This is the best tutorial I've found so far for someone like myself (a complete newbie to OnShape). David, you're an excellent instructor - well-spoken, easy to listen to. You cover everything in detail, so there are no frustrating, "I wonder how you do this?" or "I wonder what that does?" I'm able to follow your lead and emulate everything you do, learning as I go. The result is, I feel a sense of accomplishment and I feel like I understand what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. I often hear it said that the OnShape interface is relatively 'clean', but it can be daunting - all the tools and how to use them - especially to a newcomer. Thanks again for a job well-done; looking forward to the remaining tutorials in the series!
Can't agree more. Best Introductory tutorial on this software. Once I learned this, it was quite fast and easy to go around tools and construct models swiftly.
when u were explaining the format of the video at the start i was shouting YESS!! this is what i want thank you, to many "tutorials" explain a whole lotta things, at the start and we dont even use 90% of it so we forget it immediately,, explaining as u go is def the best method, great video on to the next one i go, also just realized this video 6 yrs old now, ITS STILL HELPFUL ! thank you
Your tutorials seem to be appropriately paced for me. While I have been proficient with AutoCad 2D back in 2005, I am new to 3D CAD. I have watched other tutorials for Onshape but most don't explain enough about the mouse clicks to get the desired outcome. I will be recommending your videos to my colleagues.
this series of tutorials helped me out so much. Thank you! i havnt used a cad program in over 20 years. i have just gotten into 3d printing and earlier this week i tried to make something in tinkercad. it frustrated me so much that i looked for something else. yesterday i came accross onshape and used your tutorials to make the object i needed. i wanted to recreate a hard drive bracket out of an OEM PC so that instead of fitting a hard drive it now fits an SSD. thanks to your tutorials and a bit of google i was able to design the part in about 6 hours. now all i need to do is print it out and find out i have made a ton of mistakes. but thats all part of the fun :D im super proud of my design and so surprised that i was able to make it in one evening. thanks for all the help
amazing tutorial - and OnShape seems to be far more intuitive (and yet with definable constraints) than most every other "Baby's first CAD" program - thanks !
DANG the way you explain everything is so easy and simple to understand I found my jaw dropped because it makes so much sense XD (ive been fidgeting with Onshape for the past two days very unsuccessfully)
Really well explained... Finally trying a few progs other than sketchup - just for fun... I had a v quick go on my own last week - just seemed strange to me... tried along with you - and have totally got a feel for it now.... I can see thats its not a completely different animal to sketchup - just a distant cousin! Right on to the next one - Bravo!
I am currently using a software called TinkerCAD since all my designs are in 2D. I convert my drawings so I can output them to my 3D printer or CNC router. Thank you for making this video series. This year I am making a 3D picture to give out as presents in December, where when you move your head the picture moves with you. My design is beyond the capabilities of TinkerCAD. So far it looks like Onshape will be able to create my design.
At last someone with the correct skills to teach people how to use OnShape. Not like most others that might know the program but have no teaching skills. Now for the rest. Thank you very much.
exactly what I needed, I watched other videos, but they all assume we have some experience/understanding. You start by explaining what is skech and other very simple stuff. I was fitghting with the software like why is it that Ican't move that line, why is it not centered around the origine, now everyting make sense.
Awesome video tutorial, and easy to follow in the IPad Pro. Will subscribe to see more tutorials how to use Onshape. Thank you for making the tutorial.
Thank you for your tutorial videos...I am new to Onshape and found these to be very helpful. Question: I made a double helix candle holder out of wood (using lathe, chisels, etc. to hollow middle section) and am trying to sketch the shape in Onshape. The candle holder has a total height of 8.5" and is divided into 3 parts...base taper section, middle helix section, and top reverse taper section. The base is 2" in diameter and tapers to approx. 1.5" with a section height of 1.5". The middle section is the double helix and this section of the candle holder is 6" heigh. The double helix spiral is hollow down the middle (as if you wind 2 wires around a tube then remove the tube). The last section is the top and is 1" in height. It has a reverse (upward taper)...with an end hole of 1 9/16" in diameter and 1/8" deep where the candle sits. I am trying to (1) figure out how to construct each of the sections and have them connect to each other, (2) how to add 2 helix paths that do not intersect each other (offset paths) and (3) how to "hollow out" the double helix middle section so that the middle (vertical plane) is hollow between the 2 helix paths. This link is an example of a double helix (twist) of a goblet...similar to what my candle holder looks like (the top section is different though as mine is a candle holder not a goblet...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bl45nkMaYvY.html Thank you so much for any help/suggestions/ideas/etc. that you may be able to provide.
The simplest things are valuable. Didn’t know I could enter inch dimensions and have it calculate for me the mm. I have been using a calculator all this time.
When I right click, the browser's context menu overwrites the onshape context menu, so I can't see or use it. How do I fix that? Why is that not happening to you?
Drwng my first Sketch; I wound up with an extraneous line. How to DELETE? [I selected[only the line]...then Delete; everything vanished. ?]. How Delete one item? Thanks!
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How does one change the background color of my sketch? My background is black and dimensions and other things do not show. I want to change it to a white background.
What happens if you loose internet connection? (since this is web browser ). How about working with customers native format cad files? (solid works, autodesk, step, sti, obj?) will you be able load them easily into Onshape? Will you able open large cad files 1-2 Gb in size? Can you use 3d controller such us 3dconnexion?Do Onshape has CNC module build in, Final Element Analysis?? Thx
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Is there something in Onshape like 3d Spline tool in Solidworks? The 3d spline in onshape is very easy, straightforward and simple to use. Since I am relatively new to Onshape I am curious if there is something like that in Onshape. I need to complete a project where there are lot of multi-plane lines to be drawn.
Hey just getting started but after registering as student and opening browser I try to create a sketch by choosing a plane but then the sketch tools are not available. What could be wrong ? Great videos thanks.
Is the sketch always shown separate in the feature tree from the object? Is there a way to combine the two, so the sketch is embedded in the object instead of shown separate, and by clicking on the object in the feature tree, you automatically get the associated sketch? If you make a part with dozens or even hundreds of features, this separated approach would be very cumbersome. It already is, and I'm messing with a multi-body part that only has about 40 features.
Whenever I click sketch and the plane then click the tick the sketch just disappears but is still an entity on the default geometry list. Can someone help?
What are you trying to accomplish? Doing just what you described, you just create an empty sketch. Before clicking the green check button, you'll want to create your lines, circles, squares, etc. Hope that helps.