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Lesson Idea 5: 3D Print Spinning Tops
Happy Wednesday everyone! Here is a fun idea to design at home and then 3D print. I'd love to hear how you plan to teach remote/hybrid classes with hands on components. Curriculum Idea: Students design, 3D print, and test spinning tops Topic area: Design for 3D printing, Physics Description: Assign students the task of…
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NEW Learning Pathway for Education Enterprise
Hi Everyone! I'm excited to announce that there is a new learning pathway in the Learning Center for instructors with the Education Enterprise plan. This course will help you setup and get started with your new Education Enterprise. Check it out here! If you don't already have an Education Enterprise and are interested,…
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Lesson Idea 4: 2L Water Rocket
Here's a fourth idea for a lesson around a model from the PTC Academic team! We would love to hear any feedback or see lessons that you use in your classrooms. Curriculum Idea: Learning about Physics, Assemblies, and Configurable Parts Topic area: Rockets Description: This project involves having the students do some…
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Lesson Idea 3: Molecule Modeling
Hi everyone. Here's our third installment of lesson ideas from the PTC Academic team! Curriculum Idea: Use CAD to model chemical compounds Topic area: Assembly and Modeling Description: This project focuses on using simple 3D models of atoms to create molecules. The DNA molecule is one of the most interesting and can be…
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Lesson Idea 2: Design a Next Gen Personal Vehicle
Hi Everyone! Here's the next idea in our series of lessons that the PTC Academic team wants to share. We'd love to hear any feedback that you might have. Feel free to share any lessons that you have created or transitioned to Onshape! Curriculum Idea: Capstone Design Project Topic area: Next Gen Transportation/ Electric…
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Onshape Education Enterprise - Onboarding Sessions for Administrators and Educators
Hi Everyone! We're very excited about all of the Educators choosing to use Onshape Education Enterprise this year for their classes. In this thread I'll be posted information on upcoming sessions as well as recordings from previous sessions. Previous Recordings: NOTE: If you are the enterprise owner and primary facilitator…
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Onshape Education Enterprise FREE - COVID-19 Response
Hello Educators, We understand that the COVID-19 health pandemic has caused a lot of financial and emotional strain on educators. In an effort to alleviate this burden, Onshape will continue to provide the Education Standard plan free, and will also provide its newest education offering - the Education Enterprise plan -…
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Introducing Onshape Education Enterprise
Educators, we are excited to bring you a new education plan: Onshape Education Enterprise It’s a plan built specifically for schools and universities that wish to give large groups of their students access to CAD in the same way that a product development company would want an enterprise account for multiple users across…
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CAD Furniture Design
This Furniture Design Challenge is a middle school project I use with my Gateway to Technology (GTT) courses. It is a great way to close out the year after your students have some CAD foundations and experience with Extrude, Revolve, Loft, Patterns, etc. I had students take the models a step further and upload rendered…
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Under 13 accounts/ age restriction
I teach 3D CAD to 11 to 18-year-olds in a UK secondary school. The main factor stopping me from adopting Onshape as the primary CAD system is the issue of the under 13 age restriction. Would it be possible to have an education version where teachers can monitor and control file shares/permissions? I believe the social…
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Why the Onshape certificate does not have a reference License number?
I just completed the "Learning Pathway" for "Onshape Fundamentals-CAD" and I received a Certificate of Completion. Thank you for this interesting training. My query is why the certificate does not have a reference number? License number?
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F1 In Schools and Onshape
I am new to Onshape but would like to use it next year if I am teaching F1 In Schools (in Australia) . Question- Are there any teachers out there using Onshape for this Task and which Apps do you prefer?
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FeatureScript and students
Hi, As a Design and Technology College teacher from Y7 through to Year 12 (Australia) I was wondering if a 'Feature Script' could be developed/made to 'Only' allow certain comands to be visible so that young students could focus on the skill set on 'display'?....or are there ways to 'turn off' skill sets? ...by the way…