Improvements to Onshape - January 7th, 2015

lougallo

We recently updated Onshape with a few new improvements and are anxious to hear your feedback.  Improvements include updates to some existing functionality like sketch mirroring and assembly mating, as well as a few new features like polygon and thicken! 
Highlights Include:

1. New polygon tool in sketching (both inscribed/circumscribed)
   
   
   
2. New thicken feature converts surfaces, closed profile sketches and existing faces into solids (integrated boolean like Extrude).  
   
   
   
   
3. Sketch mirror now maintains the construction state of mirrored entities.
   
   
   
   
4. PDF tabs will now retain the scroll position in the preview. (when you leave and return to the tab)
   
   
   
   
5. Improved assembly alignment (Mate alignment will first show the closest solution)
   
   
   

We are already hard at work on additional improvements and look forward to hearing your thoughts on this release.  Our team is also working on perfecting the entire update process to be as seamless as possible so please let us know if you experience any disruptions or anomalies in your service.  Leave your impressions in the comments!

Ben_

LOVE... Each update makes me smile

fastwayjim

Spectacular!!!

caradon

The polygon tool is ridiculously quick and effective. Move mouse in/out to set number of sides = COOL!
The flexibility of Thicken with boolean operations urges me to explore some new design workflows. I haven't seen such a complete Thicken command in any CAD tool before. Off to investigate...

Dries

pete_yodis

Best set of software update processes I've ever been part of.  Lovin' it.  Impressive stuff you guys are doing.  I really like the thicken possibilities.  Looks nice for over molding as your example hints at.