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This release leans into intelligent, parametric design, led by dynamic suppression in Assemblies, alongside a broad set of refinements that smooth out everyday workflows across in-context design, Feature Studios, Drawings, PCB Studio, and Render Studio. CAD DYNAMIC SUPPRESSION FOR ASSEMBLIES Dynamic suppression in…

Early in this forum we decided to have both questions and discussions. Questions are posts in search of a specific answer that can be accepted/rejected by the post owner. A Discussion tends to be about opinion and feedback on a topic. In an effort to make this a bit simpler for those that want to ask for help, we have…

Anyone finding a use for this new feature in mate connectors? I can't say I remember reading anything about its arrival and I don't really see a definition for it in the help system. I think I understand what it is allowing us to do but, I'm not certain I understand why I would want to choose which entity on the part the…

I often work with symmetrical designs in multi-part studios, and many times I have a number of parts to mirror across multiple planes. With the standard mirror feature, I have to use a new feature for each part x the number of planes to mirror about. That means if I have 3 parts to mirror about the top, right, and front…

UPDATE: This issue is resolved, thank you for helping. Every time I make a SINGLE edit or even open up a sketch, there is a ~20-30 second wait time while that wheel spins. The regeneration time is even listed as 23.46 seconds despite my computer being able to render 30.7 million triangles per second and my effort to leave…

Hello Im a student and I'm work on heat exchanger, shell and tube, water-water. Im finding its hard to make a desired section in Onshape designated drawing mode. I tried recreating views I got by "section view" on the main assembly to drawing mode. I did not manage to do it. I provided pictures for better understanding. My…

as the name suggests when I try to extrude a part to remove material from my base it results in a Boolean operation failed to return a valid point and neither Me nor my cad Teacher can find out why…

Hello, Is there a way to add a single line (stroke) font to Onshape so I can CNC part names onto my parts?

I did a simple little cap for a connector, recently. It is to have a 0,75mm pitch thread on one end and I thought: Hey, easy going! But then: I cannot make it do a 0,75mm pitch, though it has no issues doing a 0,74mm or 0,76mm or whatever else I tried. Just no 0,75mm. What might be going on here?

In the grey model is a loft made in SW 2025 with 3 guide curves; One on either edge and one over the top. In the beige model is the same loft with the same dimensions made in onshape, but here it creates a sharp, bumpy ridge instead of a smooth curve. Using normal end conditions on top curve does nothing. I know onshape…

Link To Feature I know this is a somewhat niche feature, but it is something I've wanted for years. I like the fact that with the MCP, I can now create things like this even though I have no coding experience. Just thought I would share it in case anyone else could find a use for it. Warning: I have not done extensive…

Trying to get something close to this in onshape except without the mismatched transitions. This was done in bumpmesh. I can't ultimately use bumpmesh because I need it in a STEP file in the end. I've messed a bit with the texture fs and the attractor, but haven't had much luck with those. I think I need more seat time to…

Announcing: Relative Measure, Euler → MC, and MC → Euler Written by Joshua Newth (former Part Studios dev, now at Reframe Systems) and Greg Brown (Head of Product at Onshape). What’s new Relative Measure — Get X, Y, Z displacements between two points relative to any coordinate system (mate connector), not just the world…

Hello all, and thank you for taking the time to look! I cannot get this car profile to extrude, and I've tried everything I know. I'm certain someone here with much more experience will either have an answer, or know that its not possible…could you please let me know? Here's the link to the project:…

I was doing the lessons, started with the learning cad as a newbie and the fist several lessons worked perfectly, i go to the lesson about Arcs and Circles and the Pause, expanded view and sound went away. I restarted the window and still didn't show up on the screen. i went back one lesson and it was fine, went forward to…

Hi everybody, I would like to share my first FeatureScript: Pocket Holes. The feature is very straight forward: * Choose entry face * Choose exit face * Select vertices where the pocket holes will be created * Select thickness of part that will have the pocket holes You can find the FeatureScript…

"Switch From Line to Tangent Arc in Sketches" Tangent arcs created automatically I don't know if it's a convenient feature, but it's so uncomfortable when referring to other sketch lines. Is there a way to turn off this feature?

Looking for help if a tool is available before I figure it out on my own.

I am wanting to create a feature script that converts a polygon mesh to a quad mesh. The Onshape API doesnt communicate low level poly/vertex functionality through the feature script bridge. When I put in a feature request for this I was told poly tools are too low on the priority list. Is it true that not enough people…

Are you like me and use Point Derive for everything? The ability to draw a part studio in one document and copy and paste functional geometry all over a different document is a huge force multiplier for quickly and precisely generating complex parts that adhere to centralized standards and document control schemes. For…

I'm building a FeatureScript feature to configure cables & tubes (many different types). For each cable type we know the weight per unit length (kg/m), the cross-sectional area, and the length — from which the total weight follows directly. My question: what's the better approach for getting the correct weight on the part…

How do I turn inference off? I'm building a simple placard with fillet corners that I need to extrude. The placard will have a secondary rectangle with fillets to create an inset. Due to inference it isn't treating all four corners as equal.

Having some issues with my slot on my cylinder and making my hilux right to extrude the slot. looking for some guidance on this. You can see how its not matching my circles on the cylinder. Thanks!

Im doing what the Exercise is telling me yet anything i try it wont appear, i dont really know why.

Hey folks, I'm trying to create a screen that would live against this filter material seen here on the inside. Screen can be anthing such as surface with lots of holes in any patern or shape. The only need is that the screen is seen as the support for the filter material (seen here) as the air will be pulled through the…

I want the highlighted edge to also be filleted, but the tool does not seem to let me do this. Is there a way around this? Thanks

-Link to feature up front- A long time ago in the distant year of late 2024 our sheet metal obsessed production company was evaluating our CAD options and found ourselves checking out Onshape as an alternative to our old licenses of Solidworks. There were two main barriers in the way of our adoption, support for sheet…

When I try signing into Onshape all I get is a blank screen. My wife signed up for Onshape and on signing in she also only gets a blank screen. Are the servers down?

When students submit an assignment for me, I require that they create a dimension multiview drawing of their part. Then I grade that drawing. It would be very helpful if I could mass download all the student drawings that have been submitted instead of needing to open each drawing individually. Does anyone have a method of…

Hello, I understand a lot of this could be due to the Arena connection for releases, but a few things I am noticing when submitting large releases: The release window is difficult to manage when you have 20+ drawings. Options for collapsing or expanding all items would be helpful. As you type in revisions, rows will…

I'm logged into my onshape account and to access the learning centre it says to also log in to that, but the platform just returns a "this email account is already associated with an account" response. the brain with cogs icon just seams to want to create me a new learning platform account and not log me in to my old one.