1A: Onshape Fundamentals - Section 1

Exercise 0: Setup and Navigating Onshape

Warning

Make sure you made a copy of the 1A Exercises Document before starting this exercise. You can find the link to the document in the 1A Setup section.

Navigating in a Part Studio

Using the document you copied on the previous page, follow along with the video. Mess around with the controls till you feel comfortable with it before moving on.

Navigating in Onshape

Basic Controls

• The right mouse button rotates the model view.
• The middle mouse button pans the view.
• The mouse scroll wheel zooms the view.
• Holding Ctrl + Right Click allows you to pan
• Holding Alt + Right Click allows you to rotate flat

Keep in mind

You’ll probably not remember all of the controls right away, try each one at a time, and mess around with these controls to achieve what you need.

Navigating to Different Exercises

The folders in the bottom store the exercises. Open the part studio named “Exercise 1” in Section 1, Exercise 1 and move on to the next page.

Tab Types

Part studios, assemblies, and drawings are all different tabs within a document. You design custom parts referencing each other within part studios, then put it all together with buyable components and fasteners in the assemblies.