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Why I Like Designing on Onshape Mobile
rıdvan_polat
Member Posts: 2 ✭
Hello everyone,
Based on my experience with various apps, the most challenging part of designing on a tablet is undoubtedly sketching. Drawing lines and aligning them can be frustrating compared to a PC.
Here is how Onshape by PTC handles these specific challenges:
🔹 Right Tap: It works just like a "Right-Click" on your computer. You simply tap with two fingers to see context menus (like 'View Normal To' or creating a new sketch) without searching for buttons.
🔹 Position Selector: This feature solves the precision issue. By tapping and dragging your pen, a cursor appears that lets you easily snap to the origin or align with other objects. It makes the hardest part of tablet CAD much easier.
🔹 Selection Box: If you have used other CAD tools, you are familiar with this standard: Dragging Left-to-Right creates a Blue box that selects only items fully inside. Dragging Right-to-Left creates a Yellow box that selects anything it touches. Onshape keeps this logic on the tablet. You just press and hold with two fingers to activate it, then drag to choose your selection style.
I showed all of this in the video. You can access my blog post where I share my experiences via the link below.