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Improvements to Onshape - August 30th, 2022

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  • jakeramsley
    jakeramsley Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers, csevp Posts: 669 image
    S1mon said:
    Interestingly this one is in the 1.152 release notes, but not mentioned here: "New Arena integration support (Enterprise only)". Oh, and now that I'm scrolling back, it was also mentioned in 1.151 "New Arena Integration (Enterprise only)"

    I've seen some private demos, and now this is public. I hope we see more soon...

    Hi S1mon,

    Yes, the Onshape-Arena integration support for Enterprise was rolled out in a previous update.  If interested, I would recommend reaching out to your Arena solution consultant and I'm sure that more features and information on the integration will be available in the future.
    Jake Ramsley

    Director of Quality Engineering & Release Manager              onshape.com
  • Erin_Connelly
    Erin_Connelly Member Posts: 2 ✭
    Super excited about Driven Variables and nesting folders!
  • eric_pesty
    eric_pesty Member, pcbaevp Posts: 2,815 PRO
    It's nice to have the "driven" option for the variables but am I missing something or is the functionality exactly the same as using one of the several "measure" custom features? In which case I fail to understand all the excitement and the functionality is nothing "new", and I've used these a number of times! 
    Or can you drive a variable from a sketch using the "current sketch" geometry, (that would be different...)?

    Non-circular detail views will be nice although a rectangle would have been nice, and we still need the option to hide the border in the detail itself!

    The PCB Studio has a lot of potential, I gave it a quick go and it seems straightforward enough. I ran into a couple issues with some parts not showing up but I'm sure these are teething issues and I am really looking forward to trying out the "keepout" features as this has always been the hardest part to get across to the electrical guys!
  • sam_ettinger011
    sam_ettinger011 Member Posts: 5 ✭
    Will it be possible to have the measured variable be an angle, instead of just a distance, length or diameter?
  • Pattabi
    Pattabi Member Posts: 54 ✭✭
    Nice improvements!
  • xphilip
    xphilip Member Posts: 17 ✭✭✭
    Onshape is hands down the best best CAD/PDM/PLM platform on the planet - thank you one and all for yet another mind blowing release :)
    I ALMOST feel guilty for gently prodding for parametric selection sets  (Ilya :)) . . . 
  • abtin_khayatian
    abtin_khayatian Member Posts: 1 PRO
    Measurement driven variables are going to make designing robust assemblies so much better. Only wish I had them sooner 😁
  • nick_lumb
    nick_lumb Member Posts: 26 PRO
    Driven Variables!  Brilliant!  This is great! But really not before time!
  • xTimRice
    xTimRice Member Posts: 61 PRO
    edited September 2022
    For anyone trying to quickly measure total linear length or bdft for ordering stock, I found this is a great use of Measured variables. Use a measured variable to sum all the edge lengths. Then create other variables to do any unit conversion needed:


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  • nick_papageorge_dayjob
    nick_papageorge_dayjob Member, csevp Posts: 1,249 PRO
    What is the best resource "today" for learning PCB Studio? I did watch one of the youtube podcast videos on it a few day ago. I'm having trouble with Altium. Some PCB's exported as IDF come in fine made by one EE a year ago, yet the PCB's from another Altium user I'm working with today don't come in at all. I want to see what settings the Altium Sparky's need to use so it can be read. We tried IDF and it didn't get anywhere. I'm not familiar with any of the EE packages.
  • bryan_lagrange
    bryan_lagrange Member, User Group Leader Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2022
    @nick_papageorge073 we will cover PCB Studio this Thursday at the Onshape User Group meeting. It’s virtual and open to all. 

    Register here: https://www.onshape.com/en/user-group-network/professional2

    Bryan Lagrange
    Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign

  • cody_armstrong
    cody_armstrong Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers, csevp Posts: 228 image
    nick_papageorge073 said:
    What is the best resource "today" for learning PCB Studio? I did watch one of the youtube podcast videos on it a few day ago. I'm having trouble with Altium. Some PCB's exported as IDF come in fine made by one EE a year ago, yet the PCB's from another Altium user I'm working with today don't come in at all. I want to see what settings the Altium Sparky's need to use so it can be read. We tried IDF and it didn't get anywhere. I'm not familiar with any of the EE packages.
    @nick_papageorge073

    We just added a new Onshape Learning Center course called PCB Studio Fundamentals. Check it out, link below.

    https://learn.onshape.com/courses/pcb-studio-fundamentals
  • nick_papageorge_dayjob
    nick_papageorge_dayjob Member, csevp Posts: 1,249 PRO
    cody_armstrong said:
    nick_papageorge073 said:
    What is the best resource "today" for learning PCB Studio? I did watch one of the youtube podcast videos on it a few day ago. I'm having trouble with Altium. Some PCB's exported as IDF come in fine made by one EE a year ago, yet the PCB's from another Altium user I'm working with today don't come in at all. I want to see what settings the Altium Sparky's need to use so it can be read. We tried IDF and it didn't get anywhere. I'm not familiar with any of the EE packages.
    @nick_papageorge073

    We just added a new Onshape Learning Center course called PCB Studio Fundamentals. Check it out, link below.

    https://learn.onshape.com/courses/pcb-studio-fundamentals
    Thank you! I actually saw it randomly yesterday and started reading it then.

  • russell_gililland
    russell_gililland Member Posts: 4 ✭
    Driven variables looks awesome. All awesome updates!
  • S_Regula
    S_Regula Member Posts: 95 PRO
    The Detail View improvements are nice. But it would be nice if a rectangle view shape was an option, or the guides would appear when sketching the polygon (similar to sketching lines on a drawing) to ensure the edges are vertical/horizontal/perpendicular. Having to "eyeball" the lines is a little bit of a pain.
  • don_williams909
    don_williams909 Member Posts: 148 PRO
    So the PCB Studio won't design traces and through holes and other components of a PCB, correct?  I mean, part placement is nice, but the actual PCB design from there would be great.  Looks like we would be reliant on a secondary piece of software anyway.
  • wout_theelen541
    wout_theelen541 Member, csevp Posts: 200 PRO
    abtin_khayatian said:
    Measurement driven variables are going to make designing robust assemblies so much better. Only wish I had them sooner 😁
    Is there a plan to bring this measurement driven variable functionality to assemblies?

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