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  • Free Onshape Projects with instruction sheets, drawings and step by step videos available

    Hi, I am a retired teacher and have developed a series of instructional projects for teaching Onshape in the classroom or online. Each project has a free downloadable instruction sheet with dimensioned drawings and link to step by step videos. There are projects for making parts, assemblies and animations. Projects like a…

  • Placing multiple copies of a part within an assembly

    I have a fairly basic issue that I haven't been able to figure out from the support pages. I have an assembly where I have already laid out more than 40 mate connectors, and I want to place a copy of the same part on each of these connectors. I just don't know the "efficient" way to do it. For what it's worth, here is a…

  • Copying an assembly into a new document to create a customised version.

    Hi All, Apologies in advance for the length of this "question"! It's giving me a headache just re-reading it! I want to create a customised version (Assy2) of an existing assembly (Assy1) but in a separate document. I'm going to jump straight in with a detailed example.. I created a new document (Let's call it "Doc2") and…

  • Part falls apart when inserting into assembly

    When I create a complex part in the Part Studio, and then import it into an Assembly, when I manipulate the part to attach it to the rest of the parts in the Assembly, it loses it's cohesiveness, and only the specific piece of the part which includes the attachment will be attached, and the rest of the part is left behind.…

  • Unable to create document, Onshape not connected.

    I'm having some trouble this morning creating documents and opening documents. First I am unable to create a new part studio but onshape recording that new documents are being added. Second, Onshape is not connected? Anyone else experiencing these problems this morning?