Lots of Linkages animated in CAD

Ste_Wilson

Not directly Onshape related but this YouTube channel is worth a look for the sheer number of mechanisms.

Could be a usefull teaching resource.

https://www.youtube.com/user/thang010146

michael3424

And he seems to come with a new one every day.

S1mon

It would be pretty amazing if someone could convince him to use Onshape instead of Inventor. 

nick_papageorge073

I subscribed and he has a ton of awesome work. I read some of his comments, he's using Inventor 2008. I bet he bought a license years ago and kept it for solo work.

Can OS do animations? I never had a need for it so have not looked into it.

Ste_Wilson

You can get Onshape to animate assemblies.  Right-click on the mate and you want to move and click animate.
For example https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6704099a7e93fa0278468713/w/61b709bb67d272921d395c05/e/6092d015e0c5316eb94ca8ab the air engine can be animated or you can see the mad genius @john_mcclary showing how to animate a Rubiks Cube https://youtu.be/zlex2yNJUuA