Is there a glossary of terms used in Onshape?

john_smith077

Hello

Is there a glossary of terms used in Onshape?

I am new to all this and words like "Feature" and "Sketch" have very precise meanings in Onshape. Maybe it could be broken down into:

a) A list of common engineering terms  (e.g. boss, fillet) 
b) A list of common geometry / parametric geometry terms  (e.g. co-incident, Normal, Perpendicular, + basics like: Face, Edge, )
c) A list of common CAD  terms (e.g. Extrude, Sweep, Loft)
d) A list of what Onshape-specifically means by any of the above.  (e.g. Use [tool], Sketch, Part, Model... )

Thanks

J
 

viru

@john_smith077 , You can refer below image in which you will find shortcut key and glossary of term used in Onshape.

john_smith077

Thanks - however I think you miss the point I was making. 

That is a useful list of shortcuts. What I was looking for was a formal definition / description of what each term actually means.

P.S. Ah I get it! That very first shortcut  [shift]+[?]  is the possibly most useful...   ;^)

john_smith077

Gads there is so much technical speak/jargon here that I only half under.

Where can I find a glossary? 

brucebartlett

@andrew_troup offered this a great resources for engineering terms http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~me349/resources/engineering_terms.pdf
Also see http://www.microsystemsgeorgia.com/cnc.htm

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/6965#Comment_6965

john_smith077

Thank you - yes both look useful.
However what I want most is a Onshape glossary, that defines exactly what Onshape means by each word. i.e. A short description of how each concept is used in Onshape and how it fits in so as to create a model.

e.g. Profile
e.g. Document 
e.g. Feature
e.g. Sketch
e.g. Constraint
e.g. Part, Component, Work Plane, Draft, Assembly, Drawing, Body... 

...These are words that any English speaker half-knows what they mean, but we don't know exactly how they are used in Onshape. 
If I could find a free wiki that could be used for the purpose it would be tempting to build one myself, as this would be a great way to learn!

e.g. Something analogous to this wiki site for shortcuts: 
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/MyLifeOrganized.html
except focusing on jargon.

 

viru

@john_smith077 ,You can refer below document in which you will find glossary of term used in Onshape.

john_smith077

Excellent thanks. Btw where did you find it? 

ASIDE: I find it ironic at best, that for an "in-the-cloud-everything" tool like Onshape, I am now resorting to an off-line copy of their glossary which I have now resorted to turning into dead trees !  

emagdalenaC2i

This could be very useful for the translation of Onshape and its documentation.

I hate when the english word is translated into spanish in 3 different ways.

Btw Onshape will be the first 3D CAD system that can translate properly the command "circle" into Spanish as "Círculo" (instead of "Circunferencia").
Well... On second thought, the command should be called in English by its correct name: Disk ;-)

john_smith077

While it's on my mind: Missing from Glossary of Onshape PDF: 
- Part Studio

viru

@john_smith077 , You can refer below link for part studio and other term related to Onshape which is nicely provided and explained by Onshape in help document.
https://cad.onshape.com/help/index.htm#search-part studio
also download the attached PDF file of help from below link.
https://cad.onshape.com/help/PDF/Onshape.pdf

john_smith077

@Viru - Yes, that's useful too thanks.

Although a list of key terms, complete with nice short (not overly technical) descriptions is in some ways more useful.
I have printed out the glossary of terms - which is short enough to print out and annotate by hand.

paul_1

this question/discussion was suggested by the help system when i was about to ask one of my own:  i'm looking for a short description of the roles of each of the OS components, and their relationships.  e.g., "sketches are used to create parts.  many parts can be created from a single sketch, but only one sketch can be used to create a part".  frankly, i don't even know if that statement is true, and one of the reasons i don't know is because i can't find such a summary page, or document.  and of course, i chose "sketch" and "part" as examples:  i know just as little about the relationship between sketches and extrusions, or parts and assemblies, or lofts and extrusions.

the tutorials and videos are nice for learn-by-example, but at this point i really need to better understand the overall model of how everything fits together.

john_smith077

Paul_1++