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Improvements to Onshape - February 21st, 2025

Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers, csevp Posts: 217
edited March 13 in New in Onshape
We are ready with our third release of the year! This update includes improvements to core modeling, drawings, Render Studio, and more. Let's dive in. 

CAD IMPROVEMENTS

WRAP ON CONICAL FACE

You can now apply a Wrap feature to a conical face. In the past, this was limited to cylindrical faces. 

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/f2hx4ik9h3

REPAIR MANAGER IMPROVEMENTS

In addition to accessing the Repair manager from the Versions and history panel, you can now fix broken references in 2 alternate ways. Right-click on the failed feature in the features list or from the failed reference in the feature dialog. In both cases select Edit healthy moment to open the Repair panel with the feature’s latest healthy moment.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/i7ouh9tcz5

COPY/PASTE CONFIGURATION INPUTS

You can now copy and paste configuration inputs in Onshape. This makes building configurations with similar inputs much easier.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/7da5t8yacw

HIDE SHEET METAL FORM FEATURES

You can now hide the Form feature sketch that is visible in the Sheet metal flat view. 

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/9k52u7ic05


DRAWINGS 

BREAK DIMENSION AND SHOW DIMENSION LINE DRAWING PROPERTY

You will find two new drawing properties for Break dimension and Show dimensions lines in the Drawing properties panel.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/j5n517fjim


RENDER STUDIO

OPENVDB VOLUME APPEARANCE

Render Studio now supports OpenVDB volumes with a new OpenVDB volume appearance. Use this appearance to create volumetric effects like smoke, fog, and water, without needing to model complex geometry.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/n2gayd5ykh

FEATURESCRIPT

IMPROVED LAMBDA FUNCTIONS

FeatureScript now has improved lambda functions. This syntax change was highly requested and makes code more succinct and easier to read. 

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/86jm7o8g5a


ENTERPRISE 

GLOBAL IMPORT PERMISSION

You will find a new "Import files" Global permission that allows you to define who in your organization can import files. By default, this is set to all users in the enterprise.




Please take a moment to try out these new features and improvements and leave your comments below. For a detailed list of all the changes in this update, please see the changelog.

Remember: The updates listed here are now live for all users when creating new Documents. Over the next few days, these features will also be available in Documents created before this update.

Comments

  • Member Posts: 3,256 PRO

    Conical wrap is a nice improvement. I'm still looking for more general wrap or "flow" along surfaces, but this is a step in the right direction.

    I'll have to see how the repair manager change works in practice. It seems like a really good thing.

    The copy config inputs seems like it is a baby step towards having an easier way to have configurations ripple down assemblies, subassemblies and parts. I definitely went through a lot of pain doing this in a more manual way in the past, so this is better.

    Overall, there are some useful little things here.

  • Member, Developers Posts: 3,943 PRO

    Nice! Healthy moment repair and lambda syntax looks great.

  • Member Posts: 18 EDU

    Is there any dedicated 3d sketch tool?

  • Member, OS Professional Posts: 879 PRO

    Copy config inputs is a wonderful improvement!

  • Member Posts: 326 EDU

    Can you edit healthy moment if the reference for a sketch was deleted or moved? It didn't give me any suggestions on how to unbreak the model.

  • Member Posts: 49 PRO

    I love the "Edit healthy" approach. Can't wait to test it out over the next few days.

  • Member Posts: 2

    Insert Image- Import is not showing up on the bottom anymore- Is there a different way to insert an image?

  • Member Posts: 2,101 PRO

    Yeah I think "edit healthy" is going to be my favourite!
    There were definitely many times where I would just fix things manually because I couldn't be bothered to bring up the repair tool (for simple enough things) but I think I will use it a lot more now!

    Copy paste configuration inputs should also save quite a bit of time when setting up configured multi-level assemblies (still have to "reattach" the inputs though)…

  • Member Posts: 326 EDU
  • Member, pcbaevp Posts: 11 PRO
    edited February 21

    Another awesome release - and thank you Onshape developer teams! The Global Import Permission is a huge help for us by limiting redundant COTS imports by different users (one source of truth). We will provide access to a Team who is versed in all the proper search methods to ensure it isn't already in the database (not everyone always fills in P/N, etc.)

  • Member, csevp Posts: 111 PRO

    There's some pretty solid stuff here and I am especially happy with the default break dimensions option, copy config and repair history button.
    Absolutely love the focus on foundational improvments over new features!

  • Member, OS Professional, Mentor, Developers, User Group Leader Posts: 2,088 PRO

    Copying configurations up the assembly stack is simply brilliant. I didn't know I needed it.

  • Member Posts: 276 PRO

    OPENVDB VOLUME APPEARANCE

    So we could do something like spraying water?

    This would be a very big deal to me.

  • Member Posts: 4

    Copying configurations is indeed a step in the right direction, but I would love to add the global "variable studio" to the configurations list.

    So that I can change the configuration number, and the whole variable studio values change. So this would be like a configuration for the entire document, not just individual parts.

  • Member, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 220

    Currently the appearance available which uses the OpenVDB data is focused on the effect of density so it is most suitable for volumes where that is the main factor (e.g., smoke, dust, exhaust etc). OpenVDB itself can hold many other types of data beyond density which potentially in the future could be used for things like water. If by spraying water you mean as in from a hose then you'd likely also need motion blur for this to be realistic which we don't currently support (thought the underlying technology we use for rendering does).

    Note that we don't have any tools for creating the OpenVDB data itself in Onshape, so the actual simulation which would create the data would need to be done externally (e.g. in Blender, Houdini or other tool that outputs OpenVDB). For less specific requirements there are also some libraries that contain OpenVDB content.

  • Member Posts: 385 PRO

    oh wow! 'edit healthy moment' is awesome! surprisingly simple, but I reckon its going to be very useful!

  • Member Posts: 2,199 PRO
    edited February 24

    I especially appreciate the improvements to wrap, configurations, render studio, and feature studio. Oh wait, never mind.. the entire update is gold! =P

    There's still 4 days left for anyone who wants to enter Render Battle #6!
    https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/114268…


    Should be easier with this new volumetric option.
    Winner gets an Onshape Hoodie!

    Perfect timing on the volumetric effects. It was a huge pain to do the steam without this update.


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  • Member, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 179
    edited February 24

    OK, I am doing it! Join me at 12 noon Boston US Eastern time for my reactions to the latest update live, with demos and insights! https://streamyard.com/watch/ub49rN9Swk7z on Streamyard, LinkedIn and YouTube.

    Regards,
    Mike LaFleche   @mlaflecheCAD
  • Member Posts: 5

    Still waiting for search by creator feature ngl

  • Member Posts: 7

    Apologies if I sound a tad impatient but I posted this in "Questions" a few days ago, got a few views but nothing in response yet. Thanks in anticipation

  • Member, csevp, pcbaevp Posts: 30 PRO
    edited February 26

    You're not the only one. Maybe we're both doing something wrong.

  • Member Posts: 10 PRO
    edited February 26

    I think you need to assume wrap works like a strip of paper, it cannot wrap in the way you describe without wrinkling or distorting the paper. It needs to lay flat along the surface with no distortion. Therefore, any wrapping function like this that preserves the original sketch will have this behavior. Otherwise you're asking the sketch to stretch to fit the underlying surface, which is not what 'Wrap' does.

    If you need this functionality, you should use the custom feature surface text.

  • Member, csevp, pcbaevp Posts: 30 PRO

    That makes way more sense. I guess I do want some sort of hybrid between Project and Wrap, then? i.e. Some distortion to keep the text horizontal. Otherwise something similar to Flow Along Surface in Rhino. The main reason for my need is that something being mathematically correct doesn't mean that it looks visually correct.

  • Member Posts: 2

    You have to think of wrap as using the sketch as a piece of paper. A strip of paper cannot wrap in the way you describe without wrinkling or distorting the paper. It needs to lay flat along the surface with no distortion. Therefore, any wrapping function like this that preserves the sketch will have this behavior. Otherwise you're asking the sketch to stretch to the underlying surface, which is not what 'Wrap' does.

  • Member Posts: 2,101 PRO

    If you wrap your sketch onto a cylinder matching the diameter of where along the cone you want you sketch, and then project that onto the cone, it should give you what you describe.

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