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Assembly Mirrored Parts - Consolidate Quantities in BOM?
I've been using the assembly mirror feature to mirror parts on a workbench I'm designing and it's an awesome feature to easily position the mirrored part. When I generate the BOM for the assembly the mirrored parts aren't consolidated in the quantities of its 'parent' mirror - i.e. there are 2 rows in BOM for the same…
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How to drive Surface (Face) names via Configuration?
I am looking for a way to explicitly name a Surface entity (Face) based on the active Configuration. The Workflow: Sketch -> Extrude -> Fillet (Base geometry). Offset Surface (Zero offset): I extract a specific face from the solid to use as a master surface for downstream Derives. The Goal: I need the Name of this…
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sheet metal model with text
I'm drawing up some "box signs" — basically sheet metal pizza boxes with numbers cut out — and am stumbling to make sheet metal model for them. The example in the pic is a shell with 1/16" thickness and no bottom face. The letters are extruded/removed from that. When I go to make a sheet metal model I spec the sign part,…
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Can Onshape please make it so that the flattening tool can also project into a sketch
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Onshape is unnecessarily lagy, What can I do to fix this.
Despite following all recommended troubleshooting steps provided for improving performance, the issue with Onshape remains unresolved. All suggested fixes have been implemented, I have also check my system throgh onshape at it is fine. Diagnostic tests indicate that the hardware and meet all required specifications, with…
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Making angles same
Hi, as a newbie I can't figure out how to constrain two (or more) angles to be equale. E.G. I have an angle set to 12 degrees. I want to constrain other angles to be identical so if I change the 'master' angle to 10 degrees they will follow and become 10 degrees. (Not having to change manually all values)
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Why do new parts "disappear" from the parts list?
Hi all, I'm very new to CAD and Onshape, so please forgive a newbie question, but I have several extrusions in my model where I have selected Solid & New in context dialog. While that is open, the extrude does show in the parts list in bold, but when I click the green tick, the part disappears from the parts list This…
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Drilling hole on the opposide side
Recently I faced this problem several times asking myself is there any shortcut for that. Hence motivation to write this post. I draw a sketch of the object to be extruded and the point positioning a future hole. I extrude the object and then attempt to create a countersink hole directed from the top surface of the object.…
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Refactoring - seeing which sketch parts do not get used
I found myself doing refactoring of a model (picture below) and came up with this idea. What if there was a way, within the sketch editor, to highlight the elements that are not used anywhere downstream. In this particular case, if I suppress the sketch entirely, some steps break way later. It will take me time and effort…
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Marble Machine Motivation
Greetings fellow educators! I'm so entranced lately with watching the Wintergatan - YouTube series. With the help of @Derek_Van_Allen_BD (and constant shout outs to @EvanReese ), we get to see the creative process unfold in real time (although the after real time, 1.5x speed is the more realistic option). I'm sure he'll…
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User Interface Guidelines?
It would be great if Onshape would publish a set of User Interface Guidelines like other mature platforms. I find myself often thinking I should try to emulate first party features with things that I'm developing, but then I wonder how much of some of them are legacy results of adding functionality and not wanting to break…
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Query based on "direction" or relative angle from reference selection?
I'll preface this by saying I think we should have a mega-thread where people can ask "how do I write a query variable for this"… I've been making some configurable designs that use hexagons (bestagons) and have run into this a few times: I want to get the faces (actual faces of extruded bodies and polygon faces) that…
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Assembly mirror, how to control orientation of asymmetric parts in a mirrored subassembly?
When using the assembly mirror feature to mirror a subassembly I often see parts with a wrong orientation. And I can't figure out how to change the orientation of those parts. The placement type option in the mirror strategy is grayed out for parts within the subassembly. What am I missing?
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copy and paste features with ctl+c and ctl+v from one part studio tab to another
I want to select, copy, and paste multiple features like sketch, extrude, chamfer with ctl+c and ctl+v from one part studio tab to another, but it does not seem to be working for me. It's like nothing is getting copied to the clipboard. I'm using the chrome browser. Any clues why this is not working, I know I can use…
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For a composite part in a part studio, how can I find the feature that created that part?
Hello Onshapers, For a composite part in a part studio created by a Composite part feature (vs derived), how can I find that feature that created it? I would expect cross-highlighting between the feature list and parts list, but that doesn't happen for composite parts. With sufficient discipline, when creating a composite…
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drawing is printing a lot smaller than object measures in onshape
I apologize, I'm new at this, so I am still learning. I didn't want to ask for help since I need to know this, but I've tried for the past 3 days and I'm getting no where. I get everything created in Onshape, export it to an STL file, and open it in Bambu Studio. When I go to print it, it is less than half the indicated…
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Improvements to Onshape - February 20, 2026
This update marks a major milestone with the introduction of Model Based Definition, enabling an entirely new approach to communicating manufacturing intent directly within your 3D models. Alongside MBD, you'll find a host of CAD improvements that streamline your design workflow, and the AI Advisor is now built into…
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Flattening a bowl
i am an Onshape newbie. I have had others design stuff for me and I would often watch but now i want to achieve a degree of proficiency. The goal of this exercise is to create a bowl and to add cover for it. The cover should be split into 6 lobes that are sewn or glued together. I may add a sewing edge (or lace the edges…
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LLM powered Autocomplete
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/onshape_ai-in-cad-doesnt-need-hype-it-needs-data-activity-7442589890086690817-lwqe As I commented on LinkedIn, "I'm excited to see this step, but isn't this where Copilot was 4 years ago? I'm writing whole features using Codex/ChatGPT with local clones of the standard library and…
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Moving a part to a different part of the plane
How do I select an entire part to move it out of the way… I created a part (on the top plane), created a mirror of the part, then wanted to enlarge the original part, but it now overlaps the mirrored part.. I just want to move part 1 over to allow the enlargement. I see that a "triad" is supposed to show up but none does…
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Line not appearing on sketch
Good evening, apologies for the absolute NEWB question. I was attempting to complete the online tutorial and when I attempted to draw the sample part, I can not get a line to appear. I select sketch, front plane and the line option on the tool bar, it gives me the cross hairs to start a line, but nothing shows up when…
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Custom Feature: Gear Rack
Realized I needed to design two gear racks for a robotics project, and rather than spend 20 minutes doing it manually, I wrote up a custom feature to automate it with some quality of life features (helical/herringbone teeth, fast regeneration, alignment stuff, blah blah blah) Snag it here if you'd like! 100 tooth regen…
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Subassembly in top level has errors, but at the subassembly there are none. How do I diagnose?
In the top level, I have this. The Linear Pattern 1 is highlighted. When I hover, it says "Mate overdefines the assembly". In the subassembly, all is well. How do I troubleshoot which mate is a problem in the top level, as specified in the error message? Here are the top level mates. Here is a link to the model.…
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No border or geometry in new drawing
My attempts to create a drawing from a part result in a blank screen. New drawing tab is created but there's no geometry or drawing border. Result is the same whether I try to create 4-view drawing, or creating a blank drawing then inserting the desired view. In the tree I can look at Sheet 1 properties. Format is "Custom"…
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key chain with apple logo
key chain with apple logo
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what happens after I stop renewing professional lincense?
Hi Onshape, currently, I have a professional license. I have build a library of parts and drawings. In the event of stop renewing the license, Just wondering: 1. What will happen to my content? will all my content become publicly accessible? 2. Do I need to download the content and back them up separately if I still want…
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New Custom Feature: Hole Row
Make a row of holes. Specify depth, diameter, spacing, offset, affected bodies, and symmetry, without a sketch! Featurescript https://cad.onshape.com/documents/66ce4c4209c4da7929ad086d/w/4d77fbc41af171917cc4e3b6/e/716e513e17c51868c34d980f
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Challenging sketch constraint with variable text - not mission critical!
I have a use case where I'm populating a text block from a configuration variable to emboss onto a face and depending on the length of the text it either breaks out either horizontally or vertically. Plenty of ways to work around it but I'm curious if there's a "pure" sketch constraint approach… I'm probably going with an…
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Is there a way to make holes in a non linear face
Hey, I'm modeling a lamp with a kind of spherical lampshade, is there a way to drill holes in it once its created and if not is there a way to bend a cylinder with the holes already on to shape it right ? here is my model so far if you want to have a look at it. Thanks guys :)
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parts or derived objects scaling
why every tutorial on the internet about scaling parts or derived objects talk only about scale factor, this is cad software, we do things with precision, scaling is a basic operation for such a software, we need to scale with specific dimension, referencing should have freedom from any points not by scale factor like they…