What’s New: Mate Connector on a Mate Connector, Explicit Lights in Render Studio Advanced, URDF Mate Limit Support for Robotics Applications

This release introduces new user interface enhancements and workflows across the board to help make your daily work more efficient, plus an illuminating new explicit Light experience for Render Studio Advanced users.

CAD Improvements

Mate Connectors Referencing a Mate Connector

Onshape has introduced the ability for Mate Connectors to directly reference other Mate Connectors, enhancing design intelligence and robustness. This capability works in both Part Studios and Assemblies. This can make it easier to access deeply nested Mate Connectors at the assembly level and provide more convenient references for mates.

Type Filter for MBD Inspection Table

The MBD (model-based definition) inspection table now includes a type filter, making it easier to sort and review inspection data by annotation type.

AI Advisor Markdown Rendering

AI Advisor now properly renders markdown code blocks, improving readability of code snippets and technical responses.

Drawings Improvements

Hatch Halos for Annotations

Halos now appear around the border of annotations that cross over, or reside overtop of hatched areas on a drawing, so they are not obscured by the hatch pattern. This makes drawings with complex hatch patterns easier to detail and more readable.

PCB Studio Improvements

Hole Filtering Support

PCB Studio now supports hole filtering, allowing you to more precisely control which holes are included in your board layout.

CAM Studio Improvements

Setup Dialog Redesign

The CAM Setup operation has been converted to a native Onshape-style feature dialog, improving consistency and usability across the platform.

Render Studio Improvements

Explicit Lights

Render Studio Advanced now supports explicit lights, giving you direct control over light placement, type, and intensity for more precise and creative scene illumination.

Import / Export Improvements

URDF Improvements

URDF export has been expanded with frames, tool center points (TCPs), cleaner joint definitions, and more consistent naming. Mesh exports now support adjustable tessellation quality for STL and GLTF, making it easier to move from CAD to simulation and control with simulator‑ready geometry.

Enterprise Improvements

Enterprise Analytics

Enterprise Analytics introduces a new dashboard experience. Changes include UI improvements, particularly in filtering and navigation.

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. Mobile app interface updates occur via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and happen in the days following the update.