3d sketch

Tom_3

I'm new to onshape and I've been a solidworks user for 13 years, can you draw a 3d sketch in onshape?

Jake_Rosenfeld

Tom,

Currently we do not have a '3d sketch' feature, but (as of pretty recently) we have ways of defining curves in 3d space.  What is your specific use case for 3d sketching?  Here are some of our new curve features:

https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/projectedcurve.htm
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/bridgingcurve.htm

You can vote on this improvement request if your would like to see 3d sketching implemented in Onshape:
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/18866#Comment_18866

owen_sparks

I'm crossing my fingers for 3D spline with match tangency as the next feature in that stable

OwS

mahir

@owen_sparks, OS did recently add the Bridging Curve feature, which is just a 2-point spline with tangency matching.

owen_sparks

mahir said:

@owen_sparks, OS did recently add the Bridging Curve feature, which is just a 2-point spline with tangency matching.

Exactly   I had a case the other day where I wanted the Bridging Curve through 3 points, so this seemed a logical progression of new functions.

Ended up with a very small straight line and a pair of 2 point bridging curves to get to the desired result, but one multipoint spline with match tangency on each end would be very welcome.



Cheers, Owen S.

noa

@owen_sparks check out the second video 

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/6397/improvements-to-onshape-may-4th-2017

owen_sparks

noa said:

@owen_sparks check out the second video 

 @noa

Awesome, you guys rock

Really like that you can set the start directions of multiple curves off one line, that's clever.

Did I mention that I'd like a feature whereby with the click of an icon Daisy Ridley brings a tray with a glass of scotch and 6 gold bars on it?  If you could add that to the next update that'd be great.

Cheers,

Owen S.

noa

@owen_sparks please submit an improvement request 

tom_worrell336

Me here in 2022 still waiting for a 3D sketch @owen_sparks

NeilCooke

tom_worrell336 said:

Me here in 2022 still waiting for a 3D sketch @owen_sparks

Wow, you've been a student for a long time - nothing yet.

shawn_crocker

@tom_worrell336
I used to love 3d sketches(in solid works).  I also hated how much I would feel frustrated by them when relations suddenly exploded into red for no reason.  I wanted them when migrating into onshape but I absolutely do not miss them.  It seems onshape has done a good job a maintaining a mode of operation where features are almost always able to reference edges straight off of existing geometry.  I have found it to be more intuitive to create simply construction geometry and then directly use the edges from that geometry.  Unless your using a 3d sketch to store a collection of edges that you convert off of existing geometry, in my experience, 3d sketches are sort of annoying to manage.  And if your using them to store converted edges, in onshape, you can just directly use those edges or use a composite curve feature to basically create a 3d curve representation of a set of edges.