Time Log for Documents

RT_AXIOM

Would be nice for Onshape to keep track of the amount of time spent working on a document.  Especially if you are a design contractor with multiple projects on the go.  Sometimes I could flip between several projects during a day, and do that for 5-7 days a week.  It makes giving an accurate invoice to my customers challenging.  I do my best to try and track my time from project to project but it basically comes down to a rounded guess at the end when it comes time for billing and invoicing.

With the branching and versioning and "unlimited undos", Onshape already keeps track of all your moves and edits, so why not just keep a running tally of time spent on the total project/document.  This could be as simple as an hours:minutes tally in the branching and versioning history tree.  Or possibly right on the main document page.  If you highlight a document in your list it gives you some basic details on the right-hand side of the screen like date started and last modified.  Could be a good spot for a "total hours worked on" counter?

This could also get a little bit tricky if you have a larger document where you have more than one project within a document.  Or maybe parts of the document are billed out seperately.  Could create a version in the document if you knew you needed to keep track of changes/revisions to a completed project you have already billed for?  

These are just a couple of ways of doing it, there's probably a better ay and it needs a lot more thought. 

Or maybe no one else has this problem...

Just wondering if anyone else has different methods of keeping track of design time for their projects?

bradley_sauln

It would be easiest to just have one project per document (this would also help with organization and best practices) and then use the versions and history to see the time stamps to bill. You could always use versions to "clock in" and out of the document for billable time

Stefan_DMS

If you can get enterprise Onshape there is a complete analytics section for all the recording and managing of documents. 
https://www.onshape.com/cad-blog/introducing-onshape-enterprise

MBartlett21

@bradley_sauln
Is there a way to "minimize" the history at the top, as once you get past ~500 items, it slows down drastically

bryan_lagrange

@ryan_thivierge
 
I made a punch clock on google sheets to capture time for a job that travels throught the fab shop. Basically you click on the button for the process you are performing then click "in" and it will record the time and date you punched in to the job. When done click on the button for the process and then  click "out" and it will record the time and date you punched out of the job.

Use the link tab app from the app store to attach it to the onshape document you are using to capture time.

You could modify for just CAD operation and you can link this google sheet to an onshape document.

Just a work around I use. You will probably need to make copies for different projects and then restrict the sharing so you just modify it.

Here is the link to the google sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KxXXKMHEX12DPtbIRJjEK-15-MvyG02zRa0TJnhqfHI/edit#gid=0

Hope this helps

punch clock on google sheets


click "CAD" then "In" to record start time


click "CAD" then "out" to record stop time


use link tab to attach to Onshape document