Is it possible to search the public documents by Owner?

SledDriver

Title says it all.

I see owner listed, but I cannot see a way to search by owner.

john_rousseau

Hi @john_mccurdy. Not yet. Improved search functionality is a highly requested feature. We hope to roll out some improvements soon.

-John

john_rousseau

Hi @john_mccurdy. Not yet. Improved search functionality is a highly requested feature. We hope to roll out some improvements soon.

-John

SledDriver

Thanks.

StephenG

Recently having a need to search for a Document by an attribute other than by name I was quite surprised (actually very disappointed) that document search is so primitive. For a product that is advertised for its data management and collaboration capabilities the lack of a tool to "find" data is a black eye for the product.

gauthier_östervall

Still nothing right? I'd also expect that clicking on the headers of the search results to sort ascending/descending for that field.

jim_petrillo

Agreed still nothing right?

So as a designer with many public documents I can't even link to my own page for people to follow me?  

I thought least if you're on a design you should easily be able to find the owner, and click to see their profile and other designs they've made.

It's easier for me to track designers through third-party 3D model sharing websites like prusaprinters.org than to use Google or search for an owner in onshape. crazy!

john_mcclary

jim_petrillo said:

Agreed still nothing right?

So as a designer with many public documents I can't even link to my own page for people to follow me?  

I thought least if you're on a design you should easily be able to find the owner, and click to see their profile and other designs they've made.

It's easier for me to track designers through third-party 3D model sharing websites like prusaprinters.org than to use Google or search for an owner in onshape. crazy!

Oh, I like that idea of a profile page which shows your public docs...

nick_papageorge073

This whole topic is funny as anytime someone mentioned in various FB or Youtube comments to give Onshape a try, the main resistance was everyone's documents are public (on the free version of course). First, no one cares about someone's 3D printed parts for their house to hang keys on. Second, even if someone did care, its literally impossible to find it, unless you watch all day like a hawk on the public page and happen to get lucky to see some design you are trying to find.

john_mcclary

I know right... But anyone on a free account is not supposed to be doing paid work anyway. So there should be no intellectual property on the public side. 

People want the world for free. The barrier to entry for Onshape pro is very reasonable even for a hobbiest that wants to protect his property. I mean when they convinced me to buy my subscription they said it was the equivalent of one cup of coffe from Starbucks every workday. And it actually isn't far off from that. 

I paid for the Onshape sub out of my pocket for the first couple years before my boss saw the potential and had the company finially pitch in.  Worth every penny in my opinion 

EGen

Searching by User would be beneficial.

• Maybe you find a Document that fills a niche, and you wonder if that User has other niche-designs.
• Maybe you find a Document that is really well made, then you can explore that User's Documents and learn good practices in design, or the feature tree, or the revision history.
• It would help private contractors.  Instead of saying "here's a list of URLs to my designs" one could say "here is my page" or "search <MyUserName> on OnShape."

martien

Odd. I think this still doesn't work. But n the other hand, the advanced search help page (https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/advanced_search.htm) says it should work:

> Add criteria - Free, Standard, and Education account users can use this field to search for default fields including Owner and Creator.

But, when I try, those fields are not there. There is a "DrawnBy", but that doesn't seem to refer to the owner.

Is this a feature limited to Premium or so? Or is that page just incorrect, and this still doesn't actually work?