What's New: Edit Sketch Pattern, Configuration Visibility Conditions, Frames and Forms Search Library Filter

This release contains a wide variety of features and improvements to usability, Configurations, Drawings, Render Studio, and more. Let's dive right in!

CAD Improvements

Edit Sketch Pattern

In sketch patterns, such as linear and circular patterns, you can now add and remove instances and sketch entities after initial creation.

Configuration Visibility Conditions

New options rules are available to dial in which values should be present based on other inputs. Human-readable parameters now show when values are collapsed. A new undo/redo function is at the bottom of the screen and the right-side preview provides greater clarity now that the panel shows "hidden values" by default.

Frames and Forms Library Search Filter

When inserting Frame elements or Sheet metal Forms from your library, you can search by name, size and configuration, rather than scrolling through dropdown lists.

Curve Deviation

Onshape introduces the Curve deviation tool, designed to streamline the process of checking curve alignments. Accessible via the Analysis tools in a Part studio, it provides instant feedback on minimum and maximum deviations.

Hide or Show Before Setting Assembly Context

It is now possible to hide or show components before setting the initial context for your Part studio, which is essential for in-context design.

Variable Studios

As with configurations from the last update, you can easily reorder values and Variable Studios in the Variables panel, as well as collapse and expand all.

Workspace Units

Mixing different unit systems in your Workspace is now possible.

Material Units

Mixing unit systems for material libraries allows for preferred units and simplifies the import and export of custom material libraries.

Export Inner Loops for Flattened Surfaces

Surface flattening has been enhanced to support inner edges during the export process.

Drawing Improvements

Negative Dimension Values

Change the value of a sketch dimension relation to a negative value.

Copy and Paste Table Data

You may now copy and paste individual cell and table data in many ways; both internal to an Onshape drawing, or external to a spreadsheet or text editing application.

Locked Header Row for Inspection Table

The top row of the Inspection list is fixed in place for better readability when viewing long inspection lists.

Data Management Improvements

List View Column Sorting and Part Highlight

Improved sorting options by Part number, Revision, and State in List view. Additionally, when opening from List view, Structure view or search results, individual components appear in Isolate mode within a multi-part studio.

Assign a Task to Multiple Users

Multiple users can be assigned to a single task, allowing one to complete that task.

Document Recovery

In the rare situation that a document needs recovery, the rich Onshape history is at your disposal, with new automatic options that appear if Onshape detects a slowdown that recovery can benefit.

Render Studio Improvements

Folder Improvements

Customer Support Improvements

Contact Support

The Contact Support tool has been redesigned to support selective capture and includes an expandable text area for more descriptive details. In addition to the internal markup toolset, it supports external markups and attachments.

Please take a moment to try out these new features and improvements and leave your comments in the Onshape Forums post. For a detailed list of all the changes in this update, please see the changelog.

Remember: The updates listed here are now live for all users when creating new Documents. Over the next few days, these features will also be available in Documents created before this update.