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drawing standards

Discussion List

  • Insert drawing views of standard content

    Our company catalog division has a lot of manuals made from Solidworks era that need updated post-move to Onshape and we're making extensive use of the standard content library fasteners these days instead of maintaining a custom fastener library like we used to have to. The question is, how can I make an Ikea style manual…

  • Can I set an offset between the dimension line and the part?

    I miss the option to have the same distance between the part and the dimension line consistent throughout the drawing. In Inventor there was a simple setting that allowed quick dimensioning. Is there already an Improvement Request? I would be satisfied to vote for it.

  • Threading a shaft

    I see there has been some discussion about cosmetic threading, but I am only interested in a normal drawing representation of a shaft thread on a normal production drawing. I have a university assignment to prooduce a drawing of a spindle shaft, and can't see a way to create the thread on the shaft unless I draw each line…