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Improvements to Onshape - June 27th, 2025

NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,869
edited July 2 in New in Onshape
The 200th release of Onshape introduces a new Documents page format, improved simulation capabilities, plus the usual great mix of new features, usability enhancements, and performance improvements.

SIMULATION

INERTIAL RELIEF

Onshape can now use Inertial relief to simulate free-moving objects in Linear static simulations.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/2gnmp5e2c8?embedType=web_component&seo=true&videoWidth=960

GENERAL

DOCUMENTS PAGE

The Documents page has been completely redesigned for improved usability and efficiency.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/y5on8q9u93?embedType=web_component&seo=true&videoWidth=960

SORT FOLDERS IN DOCUMENTS PAGE DIALOGS

The Create new Document/Publication and Copy workspace dialogs now include an option to sort all Projects and Folders alphabetically or by Last modified for easier navigation.


CUSTOM LIBRARY FOLDERS

Frame profile and Sheet metal form libraries can now be customized and categorized up to 10 levels deep.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/oidfydd9oz?embedType=web_component&seo=true&videoWidth=960

ASSEMBLIES

SUPPRESS FROM THIS BOM

Parts, subassemblies, and Items can now be suppressed in the BOM of different assemblies, so items can be removed locally without excluding from all BOMs.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/tryls1g0fs?embedType=web_component&seo=true&videoWidth=960

DRAWINGS

CALLOUT HIGHLIGHTING FOR BOM AND CUT LIST TABLES

BOM and Cut list table items and their corresponding balloon callouts now dynamically highlight to improve drawing navigation and streamline design verification.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/ri8os2emq0?embedType=web_component&seo=true&videoWidth=960

JIS CHAMFER CALLOUT

45° chamfers can now be called out on a drawing using the JIS standard "C" notation.


INSPECTION TABLE

The Inspection table now includes a separate, collapsible section to callout individual Datums on each sheet of a Drawing.



RELEASE MANAGEMENT

COPY LINK

The URL to a Release candidate can now be easily shared with others using the Copy link icon in the Release candidate dialog.



ONSHAPE ENTERPRISE

CUSTOM TASK WORKFLOWS

Tasks in Onshape Enterprise can now be customized.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/j7dj8wbvcc?embedType=web_component&seo=true&videoWidth=960

SYNC ONSHAPE REVISION TO ARENA

The revision value set in a Release candidate can be used to control the revision in an Arena change order. 

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/uawpxszath?embedType=web_component&seo=true&videoWidth=960

SORT USERS BY ROLE

The user list can now be sorted by role to improve readability and user management.



RENDER STUDIO

TANGENT LINES IN STYLIZED VIEWS

The appearance of tangent lines can now be adjusted in a custom stylized view.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/9me5my58i8?embedType=web_component&seo=true&videoWidth=960

SUPPRESS TRANSFORMS

Transforms added to a scene can now be suppressed and unsuppressed to quickly change an image without having to edit the transform itself.




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.
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  • theo_richardsontheo_richardson Member Posts: 3 PRO

    Huge update! Nicely done.

  • Derek_Van_Allen_BDDerek_Van_Allen_BD Member Posts: 111 PRO

    Not much new on the Featurescript front this update but this catches my eye:

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    I wonder if this version name means I can get up to more cursed sheet metal manipulation or less.

  • Lucas_KuhnsLucas_Kuhns Member, csevp Posts: 103 PRO

    Very nice update. Having the ability to exclude from a single BOM will allow us to do stuff we weren't able to and had no good workaround!

  • Derek_Van_Allen_BDDerek_Van_Allen_BD Member Posts: 111 PRO

    @lana But reading the tea leaves is half the fun of F5 Fridays. Bug fixes are sometimes more exciting to me than feature drops honestly.

  • josh_grasby942josh_grasby942 Member Posts: 2 PRO

    Happy 200th!!! Some great improvements here.

  • jakeramsleyjakeramsley Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers, csevp Posts: 665
    edited July 2

    We've come across an issue with SUPPRESS FROM THIS BOM with some legacy data that is not performing correctly. We are temporarily disabling until a preventative fix is in place. It is our #1 priority to get this re-enabled as soon as possible.

    edit:

    SUPPRESS FROM THIS BOM has been re-enabled.

    Jake Ramsley

    Director of Quality Engineering & Release Manager              onshape.com
  • aeromorrisonaeromorrison Member Posts: 61 PRO

    I'm excited to try out these improvements. I'm also anxious to do some inertial relief comparisons with other analysis tools.

  • MichaelPascoeMichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,390 PRO

    Sweetness, nice update team!
    The frame library folder structure menus looks awesome.


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  • S1monS1mon Member Posts: 3,353 PRO

    Wow this is a major one. So much goodness. Definitely will need time to digest it all.

  • Chris_KellyChris_Kelly Member Posts: 6 EDU

    I like a lot of the modern changes to the document page UI! I hope that eventually there will be some parity with the UI in the BoM and Configurations panels inside of documents, for example the way the bom tables are constructed and how the columns or are organized, as well as dragging configurations inside of lists to move them.

  • christopher_dziubachristopher_dziuba Member Posts: 85 ✭✭

    Happy 200th UPDATE !!!! I'm very excited to finally make nested extrusion libraries rather then searching by name in my one big extrusion document :P

  • vanowmvanowm Member Posts: 56 ✭✭

    Thank you for the update.

    Please make any changes user does to the page persistent. Currently folders section always expanded to over 1/4 of the page even when empty. Manually resize and/or collapse not being saved either.

  • shawn_crockershawn_crocker Member, OS Professional Posts: 897 PRO

    Nice update. I have to say, I agree with some of the comments here about the new, mandatory navigation page view. I can't say its really making me feel uncomfortable or that I am finding it hindering my usual workflow but, it feels a bit like, "what was the point?" Maybe this view is just a stepping stone into something else that is actually going to make a navigational improvement? When it comes to changes to the navigation view, I am always disappointed that new abilities in being able to add in user preferred columns to the view never seem to include part number, revision, state. It baffles me that these columns are not considered important enough to merit adding support for right of the hop. Instead we are still stuck with viewing part number from that little tiny readout that is mixed into the name column and gets hidden if the column is not expanded out far enough.

  • billy2billy2 Member, OS Professional, Mentor, Developers, User Group Leader Posts: 2,099 PRO
    edited June 30

    It's funny, I went into an old analysis last week which failed for some reason, I couldn't figure out why.

    Screenshot 2025-06-28 at 2.05.55 PM.jpg

    Oh, someone added an on/off button! I just turned on inertia relief on and it's running again. My assumption was that it was always on. Some of use simulation a lot and like it.

  • danny_paynedanny_payne Member, User Group Leader Posts: 41 PRO

    Great 200th update. I like the new layout to the documents page. The other updates will be good to try out.

  • EvanReeseEvanReese Member, Mentor Posts: 2,431 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice work on 200 releases! Library folders are going to be handy, and I'm all for things like the Arena update that help with data IO.

    Evan Reese
    The Onsherpa | Reach peak Onshape productivity
    www.theonsherpa.com
  • david_mcmahondavid_mcmahon Member Posts: 36 ✭✭✭

    I agree with other users that the new documents page is a big step backwards. It is very frustrating to use.

    Comments

    1. There is way too much wasted space at the top of the window.
    2. Suggest new "Last opened by me" section be removed since it appears to be redundant with the "Recently opened" option in the left-hand vertical menu
    3. Suggest new "Folders" menu be moved into the left-hand vertical menu
    4. "Last opened by me" and "Folders" menus do not remember collapsed state when moving back and forth between Onshape editing modes
  • Konst_ShKonst_Sh Member Posts: 61 PRO

    yeah, the current left side menu can be flattened in the row on top, and then the left panel can be purely occupied with the folder tree

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  • GuidoNADECGuidoNADEC Member Posts: 28 PRO

    Suppress from BOM. Great!!

  • Alex_PittAlex_Pitt Member Posts: 69 PRO

    The BOM improvement is very welcome. Thank you!

  • KongThaoKongThao Member Posts: 1 PRO

    This new UI is not something my coworkers and I are liking as of this moment logging into Onshape this morning. The icons are made even tinier than what we need it to be. Give us an option to determine what size we want for the folder structure and/or documents list. The split screen between folders and documents wasn't a needed feature for our company. We probably would've been fine this feature was placed to the side like the details information. I hate to say it, but this awful UI update overshadows all of the other updates that were actually decent.

  • Jon_SchlemmerJon_Schlemmer Member Posts: 4 PRO

    The new UI update is… unfortunate. Would love to know where the option to revert to the original layout is.

    I agree with other users that the new documents page is a big step backwards.

  • CLB_48CLB_48 Member Posts: 2 PRO

    As a test user with early visibility to the documents page I will say that it took some getting used to but have grown to appreciate it. I like that if I am working in a particular project or folder and don't need to see subfolders I can minimize that portion of the screen and it takes up virtually no real estate and can look at Documents only.

    Some other really big updates for us tho, this was a great release! I like the UI (after getting used to it) and some standard content additions, exclude from this BOM, library subfolders and Onshape-Arena enhancements are huge for us!

  • AklamsonAklamson Member Posts: 2 PRO

    Exclude from this BOM was a much needed option! Also looking forward to using the library subfolders for frames.

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