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Improvements to Onshape - January 11th, 2023
NeilCooke
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PART STUDIOS
CONTEXT INSTANCE VISIBILITY
The view state of individual assembly instances can now be changed while editing in-context.MUTUAL TRIM
When two surfaces overlap, they must first be trimmed to each other before they can be merged together. The new Mutual trim feature simplifies this workflow, performing all the necessary steps in one go.FRAME GUSSET
Gusset plates can now be created between frame members to add more stiffness and strength.HOLE PRECISION AND TOLERANCES
The Hole feature now offers individual control over precision and tolerance for every available dimension, so you can drive this critical manufacturing information from the model and automatically update hole tables and callouts.
MEASURED VARIABLE SHORTCUT
The measure dialog in a Part Studio now includes shortcut icons to create measured variables. This workflow makes it quicker when interrogating models and adding variables to track or measure a length, distance or other required value.ASSEMBLIES
SKETCH IMAGES
Images that have been inserted into Sketches are now visible when the Sketch is inserted into an Assembly.DUPLICATE EXPLODED VIEW
When detailing product assembly or maintenance information, it is often necessary to show assemblies exploded in intermediate steps. With the new Duplicate option, you can now copy existing exploded views, removing the need to reproduce previously created views.DRAWINGS
EXTERNAL THREADS
Isometric hidden line views of External threads are now displayed correctly in drawings of both Parts and Assemblies.
DIAMETER AND RADIUS DIMENSION LINES
For diameter and radius dimensions, dimension lines can now be shown inside the selected circle or arc by checking the new Show dimension line option in the Drawing properties panel.
FEATURESCRIPT
NEW CONTAINER FUNCTIONS
A number of new functions have been added to process and filter maps and arrays: all, allCombinations, any, average, deduplicate, foldArray, mapArrayIndices, mapValue, mergeMaps(any, array, any), sum and zip.
You can find all the documentation here.
STANDARD
PUBLICATIONS - THUMBNAILS AND CONFIGURATION SELECTION
Publications now show thumbnails which can be automatically or manually assigned. Also, opening a linked Document from a Publication now defaults to the configuration selected in the Publication.PROFESSIONAL
CATEGORIES IN ADVANCED SEARCH
The advanced search on the Documents page now enables you to search by Category. Categories can be filtered by specifying an object Type or the Type can be filtered by specifying a Category. Multiple Categories can be searched at the same time.
RENDER STUDIO
MAP MATERIALS AND APPEARANCES
New scenes and scenes where appearances have not been modified in Render Studio now use the Onshape material and/or appearance settings to map to an equivalent Render Studio appearance.
ENTERPRISE
PUBLICATIONS DASHBOARD
A new dashboard, accessed through the drill-down menu on a Publication, shows which revision or version of a Document tab is inserted into that Publication, along with Document permissions and other useful activity information.PERFORMANCE
DRAWING VIEW UPDATES
The time taken to create hidden line drawing views of Assemblies containing lots of holes has been substantially reduced.POOR CONNECTION INDICATOR
When Onshape detects lag on your internet connection, a new Poor connection indicator appears in the lower left corner of the graphics area to alert you that something may be wrong. Clicking on the alert takes you to a help page with common causes and possible solutions.
EDUCATION
SIMULATION IN ONSHAPE EDUCATION ENTERPRISE
At Onshape, we understand the importance of simulating performance as part of the product development process and how important it is for students to gain valuable experience in using these tools. To this end, we are proud to announce the availability of our unique assembly Simulation tools to all students who are members of an Onshape Education Enterprise.INFO PANEL ANALYTICS
Educators can now access Class, Assignment and Member dashboards through the info panel on the right side of the Documents page. This makes it easier for educators to get detailed information and track the progress of the students in their classes.ANDROID
PARAMETRIC REPLICATE
In Onshape for Android based devices, Replicate will now pattern a part or subassembly onto matching geometry in the assembly and maintain that parametric relationship. In this example, the bolt stack connecting the two sides of the housing will parametrically update if the number of bolt holes changes.
MASS PROPERTIES OVERRIDE
In Onshape for Android based devices, there is a new option to override the Mass properties of a part and input a different value. This is helpful when using supplier parts that have been simplified and do not include enough detail to get accurate Mass properties.
LEARNING CENTER
INTRODUCTION TO ONSHAPE SIMULATION
Get started with Onshape Simulation with the new self-paced course, Introduction to Onshape Simulation. This course explores setting up assemblies for simulation studies, running the simulation, and analyzing the results. This course is available to Professional, Enterprise and Education Enterprise users.VIDEO UPDATES
We have been working hard to keep the Learning Center videos up to date, see the newest updates:
Navigating Onshape - updates to the Section view video to include new behavior.
Advanced Part Design - a new video on creating asymmetric Fillets.
Navigating Onshape - the Documents page video has been updated to reflect new filter options.
Frames Fundamentals - new video on adding End caps to Frame parts.
Onshape Surface Modeling - updates to the curvature visualization video to include the color map option.
Understanding Curves - updates to the Bridging curve video to include new options within the feature.
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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Tons of other useful updates here. We're off to a great start to 2023.
Also, some of the ones that don't have a video seem really interesting to me.
Excellent work
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- Context instance visibility - will be great for our internal cable routing
- Mutual trim - will be removing this staple from our enterprise custom fs list tomorrow
- Measured variable shortcut - diggin this clever shortcut looking forward to this workflow
- Render studio mapping materials and appearances - this will save loads of time
Thanks!- Context visibility is going to be huge! Could have used that today...
- Same with duplicating exploded views... I could have used this over the last couple of weeks but that will come in handy! When do we get a "final" option in the explode edit dialogue?
- Render studio material mapping will really speed things up!
- Sketch pictures in assembly, I'm hoping are we going to able to use this as "workaround" for displaying a label! Just tried it and unfortunately not really helpful: image is always "translucent" so looks washed out, it also shows through geometry (including from the back), and you can't hide the construction lines around it... Still can be useful but not for the purpose I was hoping to use it for...
The most intriguing is the hole feature tolerances... It's going to be a bit weird to have to set that in the 3D model when the rest of the tolerances are only in the drawing space. I'm hoping this is the start of "MBD" and we are going to be able to start adding tolerances in other places in the 3D model and ultimately get tolerance analysis out of it!
Looks like the Onshape team went all-in on their New Year's resolution to be ahead of the game in 2023
I am thrilled that our Onshape Padawans now have the ability to run simulations!
In the holes tolerances: will ISO 286-2 tolerances also be added?
Just one thing: Would it be possible to add the measured variables to Assemblies as well? Or alternativelly create the option to insert them into other tabs? I could use this to write a measured variable into the configuration of a part to automatically adjust the parts measurements when making changes within the greater assembly.
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I'm so happy for hiding/showing in-context parts, tolerance in hole feature.
And especially creating measured variables right from the measure dialogue. Genius
Also, we see you, buddy! Glad you're hangin around!
Another huge improvement is images in assemblies, this is a huge improvement.
Just checked and it's gone, say goodbye to primary instance!!!
Double checked looking for update all context hotkey:
Not yet, maybe soon.
Wow, these are some +++ improvements. Many thanks Team!
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I'm really impressed by the bold choice to offer simulation to students. This is a huge benefit to the kids; it is extraordinarily kind for Onshape to carry the processsing weight incurred by millions of students using Onshape
And more often
Seems like a good long term investment regardless and sounds like a reasonable compromise even though you are still shutout if your school isn't willing/can't afford to pay for Enterprise!
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