What’s New: Mixed Modeling, Replicate Tool, In-Context Editing

We have been busy with our second release for April. This release brings a lot of improvements including mixed modeling! Check it out.

CAD IMPROVEMENTS

MIXED MODELING

Onshape now allows mixed modeling techniques with imported meshes.

REPLICATION IMPROVEMENTS

The powerful Replicate tool is more flexible with components that have mates to other components in the assembly.

IN-CONTEXT EDITING IMPROVEMENTS

In-context references now indicate when they might be out-of-date, and highlight specific references depending on the current context being edited.

DRAWING IMPROVEMENTS

DRAWING REFERENCE IMPROVEMENTS

Model version references update independently from the sheets panel.

PROJECTED VIEW FROM AN AUXILIARY VIEW

You can now create projected views from an auxiliary view.

SPLIT CUT LIST TABLE

You can now split Cut List tables in Drawings.

DEFAULT HATCH OPTION PREVIEW

Inside Drawing properties > Views > Section views the Hatch Pattern options now include a thumbnail preview.

STYLE PANEL IMPROVEMENTS

The Style Panel now includes geometric tolerances and notes.

MOBILE IMPROVEMENTS

REPLICATION IN IOS

Replicate is now fully supported in the iOS Onshape App.

RENDERING IMPROVEMENTS

EXPLODED VIEWS IN RENDERING

Render Studio can now import Exploded Views.

Please take a moment to try out these new features and improvements and leave any 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 Onshape Documents and over the next few days these features will also be available in Documents created before the date of this update.