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Improvements to Onshape, June 5, 2026

Aaron_MagninAaron_Magnin Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 120 image
edited 5:16PM in New in Onshape
With summer around the corner, this release focuses on making everyday work more efficient through a set of updates that improve usability, clarity, and overall workflow.

CAD

SPECIFY LENGTH OF ROUTING CURVE

Onshape has introduced a new feature for routing curves that allows users to specify a desired length for spline curves used in products such as hoses. This manufacturing-focused enhancement automatically adjusts the curve length to match the specified value, eliminating the need for complex calculations or manual adjustments. The feature is particularly useful for designing products that need to meet specific length requirements for manufacturing or purchasing purposes. See the Routing Curve topic in the Help Documentation for more information.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/4z8wkp0w20


PERSISTENT MEASURE

Measurement visualization has been enhanced to remain visible on screen and update in real time during interaction, providing a clearer, more consistent view without requiring rebuilds.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/t5fdzei8f7 


SWEEP, TWIST, & SCALE FOR PROFILES NOT COINCIDENT TO PATH

Onshape now supports twist and scale for sweep profiles that are not coincident to the sweep path. This enhancement opens up new design possibilities and gives users more creative freedom when incorporating complex sweep operations into their CAD models. 

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/a8x4bknnjq 


IGNORE FAULTY PARTS

You can now right-click and ignore faulty parts to move them from an error to a warning state, allowing releases to proceed while maintaining clear visual indicators across Part Studios, assemblies, and drawings.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/7lp8kyvyu4


DRAWINGS

ARC LENGTH DIMENSION

Arc length dimensions present a new way to define curved geometry in your drawings in Onshape.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/yjbqu8rx4t


ATTACH COMMENT TO SKETCH DIMENSIONS

This release introduces the ability to tag comments directly to sketch dimensions. This makes it easier to communicate your thoughts and ideas with the rest of your team by allowing you to target specific dimensions.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/c50wivjuqh


AXIS AUXILIARY VIEWS

Onshape has released a new feature that allows users to create auxiliary views along a cylindrical axis, in addition to previous options. This enhancement enables engineers to capture manufacturing details at non-orthogonal angles by selecting a circular edge to use its axis as the direction for the auxiliary view. This new capability is particularly valuable for complex compound angled geometry, reducing the need for multiple projection and auxiliary views to capture relevant information. See the Auxiliary View topic in the Help documentation for more information.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/xc7qkrl69o


HOLE AND SHAFT FIT TOLERANCE STANDARD SELECTION

Onshape now allows you to specify a standard different from the drawing standard when defining hole or shaft fit tolerances. This enables users to filter tolerances regardless of standard for their specific manufacturing needs.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/glikq454bo 


REPLICATE CHAMFER DIMENSION

Replicate Annotations (Beta) now supports replicating chamfer annotations.

RENDER STUDIO

REPLACE REFERENCE

Render Studio now lets you replace references for top-level Part Studios, assemblies, or parts, while preserving your scene structure and automatically updating all associated data for faster configuration-based rendering.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/6whl1hruv0 


ENTERPRISE

FOLDER AND PROJECT FILTERING

Onshape Enterprise users will now find a filter in the Documents view for folders and projects. This makes it easier to find the documents you want to work on and enables you to focus on the specific task at hand. 

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/cs2f2w170n


MOBILE

ROUTING CURVE TOOL IN iOS AND ANDROID

Routing curves for developing 3D paths, routes, and curves are now built into the mobile Onshape app. A triad manipulator is also available to edit the positions of each point on the path.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/92ja3se1hh 


SHOW AND RESET SCALE IN AR VIEW

AR View now shows a scale factor above the model during pinching gestures, with the option to reset to full scale.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/4ciqcesf5z 


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. Mobile app interface updates are available via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and are released in the days following the update.

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Comments

  • bryan_lagrangebryan_lagrange Member, User Group Leader Posts: 1,020 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you Onshape for Arc length dimension.

    Bryan Lagrange
    Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign

  • MichaelPascoeMichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,870 PRO
    edited 5:25PM

    Looks like persistent measure takes us one step closer towards measured assembly variables that could drive configured instances. 😎
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  • Derek_Van_Allen_BDDerek_Van_Allen_BD Member Posts: 982 PRO

    Arc length dimensions in drawings, routing curve length, and tweep parity is a good haul for the month.

  • EvanReeseEvanReese Member, Mentor Posts: 2,955 PRO

    Routing Curve length is going to be a game changer for some of my clients! Add a minimum bend radius next and we're golden.

    Evan Reese
    The Onsherpa | Reach peak Onshape productivity
    www.theonsherpa.com
  • john_mcclaryjohn_mcclary Member, Developers Posts: 4,083 PRO

    Nice updates. Routing curve length is a welcomed addition.

    I think there was a missed opportunity with the measure tool. When will we see dual dimensions? It's been a long time request that is a daily frustration for us since we work in both mm and inches continuously.

  • ry_gbry_gb Member, csevp, pcbaevp Posts: 223 PRO

    Persistent measurements is a fantastic quality of life feature!

    Ramon Yip | glassboard.com

  • eric_pestyeric_pesty Member, pcbaevp Posts: 2,755 PRO

    Routing curve length should open up some new workflows! Persistent measure is also useful.

    Comments on sketch dimensions seems nice but it still doesn't show that the comment exists unless the comment panel is active… So basically nobody will know there is a comment on there…

    Comment bubbles should at least show on mouse over for them to be useful for documenting the design! I would argue that comment bubbles in general should always be visible by default (with maybe an option to turn them off per session and/or filter what is shown). Comments in Onshape are great but they are way too easy to ignore! (same with the document notes!)

  • PeteYodisPeteYodis Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 588 image

    Comments on sketch dimensions seems nice but it still doesn't show that the comment exists unless the comment panel is active… So basically nobody will know there is a comment on there…

    @eric_pesty We have a bug investigating this.

  • Nick_HolzemNick_Holzem Member Posts: 223 PRO

    Some nice core updates with this one and at least one of our teams specific asks. Good work with this one Onshape! Arc length dimension, Axis Auxiliary View, and Persistent Measure as my MVP's 🙌

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