ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?
Partner de PTC - Onshape Averigua a quién conocemos en común4 -
@emagdalenaC2i I don't know whats more amazing, the update, or YOUR version that you turn around so amazingly fast. Great work!
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Thanks @Aaron_Magnin
I was able to have the video before but this afternoon my children wanted to go to the beach to skate ;-)
And... There are also other small improvement:FeatureScript debug with Orange color --> I love this one (it fits with my company branding)Un saludo,
Eduardo Magdalena C2i Change 2 improve ☑ ¿Por qué no organizamos una reunión online?
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Is there any way to add singular parts to a publication? I have projects that have parts from another project with completely un related part studios and would like to drop parts in for viewing less the related studio.3
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@brucebartlett Could you use a derived part in a studio or instance in an assembly and use the tab containing for the publication?
Never mind. I just logged into a professional account that I do my day work in and was able to add a part studio from another document. Sweet! Guess that's why the publication is it's own document.1 -
y'all! what a massive update! The FEA looks so great, and seeing it built in so natively is wonderful, rather than it feeling like an add-on. Publications are so much more elegant than what I've been having to do. Love it love it love it.4
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Well, well well - very nice. Lots of good stuff as usual.
Love the re-connect. We talked a lot back in the day about wanting to do this and now here it is making Onshape more usable than ever!
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Great work Onshape, Publications is huge, can finally get non-CAD company users and vendors directly into the Onshape environment and only seeing a fully sanitised view of what I want them to see, without all the baggage of the dev process nearby. Amazing. This is going to open Onshape up to a lot of new people. (we might even be able to fully step away from sending data by email!)7
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With how simulation has been incorporated into Onshape, would it be fair to say this is the first step to adding generative design......
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I am so excited to work with the simulation package. This is huge and will be great to worth with. I also the other updates but the FEA is awesome. I was too excited and did not notice that simulation was for Enterprise customers. I will have to wait to try till this becomes available to Professional. I do enjoy using Onscale with Onshape in my work.2
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Alright I got a question to the new icon to see if an assembly is fully defined or not. If it isn´t fully defined, is there a way to show which part is still loose?Maybe you can click on the "undefined icon" and then the loosen part will be highlighted.Edit: I created an IR for this: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/19321/highlight-undefined-parts#latest
Best regards,
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I really hope that educators will be able to take advantage of the FEA features after it is out of beta. I am not currently teaching our modeling and FEA course but I am the program coordinator, so I have a little bit of influence regarding our future. If I could have the instructor use Onshape for both modeling and FEA, then I could cut ties with SW and save that money. Even if that means I have to go to Education Enterprise (as long as the price is right).5
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Please add simulation to education. I coach a FIRST robotics team and having simulation easily used by students would be HUGE!4
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The Onshape app with AR is now live in the AppStore
make sure you update @Rhett_Robinson @Matt_Lo @M_Hutchison best if you hide your constraints before you start the view, because at the moment they don't scale properly:
this is awesome! I remember when eDrawings required that you put down a QR-marker to be able to place a model…6 -
WOW, the AR feature is super cool. But, no sooner does someone make something really cool and then someone (like me) says "hey, can you make it work on a Vertical surface as well?" I design electrical control panels and I was hoping I could use it to show them as if they're mounted on a wall. Still ridiculously cool.6
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I too coach a FIRST robotics team (FRC5900) and wish I could show the students simulation too.1
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Really glad that I can finally play around with the AR view this morning! Is it in the works to allow for rendered versions to be in the AR view? Also, is there a best practice for getting true 1:1 scale in the AR view compared to the physical surroundings rather than just zooming in and out until it looks right? I can see interesting applications with visualizing a real-life part with an improved version or variation on it and being able to compare in real time.2
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It's a small thing but I'm very grateful for the custom tip angle for the hole tool. This will save me a little time manually deleting hole faces to make flat holes for 3D printed models. The simulation features look awesome too!3
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PUBLICATIONS is a great new addition but bulk export would be very helpful.
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Publications is a huge improvement. Thanks for getting this out. Great update!1
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Trying to get the opposite direction angle. It shows for a brief moment, but then disappears. Anyone know how to do this without using centerlines?

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One question on Publications, it is possible to have the publication always be the latest release? In other words, if I release a new drawing revision, the publication would automatically show that latest release.1
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Any chance of this coming to education accounts? Currently I use Onshape to teach CAD for our HS robotics team, but have to export to F360 whenever we go through simulations. Mostly a bust for the students trying to learn two different CAD programs this early.I don't trust a CAD system until I've broken it... repeatedly.1
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Will on shape simulation include analysis of the fasteners within an assembly and how should these be mated
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There will be a webinar going into some detail on Onshape Simulation that I would recommend attending if you have questions. Greg Brown, Head of Product here at Onshape will be leading this. Greg has decades of Simulation experience. There are two sessions:
Americas Session on Oct. 26 at 1pm ET – Register Today!
Europe Session on Oct. 27 at 3:30pm CEST – Register Today!
Regards,Mike LaFleche @mlaflecheCAD1 -
@stephen_cuddihy since fasteners are typically mated with the "fasten" condition they will be ready for the simulation as long as the material properties are set. But bolted connections are a whole area that can get deep quickly. Loads will transfer through fasteners but we are not simulating thread engagement with the pre-stress condition at this time.Regards,Mike LaFleche @mlaflecheCAD0
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@Lucas_Kuhns Publications currently point to the version or revision you choose with the ability to see if a newer version is available with the blue notice icon, but will not automatically present the latest version or revision. Good question!Regards,Mike LaFleche @mlaflecheCAD0






















