We have another jam-packed update for you today! It includes major new pieces of functionality, as well as improvements to features you use every day. Let's get started.
ONSHAPE PROFESSIONAL
PCB STUDIO
We are excited to announce the beta launch of our new PCB Studio, now available to all Onshape Professional and Enterprise users. With support for industry-standard PCB file formats and dedicated circuit board component libraries, this new functionality makes it easier than ever to collaborate with engineers designing printed circuit boards.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
INTERSECTION CURVE
Create a curve at the intersection of surfaces.
DRIVEN VARIABLES
Use measurements to drive variables.
NESTED FEATURE FOLDERS
Feature folders in a Part Studio can now be nested.
MATE LIMIT ICON
Mate limits are now reflected in the Assembly instance list with a new icon next to the mate.
DRAWING IMPROVEMENTS
DETAIL VIEW IMPROVEMENTS
Detail Views can now be defined using a closed spline or polygon. In the past, it was only possible to define a Detail View using a circle.
OVERRIDE BOM VALUE
Manually override any value in a cell of a Bill of Materials in a Drawing as long as the Part Number is defined in the row.
LEARNING CENTER IMPROVEMENTS
Videos and exercises in eight different Learning Center self-paced courses have been updated to include training on features like Selective Merge and Partial Sheet Metal Flanges. Updates have also been made to five Technical Briefings. To learn more about what is new in the Onshape Learning Center, click below.
Course Updates
Detailed Drawings course
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An update to the Centerline video to include how to automatically generate centerlines in views.
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An update to the Section and Detail View video to include new label leader options.
Branching and Merging course
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Updates to the merging videos and exercises to include the new Selective Merge options.
Navigating Onshape course
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An update to the Documents page video to include sorting search results.
Advanced Part Design course
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Update to the Boolean video to include the Keep tools option.
Part Design Using Part Studios course
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An update to the Hole feature video to include “Tapered Pipe Hole” as a selection option when choosing hole type.
Simultaneous Sheet Metal course
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An update to the Flange video to describe how to model partial flanges.
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An update to the Toolbox exercise to include the new partial flange feature.
Document Management course
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Updates to the Advanced search video to include sorting options.
Onshape Surfacing course
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Update to the Ruled surface video to include the new cubic interpolation option.
Technical Briefing Updates
Please take a moment to try out these new features and improvements and leave your comments in the Onshape Forum. 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 the date of this update.