What’s New: Onshape Labs FeatureScript Co-Complete, Persistent Center of Mass, MBD Updates

This update introduces a host of new productivity enhancements to better streamline your experience in Onshape.

CAD

Persistent Center of Mass for Part Studio & Drawings

Users can now make the center of mass persistently visible for any part in a Part Studio, allowing for independent and permanent visibility. This feature also supports Composite parts by displaying a combined center of mass that updates in real time as designs or materials change.

Additionally, the center of mass is now a toggle that can display the center of mass symbol on each drawing view, which you can dimension to for improved design documentation.

Frame Attributes for End Caps & Gussets

This release expands the automatic process to include attributes from end caps and gussets, provided they are created before the Cut list feature in the feature list. The update is intended to accelerate the frame creation process.

Map Variable Auto-Complete

Users can now more quickly reference the values from a Map variable by their key name by typing the name of the variable, followed by the period or an open bracket. Then, all the user needs to do is simply select the appropriate key-value pair from the drop-down list, saving time when using these types of variables in Onshape.

In-Context Show Internal Geometry

When working in-context, there is now an option to “Show internal geometry,” which will change the transparency of the in-context graphics to show the internal geometry of those components. You can also now select internal edges by holding down the Alt key. This makes it easier to focus on the in-context elements that are most important to your design workflow.

Model-Based Definition

MBD Updates

This release introduces two new enhancements to Model-Based Definition capabilities. The first allows users to add datums directly to any side of geometric tolerance frames for improved feature control. Additionally, the platform now enables users to share specific parts with filtered MBD data via a link icon next to the document title, facilitating faster communication of critical information among contributors.

Drawings

ISO 21920 Surface Finish Symbols

Onshape has introduced ISO 21920 standard surface finish symbols to help users meet specific manufacturing requirements for themselves and their clients. The update includes options for Basic, material removal required, and material removal prohibited symbols.

Document Management

Allow Multiple Users View a Release Draft

Other members of your team can now view release drafts to review any part numbers, properties, release names, notes, and approvers before a formal release is completed. This means more people can verify the information in a release is correct before the release is finalized.

Link to Versions from the Revision History Dialog

Onshape now provides a hyperlink to the released version of an item from the Revision history dialog. This streamlines the process of reviewing and comparing previous revisions of a design.

Feature Studio

Top-Level Navigation

Top-level navigation is a new feature in Feature Studios that makes it easier to find specific keywords in your custom features. Likewise, the symbols use different visual queues for the different types of keywords.

Find & Replace

Search in Feature Studios now supports replace across multiple Feature Studios in a workspace. Regular expressions and capture group references are supported.

setProperty Setting Materials With More Properties

Within your custom features, you can now add additional material properties with setProperty for the physical characteristics of the material, such as yield strength, Young's modulus, tensile strength, etc.

Administration and User Settings

Onshape Labs & FeatureScript Co-Complete Settings

You can choose to enable Onshape Labs features using multiple methods found in the help documentation here. Once you agree to the terms of use, you can select which experimental features to enable.

The first of these Labs features is available to enable for FeatureScript Co-complete.

Context Menu Actions for Users

New context menu options are available when managing users. These include adding multiple users to a team in one right clip option and the ability to create a new team when selecting multiple users. These options streamline the process of managing users and the teams they belong to.

Custom Application Workflows

Custom applications can now be managed more easily through a workflow that allows users to change the status at any time. A custom application can move through Active, Depreciated, Trashed, and Deleted. This provides better control over which custom applications you and your users have access to.

PCB Studio

PCB Studio to Use Onshape Picker

When working within PCB Studio, users can now utilize the standard picker dialog when selecting parts and assemblies. This provides access to familiar options like configuration selection.

CAM Studio

New machine added to CAM studio. Datron M8Cude with Next controller

Onshape Labs

FeatureScript Co-Complete

FeatureScript Co-Complete, available through Onshape Labs, provides context-aware inline suggestions that understand your entire Feature Studio and automatically complete valid variables, queries, and syntax, helping you create custom features faster.

Learning Center Updates

Self-Guided Onshape Bootcamp

Jump-start your Onshape journey with our Self-Guided Onshape Bootcamp (English) course. Now designed to mirror the experience of our instructor-led Bootcamps, this comprehensive crash course helps you quickly learn Onshape’s powerful tools, unique benefits, and core workflows at your own pace.

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 are available via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and are released in the days following the update.