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Improvements to Onshape - August 5th, 2022

mfalkensteinermfalkensteiner Member, Onshape Employees, csevp Posts: 62
edited August 2022 in New in Onshape

We’ve made changes to the overall merge strategy (Selective Merge) to improve the workflow! And don’t forget to check out other improvements to sheet metal, surfacing and drawings and more!

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS

SELECTIVE MERGE

When working with lots of branches and lots of changes across many different Part Studios, Assemblies, Drawings and other tabs, it is sometimes difficult to know exactly what the effect of a merge will have on your document.

Now when you start a merge operation, Onshape will provide you with a new interface to help you understand the effects of merging one branch with another.  This will make it possible to allow for selective, per tab merge operations.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/6kitmrw0af?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640


BEZIER CURVE

In addition to the Spline through points feature in Sketches, Onshape now includes Bezier curves for more precise control over curvature and curve quality. Bezier curves are created by sketching a control polygon that can be driven with constraints and dimensions to create smoother geometry for more complex surfacing tasks.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/bjrwibuwx5?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640


TRIMMING OF STAND-ALONE SKETCH POINTS

The Trim command in Sketch now lets you delete stand-alone sketch points by clicking or dragging.



ICON FOR FAILED FEATURES

At the top of the Features list there is now an icon that indicates if there are features with regeneration errors in the feature list. When hovering over the icon, the number of failed features is displayed and clicking on the icon filters the Features list. This saves time, especially with longer feature lists, where regeneration errors may not be visible or easy to find.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/lt9fz53nht?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640


SORTING THE CONTENT OF BOM COLUMNS

The BOM columns can be sorted in numerical or alphabetical order by double-clicking on the column header.



PARTIAL FLANGE

The Sheet metal Flange feature now includes options for partial flange creation. Partial flanges are not created over the entire length of an edge, but have an offset from each corner of the selected edge or chain of edges.
https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/z9817ou2fw?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 


CLAMPED END CONDITIONS FOR RULED SURFACE

The Ruled surface feature now gives you more control over end conditions. If the cubic interpolation option is enabled, the end edges now have clamped end conditions. When mirroring such a surface, the result is an absolutely continuous surface and tangential edge transition.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/qse1xo84gw?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640


CENTERED OPTION IN ASSEMBLY LINEAR PATTERN

Linear patterns in Assemblies now include a Centered option to create symmetric patterns of Parts and Subassemblies.



KEEP TOOLS OPTION FOR BOOLEAN UNION

The Boolean/Union feature now includes a Keep tools option. Instead of uniting parts or surfaces and removing them from the parts list, you can now use the Keep tools option to reuse them in other downstream modeling operations.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/7yw55d9q06?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640


DRAWING IMPROVEMENTS

NEW GD&T SYMBOLS

Two new GD&T symbols for Continuous feature and Spotface have been added. These can be found in the dropdown menu for symbols in dimensions and annotations.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/h96bsvu5xb?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640


FLAG NOTES

Flag notes are a method of cross-referencing one area or annotation on a drawing to a list of notes. If a numbered list type is used in notes, the notes can then be flagged to reference other references on the drawing. This helps to communicate information clearly.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/8c831ng4wp?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640


FORMAT PAINTER

The Format painter tool provides the ability to transfer the style from an existing annotation to other annotations on the drawing. This is much faster than opening the Styles fly-out menu for each annotation and manually adjusting the styles.



DIAMETER AND RADIUS DIMENSION STYLE

For radius and diameter dimensions, there is now a new option under the Dimension Styles fly-out menu to change the dimension line. For diameter dimensions, the dimension line can be changed to double arrows inside or outside the geometry being dimensioned. For radii, the dimension line can be extended to the center point with arrows inside or outside the geometry being dimensioned.



MOBILE IMPROVEMENTS

ANDROID: SHOW CENTER OF MASS

The Center of mass can now be displayed in the graphics area.



ANDROID: DISPLAY STATES

Display states can now be viewed, created, modified or deleted.

https://onshape.wistia.com/medias/5wmoy8fof7?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640


iOS: USER INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS

A change has been made to how the display of the context menus appear in iOS, notably, the support of icons in the context menus is now available.

  

LEARNING CENTER IMPROVEMENTS

There have been several video updates to existing courses in the Onshape Learning Center, including:

Onshape Assemblies course

  • Updates to the Hiding and Showing Techniques in Assemblies video includes hiding and showing components with shortcut keys Y and Shift+Y.

Document Management course

  • An update to the Creating Folders video showcases new functionality with folder breadcrumbs in the folder overflow menu.

Frames Fundamentals course

  • An update to the Frames Drawings video includes changing cut-list table configuration.

Detailed Drawings course

  • An update to the Creating Tables video includes improvements to table row and column sizing.

  • Inserting Views video now showcases the addition of dragging to copy views.

  • An update to the markup video to explore how to remove markups.
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.

Principal Technical Services Engineer, EMEAI
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