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svenolov_nystrom PRO
Design engineer age 73 live in Örebro Sweden.
Running a one man design engineering company,
Working with mining equipment , drill rigs, bolting, mechanical and hydraulics.
Working with R&D wich includes concept studies . Onshape is a very great tool when you looking for new designs. Easy to branch and evaluate concept.
Cad experiences Onshape 9 year
Pro-engineer 12 year Autocad 3-5 years Medusa 8 years
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Annoying behavior in the feature list
When I search for a feature (for example a Mate Connector) in the feature search field and select it so it turns blue in the feature list, everything works as expected. However, when I press X and cl… (View Post)1 -
Re: Improvements to Onshape - February 20, 2026
MBD represents a real shift in workflow. With properly defined model-based data, traditional drawings become optional in many cases. Modern CNC and sheet-metal systems are increasingly capable of con… (View Post)1 -
Expandable tags
I like the tags to be be expandable . Ex a tag should have a subset at least one level. TAG001 —-TAGG002 —-TAG003 —-TAG004 A very simple description but I think you clever gays get it. (View Post)1 -
Re: Improvements to Onshape - September 19th, 2025
Folders and nested folders is a legacy from The early days of Microsoft window's. It makes no sense in a database driven Onshape. A better way to sort documents would be using tags and maybe nes… (View Post)2 -
Onshape versus Blender.
I have recently worked on a project reconstruction of a historic Bask rock drill Made in1960. It is the first as we know mechanical drill rig. Modeling are made with Onshape. And animation made in BL… (View Post)1
