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Improvements to Onshape - March 15th, 2024
Roy_Mutalik
Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 37 
Welcome to the 4th Onshape release of the year! Let's take a look at some new features.
If you wish to override this behavior and select two lines to locate a centerline, simply hold the shift key.
- Solidworks
- Solid Edge
- Catia V5
A new video has been added to the Learning Center for the Body Draft feature.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
SKETCH APPEARANCES
You can now apply custom colors to sketches. These sketch colors can be shown in Drawings as well, by enabling the option to "Show sketch appearances" for a specific view.MEASURE ON COMPONENT DRAG
A displayed measurement now persists and updates dynamically upon movement of a component. This is true for movements due to on-screen drag, and changing between Named positions.PATTERNED MATE CONNECTOR IMPROVEMENTS
Mate connectors can be patterned in the Part studio, and correctly show in the Assembly instance list.IMPROVED HOLE FEATURE INTERFACE
The Hole feature dialog has been reworked. While not only providing a cleaner interface, it has been expanded to include an additional 650 Inch thread options, and an additional 115 Metric thread options . You will also find a Fastener fit option in clearance and tapped holes.SKETCH DIMENSION EXPRESSION DISPLAY
Sketch dimensions that are driven by a variable, expression or equation now display this more clearly at a glance.VIEW CUBE - SET DEFAULT DISPLAY
You may now set your default display type at an account level from the View cube.GENERAL TASKS OUTSIDE OF A COMPANY
General tasks can now be assigned to users that you work with, even if they are not a part of your company.DRAWINGS
DETAIL VIEW FROM CROP VIEW
A Detail view can now be defined from a parent view which has been cropped.ANGULAR DATUM TARGETS
Datum targets can now be defined using angular dimensions, rather than just length dimensions.DATUM TARGET HATCH DENSITY IN STYLE PANEL
The hatch density of a Datum target can now be adjusted from Styles panel.CENTERLINE FROM CONICAL EDGE
You can now create a centerline by selecting just one conical edge.If you wish to override this behavior and select two lines to locate a centerline, simply hold the shift key.
IMPORT/EXPORT
IMPORT DENSITY VALUE
Density information can now be imported into Onshape from the following file formats:- Solidworks
- Solid Edge
- Catia V5
LEARNING CENTER
NEW FEATURE VIDEOS
The Simultaneous Sheet Metal course now includes a new video for the Bend feature.A new video has been added to the Learning Center for the Body Draft feature.
Please take a moment to try out these new features and improvements and leave your comments below. 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 Documents. Over the next few days, these features will also be available in Documents created before this update.8
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Defaults for view style is a basic quality of life thing I've wanted for years.
Sketch dimensions with expressions is a big one for me!
10/10 Update!!!
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Thanks, I'll have to check it out.
Great update.
Setting colors for different layout sketches would have been very useful in the last couple of months...
So would showing expressions in dimensions!
One request: can we set a "default" for that behavior (or a "remember last setting")? I think I would want it on pretty much all the the time with the option to turn it off when things get too cluttered...
Alternatively, why not have it show up when mousing over a dimension (i.e. behave exactly like the "Constraints" display), as there already is a small hint but you still have to edit to see (or turn on the setting for the whole sketch)? This seems like a missed opportunity and hope this can be added...
Decluttering menus (and the hole feature) is also a welcome move, as the view cube menu was getting long making it hard to find stuff!
Maybe the right click context menus next? These could definitely use some organizing!
Mousing over a dimension in a sketch to see the expression would be a great addition like wrote @eric_pesty !
Improved hole feature interface is great!
If you could add information for standard inch and metric tapped holes pitches it would help a lot of users!
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Don't overestimate the propensity of new engineers to do something we think is silly, like design around #5 screws (find that in McMaster!), but arise simply because they've made an "optimal" design and simply haven't got hands-on experience yet. While I don't think OnShape should spend too much time worrying about that edge case, it should definitely consider the standard case of people knowing they want an M6, but not having memorized that a "standard" M6 is a 1mm pitch.
Personally, from this perspective I will find this current version of the hole tool menu harder to use, and harder to teach. I think with @STEG's suggestion that might fix the problem. (For me at least, since I've got enough experience to know what UNC and UNF are, and generally when to use them. A lot of people won't, though...)
What do OnShape devs think about doing tech-previews of this kind of UI rework, before committing it? I think it would help work out a lot of kinks for things which have a strong, but narrow, need. It certainly makes sense that OnShape needs to add features required to land big paying clients, but I've noticed certain new features come at the cost of general usability. A couple tweaks to those features and it might be a "have your cake and eat it, too" situation.
Thanks for the rapid feedback. One thing I so sincerely love about OnShape is that you guys are monitoring the forums for quick fixes and adjustments.
> Fwiw we've received an equal number of tickets of course vs fine on what is “standard” pitch for threads.
That's a neat data point! I use both coarse and fine, one for stuff made from the hardware store, and the other from the aerospace industry. If I had to choose what the world in general uses, I'd go with the "hardware store standard". But I don't have to make these hard UI choices.
The hole feature is becoming better and better. I am coming from a metric world and with the new way of adding thread data, (size and pitch) that world has just become a much more dangerous place to be. With the previous solution we spendt thousand of dollars on rework due to the set-up, on how it handles thread pitch, our own fault for not paying attentions, but then again. The new one is not any better. Don't anticipate the pitch, of if you do, alway set it to course, I am not talking on behalf of all the engineers out there, but shure that most will nod their head in agreement. When changing thread dimension it also brings along the "previous" thread pitch (if it is in the drop down), spooky as well. The next changelog should state that this has been modified/changed (hopefully before).
I love the improvement on drawing (detail of cropped views), now please add detail views on break view as well.
But, with that said: Excellent work.
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Default to show expressions would be nice, or at least memory for last set setting (similar to the 'disable imprinting' functionality). Regardless, we are stoked for this update over here. Thanks to all involved!