Improvements to Onshape - December 15th, 2023

M_Hutchison

Big THANKS from FRC Team 5900.  I've been hoping that you guys would allow Simulation for the Education users.  Currently we throw 3D prints at the floor and see what breaks (not kidding).  Now we can pair empirical and theoretical testing.  Cool.

And thank goodness for the Virtual Sharps for Mates.  Oh the number of times I've had to jump through hoops to mate stuff to 80/20 profiles.

adam_geary

I'll definitely be making use of countersinks in sheet metal parts!  

Now please remove the artificial limitations on blind-in-last hole diameters.  I need that tap drill to be larger than the clearance hole and it still doesn't allow it for some reason.

devin_johnson79

Sharp edge mate connectors and countersunk on Sheetmetals are a great addition! Well done Onshape!

john_allen289

Go Onshape, I have an inbox of full of 'your ticket has been Resolved' and I can see why, so much polish in these updates, which is so good to see alongside some of the big ticket items.

I love how much this team listens to their User base.

- Virtual sharp mate connectors
- Export drawings with no Inspection Items
- Sweep profile controls
..the list goes on, there are no fillers here, all great improvements.

Have a great Christmas Onshape!

fnxf

This is a great update! I love the ability to add chamfers to sheet metal during its construction, but like others have noticed, the exported DXF needs to be with the inner diameter, otherwise chaos is going to ensue...

I got a "SOLVED" e-mail about a ticket from 2018/19 about the chamfer size and direction, the manuel override is a good fix. Easy to use. Thanks!

And I think the virtual sharp will also be useful when assenbling profile and other geometry.

Thank you all for the hard work you put into this (also the nice work on the videos, having an Onshape logo in the last frame, stylish!) ! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

NeilCooke

steven_elliott555 said:

Onshape Team - guaranteed way to laser cut the wrong diameter of a c'sink hole when its the c'sink "OD" that gets exported from the flat pattern.  That needs to be fixed so it exports the ID instead (or offers the user a toogle to select either ID, OD, or center mark points).  Did the Onshape dev team ask any sheet metal manufactures what a preferred method of exporting the c'sinks to the flat pattern ought be before deploying this SM update? 

A fix has been deployed for this issue. Exporting sheet metal with countersink/counterbore holes will now output both the ID and OD circles. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

bryan_lagrange

Thank you Onshape team for a quick response and fix on the counter sink holes!

reftfgyhiugjfhytgdrf

Nice... Big update... Now dark mode??? Please???

mahir

I can retire my Normal Sweep featurescript now

emagdalenaC2i

As always, it's fantastic! The range and variety of functionalities added are both interesting and valuable. It's exciting to see how each update continually enhances our user experience.

Also, a huge shoutout to the Onshape development team for their incredible work. This year alone, we've seen 17 – yes, 17 – updates, each contributing significantly to the Onshape's capabilities.

En este enlace podéis ver las Novedades de Onshape en español:
https://youtu.be/CrcE8c_jAcY

MichaelPascoe

Amazing work Onshape team!

Klaus_M

Since this update, the unit is always preset to metres during STL export, which is annoying.

I can change it to millimetres as often as I like, but the next time I change it back to metres.

Before the update, Onshape memorised my setting.

NeilCooke

Klaus_M said:

Since this update, the unit is always preset to metres during STL export, which is annoying.

I can change it to millimetres as often as I like, but the next time I change it back to metres.

Before the update, Onshape memorised my setting.

It's being looked at.

Lucas_Kuhns

Another nice update 

don_b

LIST VIEW FILTERS

tried it out with part studio and the exact view size and orientation  did not show up .....the part studio did come up with a default  scale from the attempted saved scale and view......same with an assembly drawing......is a nice feature anyway.  Unless I am using it wrong....as there is no video with this item

S1mon

I'm unusually late to the party, but this is indeed one of the best updates of the year. Thanks Onshape!

patrick_shea

YES  !!!! Virtual sharp CORNERS !!!
Thank you !!

NeilCooke

don_b said:

LIST VIEW FILTERS

tried it out with part studio and the exact view size and orientation  did not show up .....the part studio did come up with a default  scale from the attempted saved scale and view......same with an assembly drawing......is a nice feature anyway.  Unless I am using it wrong....as there is no video with this item

Should have made it clear (I now have) that List view is for Professional/Enterprise users only. It is also only part of the Documents page as a way to list data more clearly and nothing to do with views created inside a Document. Sorry for the confusion.

wout_theelen541

Those are some pretty solid updates. With entire document comments I'm sure I'll find a few lost comments to work on.

brucebartlett

Super excited to see some of my requests come in. Sharp edge mate connectors and Countersunk on Sheetmetals will be put to use. Thanks!

Klaus_M

NeilCooke said:

Klaus_M said:

Since this update, the unit is always preset to metres during STL export, which is annoying.

I can change it to millimetres as often as I like, but the next time I change it back to metres.

Before the update, Onshape memorised my setting.

It's being looked at.

Don't know if you have changed anything- but today it's ok, OnShape keeps the last export setting.

Sometimes you just have to complain and then it suddenly works by itself. 

NeilCooke

Klaus_M said:

Sometimes you just have to complain and then it suddenly works by itself. 

Nothing ever happens by accident.

mathéo_bonnefoy

Hey great job everyone! I came up with an idea for the next update could you had some export solution cause there is no fbx for example but most of all i would like to be able to exptort my 3D object and paint them after in Adobe substance painter to experiment on design texturing for my products but the only way i found is through collada wich dosent give good uv unwrap mb implement a way to export the uv unwrap a way to seperate or link faces a option for ngons triangulation like plasticity, thanks a lot!

billy2

Chamfer direction override is fantastic. Can we please add this to offset surfaces & thicken, they also suffer from this same issue as chamfers.

billy2

Playing around with the new profile control without sketches

none:


lock profile face:


and a boundary surface to finish things off:


It's really hard to create basic point vector geometry using mate connectors. Mate connectors have a purpose, but it's not to create 3D geometry. 

I'm thinking a new point vector geometry type that uses straight transformations which you can stack (like a robot's joints). It's simply a translation, then rotate Z and then rotate X. 

Currently, when defining a mate connector, it's only translations without rotations. Try it, create a 3D curve and then create another so it's tangent to the 1st. You can align to the 3 planes, which is usually wrong, but you can't align Z to be tangent to the previous curve meaning it's lost in space without any orientation.

Does anyone know of a featurescript that creates mate connecters using standard transformations?

simon_fischer080

Nice updates!
Are there any plans to include an option for tablet users (iPad or else) to get the same view and handling like on Mac/PC?
Also, an option, that naming/renaming a feature, automatically results in renaming the part into „featurename.x“, would be awesome!

romeograham

@billy2

Multi Mate Connector by @konstantin_shiriazdanov includes transformations when creating Mate Connectors. You can use an existing MC which is nice.

https://jps.onshape.com/documents/5d8da63844bedebe5cff72b1/v/a2f8d68037aff39e9d20f7a1/e/11dcab8f665add80b9aced0a

rose_cliver

Exploring user preferences or consulting manufacturers might refine c'sink export accuracy in Onshape's sheet metal update.

billy2

@romeograham

Thanks for the mate connector link. It's really close to what I'm looking for.

I'd like for it to show all the mate connectors in the transform array. The preview shows them. It's nice because it moves subsequent mate connectors when changed in the list just like a robot's arm so it's solving the transformation stack on each input change. I'm thinking rotations should come first and then translations.

I'll take a look at the code and see if I can make it my own. It's always better to start with something vs. starting from scratch.

Thanks @konstantin_shiriazdanov in advance for the seed.

billy2

Ok, I think I'm getting lock profile faces and it's something I may be using on my next project.