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  • 0-9

    2 point centerline
    2 point centerline tool icon
    One of the tools for creating sheet geometry in Drawings, which are outside of a view and meant to represent some part of the 3D model. This tool creates a centerline between two points, including the end points on another 2-point linear centerline.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing tools
  • 2 point circle centerline
    2 Point Circle Icon
    One of the tools for creating sheet geometry in Drawings, which are outside of a view and meant to represent some part of the 3D model. This tool creates a circular centerline using two points.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing tools
  • 2 point linear dimension
    2 point linear dimension tool icon
    Allows you to place a dimension between any two points in a Drawing view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing tools
  • 32-bit indices
     
    A WebGL extension used to optimize rendering performance. Lack of 32-bit index support may result in decreased rendering performance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • 3 point angular dimension
    3 point angular dimension feature icon
    Allows you to place an angular dimension between three points in a Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing Dimensions
  • 3 point arc
    3-point arc icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to sketch an arc by defining the two end points and then the radius point.
    Keyboard Shortcut: a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • 3 point circle
    3-point circle icon
    A Sketch and Drawing tool that allows you to sketch a circle by defining three points along its circumference.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing tools
  • 3 point circle centerline
    3 point circle centerline tool icon
    One of the tools for creating sheet geometry in Drawings, which are outside of a view and meant to represent some part of the 3D model. This tool creates a circular centerline for a circle diameter.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing tools
  • 3D fit spline
    3D fit spline icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to create a spline through a series of vertices.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • A

    Abbe number
     
    Controls the approximate measure of the material's dispersion (change of refractive index versus wavelength).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Global (Appearance submenu)
  • About
     
    Opens a page displaying information about the Onshape software.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Help menu
  • Acceleration (Simulation)
    Simulation load tool acceleration icon
    Simulates the effect of a static, uniform, linear acceleration acting on an instance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Load (Simulation)
  • Accept command
    Accept command icon
    Records the actions taken in the dialog box and closes the box.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Enter
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Accept and repeat command
     
    Records the actions taken in the dialog box and keeps the dialog open for another (similar) action.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+Enter
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Account Menu
     
    The Account menu found on the top right corner of the Onshape software, which shows your name. Items within this menu may be: My Account, Action items, View support tickets, Switch to [enterprise] account (if you have an enterprise account), and Sign out, depending your Onshape subscription type.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Action items
     
    Action items are a sortable list of tasks that can be assigned by you or to you by another user within your Company/Enterprise. They can be release tasks or comments and can have the status of open or closed. Action items show up on the Enterprise tab bar at the top of the Onshape application.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: Enterprise, Professional
    See Also: Account menu
  • Activity
     
    Activity is one of the Page tabs displayed across the top of the window in an Enterprise account. Here you can browse all Onshape activity of your Enterprise users. If you are not an administrator of your subscription, you see only your own Activity stream.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Add appearance to feature (context menu when feature selected)
     
    Allows you to assign a color to a feature (face or part).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Appearance panel
  • Add comment (context menu when part selected)
     
    Opens the Comments panel from the Document panel, where you can add a comment for the selected feature.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Add comment (context menu when plane selected)
     
    Opens the Comments panel from the Document panel, where you can add a comment for the selected plane.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Add custom features
    add custom features icon
    Allows you to add a custom feature to your toolbar from a document version. Custom features are written in FeatureScript.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Add selection to folder (context menu when feature selected)
     
    Opens the New Folder dialog where you specify the folder name. The currently selected feature is added into the folder.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Administrator
     
    A user with the ability to add and remove users to an organization and to change permissions for users within an organization.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: Professional Company, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Ai denoiser
     
    A selection submenu that controls the Deep Learning-based Denoiser, which uses Artificial Intelligence to remove noise from rendered images. Parameters are Available to use, Enabled, Start iteration, and Denoise alpha. Another optional parameter is Maximum memory.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Aligned rectangle
    Aligned sketch rectangle icon
    Sketch a rectangle, starting with a line and ending with the perpendicular distance of the aligned side.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Aligned section view
    Aligned section view icon
    A section view in which some portions of the view have been cut on a plane not parallel to the view plane and those portions have been rotated onto the view plane.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawings
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Analytics
     
    Analytics is one of the Page tabs displayed across the top of the window in an Enterprise account. Here you can browse statistics for user and documents within the enterprise.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Animation (Simulation)
    Play icon
    A toggle button below the Simulation color scale used to run and stop the simulation. When run, the simulation loops until the animation button is pressed again.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Anisotropic texture filtering
     
    A WebGL extension used to provide high-quality texture rendering in the 3D scene.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Anisotropy
     
    The attributes of an object that allow it to change or assume different physical appearances based on different directions, in opposition to isotropy. With respect to Render Studio, this has to do with how light reflects off the surface of parts at different angles / directions. This is useful, for example, to show brushing direction for brushed metal, which is highly anisotropic.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Anisotropy rotation
     
    The orientation of the part's anisotropy.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Base (Appearance submenu)
  • Annotations
    Annotations icon
    Annotations allow you to edit the font, text height, arrowhead length and type, and color of each annotation type in your drawing: You can supply defaults for all annotations at once, or for individual Notes, Callouts, Datums, Geometric tolerances, Surface finish symbols, Weld symbols, Hole callouts, and Bend notes (for sheet metal) separately.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing properties
  • Aperture
     
    Settings for the simulated opening in a camera lens through which light passes.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • App store
     
    An Onshape-provided store consisting of 3rd-party applications you can use in conjunction with Onshape. Go to the App store for CAM, Simulation, Rendering, and more.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Applications (Insert new element menu)
     
    Opens the Onshape App Store where you can install additional applications to help you import files that are not native to Onshape. For example, Bill of Materials, CAM, Simulation, and Rendering.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Appearance
     
    Attribute combinations that apply the appearance characteristics to the part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Appearance (Editor submenu)
     
    A submenu where Appearance library entries and custom appearances are loaded.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Appearance
  • Appearance library
     
    All available pre-defined materials and building blocks for creating custom appearances.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Appearance
  • Appearance panel
    A panel to assign a color to a feature (face, part, or sketch). The Appearance panel contains a color palette and color mixer, as well as options for saving custom colors, and an option for changing the tessellation quality of the currently selected face or part,
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Tessellation
  • Appearance panel (Render Studio)
    Appearance panel icon
    An editable list of submenus and parameters that control the material of the selected part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Appearance (Selection submenu)
     
    A Selection submenu where an optional Appearance can be applied to the part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Selection
  • Aspect ratio
     
    Defines the render's aspect ratio between width and height. Options are: From View, 4x3, 16x9, and Custom.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Render options
  • Assembly
     
    A collection of instances of parts, sketches, surfaces, or subassemblies that defines both position and movement.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Assembly circular pattern
    Assembly circular pattern icon
    An Assembly tool used to pattern selected entities upon an axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Assembly linear pattern
    Assembly linear pattern icon
    An Assembly tool used to pattern selected entities linearly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Assembly toolbar
     
    A series of tools for creating mate connectors, mates, patterns, and relations for use in assembling parts.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Assign and preserve
     
    Right-click context menu option that applies an appearance to the part or part face, and preserves any attribute lower down in the Scene graph.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Assign material for "X" (context menu when part selected)
     
    Assign a material (and thereby, a density), as well as specify a custom density without assigning a material. Onshape provides a material library for your use, and you can also add (or remove) your own custom material libraries.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Mass (Properties Tool)
  • Assign to face
    Assign to face icon
    Context menu option when an appearance is dragged and dropped onto a part. Applies the Appearance to the face only.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Alt/Option+Shift+drag
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Appearance
  • Assign to part
    Assign to part icon
    Context menu option when an appearance is dragged and dropped onto a part. Applies the Appearance to the entire part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Alt/Option+drag
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Appearance
  • Assign to part and clear faces
    Assign to part and clear faces icon
    Context menu option when Appearance is dragged and dropped onto a part or Assembly. Applies the Appearance to the entire part, and overwrites any previously applied appearances, and any appearances on lower levels below the currently selected level in the scene graph.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Appearance
  • Auxiliary view
    Auxiliary view icon
    Create an auxiliary view; an orthographic view that is folded out 90 degrees from a selected edge in the parent view (usually from a slanted edge). Alternatively, you can create a sketch line or centerline about which to orient the auxiliary view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • B

    Back view
     
    The view that appears upon selecting the back side of the View cube in an Onshape document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+2
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Ball (Simulation panel)
    Simulation connection, ball icon
    Displays Ball Mate connections in the Assembly graphics area.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Ball mate
    ball mate icon
    A type of Mate in Onshape used to mate two entities allowing rotational movement about the X, Y, and Z axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Base (Appearance submenu)
     
    Provides base attributes for the part's appearance, which can be edited.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Appearance panel
  • Base color
     
    The part's main color.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Base (Appearance submenu)
  • Bearing (Simulation)
    Simulation load tool bearing icon
    Simulates the effect of a bearing load on the surfaces of an instance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Load (Simulation)
  • Bend relief
    bend relief icon
    In a sheet metal model, the small cut made where the bend end meets a free edge.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sheet metal model
  • Bezier
    Sketch bezier icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to create a multiple point bezier curve with points along its control polygon.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sketch tools, Spline point
  • Bill of Materials (Assembly)
    Assembly bill of materials icon
    Use the Onshape Bill of Materials (BOM) functionality to automatically create a BOM from any workspace Assembly. You can insert parts and assemblies into an Assembly post-release, from an Onshape version, or assemble the parts and sub-assemblies and then release the Assembly all at once.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Blue → Red (Simulation)
     
    Color range option used to display the Simulation color scale. Blue → Red uses a light blue to dark red color scale.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Color scale (Simulation)
  • Body draft
    body draft icon
    A Feature tool to apply a draft angle to one or more parts using a parting surface and a pull direction.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • BOM table
    BOM table icon
    Allows you to place a Bill of Materials (BOM) table from an Assembly into a Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: App Store
  • Bond all touching faces (Simulation panel)
     
    Simulation connection method where all Mates, including all Mate Simulation connections, are ignored. Any region of any instance that touches any region of any other instance are treated as bonded.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Method (Simulation panel)
  • Boolean
    boolean icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to modify parts by subtracting, intersecting, or merging parts or surfaces.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Bottom view
     
    The view that appears upon selecting the bottom side of the View cube in an Onshape document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+6
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Boundary surface
    Boundary surface icon
    Create or add a surface specified by its boundaries.
    Keyboard Shortcut:
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Branch
     
    A  named fork in the Version and history graph of a document. Branches fork at a version, end with a workspace, and can have zero to N sequentially stored versions on the branch.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Branched editing
     
    The ability for multiple users to edit different branches of the same document without impacting each others' work. When desired, two branches can be merged.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Break view
    Break view icon
    Shortens an existing drawing view by trimming out a portion of the existing view with a regular break.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Bridging curve
    bridging curve icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to create a Curve connecting any two points or vertices.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Broken-out section
    Broken-out section icon
    A Drawing view that modifies an existing view by cutting away a closed profile to a defined depth.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Browse for attachment
     
    Allows you to search for an attachment on your connected device to add into a comment.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Browser
     
    The application used to view websites, specifically to view and work inside Onshape. Check your browser's compatibility.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Bumps
     
    Global attribute where you can load a bump texture or normal map to the part's appearance. Bump textures (or bump maps) simulate the surface texture of a part. Normal maps are a specific type of texture where bump details (wrinkles, grooves, patterned divots, and the like) are added to the model. When light is reflected off the surface, real geometry is simulated.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Global (Appearance submenu)
  • Bump mode
     
    Defines how the texture is evaluated to create the bumps.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Bump strength
     
    Controls the intensity of the Bump map tiling.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  

  • C

    Callout
    callout icon
    A callout (balloon) with a leader line, in space or attached to geometry within a drawing. Callouts are associative with the part metadata of the document. When a BOM table is present, the callout defaults to use the Item Number in the table. If the table order is changed, use the Update Drawing feature.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Camera
    Camera icon
    Virtual camera applied to the scene.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Camera and render options
     
    These settings determine how the Onshape Parts Studio and Assembly are viewed on-screen. Options include visualization, rotation, panning, zoom, interference detection, transparency, zebra stripes, and draft analysis. You can use your mouse or your keyboard to navigate these display options.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Cancel command
    Cancel command icon
    If a command is in progress, this cancels the command and reverts back to the state before the command was initiated.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Escape
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Centerline
     
    Centerlines indicate a circular feature on a drawing. In 2D, most circular features look exactly the same as features with non-circular geometry. The only way to tell them apart is by adding a centerline, which represents their central axis and confirms their geometry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Centermark
    Centermark tool icon
    One of the tools for creating sheet geometry in Drawings, which are outside of a view and meant to represent some part of the 3D model. This tool creates a symbol used to mark the center of a circle or partial circle on a drawing. A centermark is also a visual treatment for Virtual sharps, where the options are either centermark or edge extension.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Virtual Sharp, Edge extension, Drawing tools
  • Center point arc
    Center arc icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to sketch an arc by defining center, start, and end points.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Center point circle
    Center point circle icon
    A Sketch and Drawing tool that enables you to sketch a circle, starting with its center point.
    Keyboard Shortcut: c
    Context: Sketch, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing tools
  • Center point rectangle
    Center point rectangle icon
    A Sketch and Drawing tool that enables you to sketch a rectangle, starting with its center point.
    Keyboard Shortcut: r
    Context: Sketch, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  Drawing tools
  • Chamfer
    Chamfer icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to break sharp edges with a bevel. Create beveled edges on selected edges or faces.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Chamfer dimension (Drawing)
    Chamfer Dimension Icon
    Allows you to place a note or dimensions on a chamfered edge in a drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Check interference (context menu when multiple parts selected)
     
    A check to see if any parts in the assembly are interfering with other parts. Opens the Interference Detection panel, with two lists: (1) A list of parts to analyze, and (2) A list of interferences between the parts outlined in the first list.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Circular pattern
    circular sketch pattern icon circular pattern icon
    A Sketch tool to create multiple instances of sketch entities uniformly about an axis or mate connector. Circular patterns may be open or closed. Circular pattern is also a Part Studio Feature tool to replicate selected parts, faces, or features about an axis or Mate connector.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Circumscribed polygon
    Circumscribed polygon icon
    Sketch a circumscribed polygon (polygon on the inside of the construction circle).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Construction
  • Clear selection (context menu when part selected)
     
    When faces, edges, or parts are selected in the Parts Studio, the Clear selection command deselects them.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Space bar
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Clear selection (context menu when plane selected)
     
    When faces, edges, or parts are selected in the Parts Studio, the Clear selection command deselects them.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Space bar
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Clip (Placement submenu)
     
    If enabled, the texture is cropped to a smaller region.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Coincident
    Coincident icon
    A Sketch constraint tool that lets you select two or more points, lines or faces, so that they can be placed precisely on top of each other.
    Keyboard Shortcut: i
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Collaboration cue
     
    The social cue icon with a user identifier that appears at the top of the page in a document, and on the tab or feature when more than one user is editing a document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Collaborator
     
    A user viewing or editing a document that other users are also viewing or editing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Color map
     
    Investigate curvature of a face or surface. Color map is available from the View tools menu below the View cube in a Part Studio, under the Curvature visualization dropdown.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Color scale (Simulation)
     
    The color scale represents the load measurements from lowest to highest.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Comments
    Comments icon
    A mechanism with which to communicate with other Onshape users, in a specific document, in workspaces and versions, with comments and mentions. Owners of documents and those the document is shared with directly (and with Edit or Comment permission) can create comments, mention another user, see each others’ comments, leave replies, and opt to receive email notifications of comments.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Comment notifications
     
    A message sent out to any owners and collaborators of a document when a new comment is added to a workspace or version. Users opt in or out of receiving notifications.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Company Logo
     
    See Logo.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Compare history entries
    Compare history entries icon
    A mechanism for graphically and discretely comparing versions and workspaces at any history point. You can compare any combination: workspaces with workspaces or versions, versions with version or workspaces, and at any history entry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Composite curve
    Composite curve icon
    Represent multiple edges as one Curve. Select multiple adjacent edges, sketch entities and other curves. Selecting non-contiguous edges may result in multiple Curves created. Selections for each Curve must meet at their vertices. (Curves are listed in the Parts > Curves list.)
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Composite part
    Composite part icon
    A part comprised of selected bodies (parts, surfaces, curves, and/or points) grouped together to act as one part. You can create a closed composite part (one which consumes the bodies involved) or an open composite part (one that does not consume the bodies involved).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Concentric
    Concentric icon
    Make any point coincident with the center of an arc or circle by sharing a center point.
    Keyboard Shortcut: shift+o
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Configuration panel
    Configuration panel icon
    A panel displaying configurations in a Part Studio or Assembly. Configurations enable you to create multiple variants of parts using sketch dimensions, feature parameters, and suppression states.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Configure Part Studio
     
    Add configuration input to create multiple variants of the Part Studio and drive different design variants. Create part families by creating variations of an entire Part Studio or a specific part by configuring any feature or parameter value or part properties, custom part properties, face and part appearance, and sketch text.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Configure Part Studio - Configuration variable
     
    Opens the Variable input dialog where you can create a new parameter for your Part Studio configuration.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Configure Part Studio
  • Configure Part Studio - Checkbox
     
    Opens the Checkbox input panel, where you can set up a configuration option that can be switched on or off via a checkbox, when configuring your Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Configure Part Studio
  • Configure Part Studio - List
     
    Creates a custom list in your Part Studio configuration.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Configure Part Studio
  • Conic
    Conic icon
    Sketch an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola by defining start, end, and control points, as well as a rho value.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Connect service
     
    Adds an integrated service that can connect to Onshape, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Create (menu), Import from, Integrations
  • Construction
    Construction icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to sketch new construction geometry or convert existing geometry into construction geometry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: q
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Construction Geometry
  • Construction Geometry
     
    Construction geometry are sketch entities used in creating other geometry but not used in creating features.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Construction Geometry (Drawing properties)
    Construction Geometry (Drawing properties) icon
    Edit the color and thickness of your drawing's centerlines, as well as the style, color, and thickness of the drawing's virtual sharps. Use the Part Studio sketches section to edit the format of sketches brought into the drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing properties
  • Contact support
     
    Opens a form in the application where you can enter and send a ticket to the Onshape support team.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Help menu
  • Context menu
     
    A menu that is opened by right-clicking the mouse, providing contextual commands dependent on where the user clicked. Usually, a selection is made prior to invoking the context menu, but not always. Right-clicking anywhere in the software will yield a menu that is context sensitive.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Converged pixel ratio
     
    A render option. The ratio of pixels which must have reached the quality specified before rendering finishes.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Render options
  • Copy
     
    Copies the currently selected Assembly elements (parts, edges, faces, mates) to the clipboard.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd+c
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Copy annotation
     
    Copies the currently selected annotation to the clipboard.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+left mouse button+drag
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Copy "X" item(s) (context menu when multiple parts selected)
     
    Copies the selected faces, edges, and/or parts to the clipboard.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd+c
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Corner
    Corner icon
    A Feature tool that allows you to modify a corner on a sheet metal model by selecting an edge, vertex, or face of the existing corner.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sheet metal model
  • Corner rectangle
    Corner rectangle icon
    A Sketch and Drawing tool that enables you to sketch a rectangle starting with a corner point.
    Keyboard Shortcut: g
    Context: Sketch, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  Drawing tools
  • Create Assembly (Insert new element menu)
     
    Creates a new Assembly tab.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create Drawing (Insert new element menu)
     
    Creates a new Drawing tab.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create drawing of "X" (context menu when part selected)
     
    Creates a new drawing based on the currently selected parts in the Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create Feature Studio (Insert new element menu)
     
    Creates a new Feature Studio tab.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create folder (Insert new element menu)
     
    Creates a new Folder.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create material library (Insert new element menu)
     
    Creates a new Material library.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create Part Studio (Insert new element menu)
     
    Creates a new Part Studio tab.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create Part Studio in context
    Create Part Studio in context icon
    Create a new Part Studio in the context of an existing assembly; positioning the assembly specifically for use when modeling the part. The assembly appears visually ghosted in the Part Studio as context graphics to be used for reference.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create (menu)
     
    A menu for creating a new Document or Folder, importing files, importing from a connected service, or creating a new Label or Project.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Document; Folder; Import; Connected service; Label
  • Created by me
     
    A filter listing all documents that you have created.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create selection (context menu when part selected)
     
    An Onshape tool that makes selecting related faces, such as faces that define a pocket on a model, easy. May be used with extrusions, pockets, holes, fillets, tangent connected faces, or edges as the selection criteria.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create selection (context menu when plane selected)
     
    Opens the Create selection dialog to make selecting related faces, such as faces that define a pocket on a model, easy. This is especially useful in certain commands, such as Delete face and Replace face. Create selection may be used with extrusions, pockets, hole, fillets, tangent connected faces, bounded faces, or edges as the selection criteria. Select one or more faces that the system uses to propagate to select other faces based on the selection criteria. These selections may then be added to a tool dialog value list such as Replace face or Delete face.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Create version
    Create version icon
    Creates a view-only version at the current point of the document history. Creating a version keeps you in the currently active workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Crop view
    Crop view icon
    Modifies an existing view by cropping a closed profile.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Curvature
    Curvature icon
    Create curvature continuous transitions between sketch splines (and conics) and surrounding geometry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: shift+u
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Curvature color map
     
    Curvature color map with which to investigate curvature of a face or surface. Available to access from the Analysis tools menu in the bottom right corner of the interface in Part Studios and Assemblies.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Curve pattern
    Curve pattern icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to replicate selected parts, faces, or features along a sketch curve (or series of adjacent curves, edges on solid parts, and edges on wire parts) in the order of selection. You can also create new parts or modify existing parts by adding or removing material, or intersecting parts in its path. Curve pattern may also be used during an active sheet metal operation.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Curve/surface analysis (context menu when part selected)
     
    Visualize the curvature combs on a sketch or part in a Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Custom drawing template
     
    Create a custom drawing template for use in an Onshape drawing. To use a drawing from a different CAD package as a template in Onshape, see Using traditional CAD drawings as templates in Onshape. Drawing templates are comprised of the format of a drawing that includes the title block, border, and zones, if desired, as well as the properties that describe the function of the drawing that are found under the drawing Properties panel. A drawing template is nothing more than formatting the desired appearance and defining the drawing properties and behavior, to be available for reuse for every detailed drawing. For best practices when creating native Onshape drawing templates, see Best practices for creating native Onshape drawing templates in the Learning Center.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Custom tables
    Custom tables icon
    A mechanism for viewing specific information from the current Part Studio. Use FeatureScript in a version of a document or in the current workspace to define a custom table. Sample or community-created tables can be added to your Part Studio as well. When a table is added to this panel, it is automatically available in all documents to which you have access.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: FeatureScript
  • Cut list
    Extrude feature icon
    Create an open composite part from the selected segments with a corresponding table listing each segment's properties.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Cut list table
    Insert BOM tool icon
    Insert a table containing the cut list (created by the Cut list tool) of a composite part after using the Frame tool.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawings
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Cylindrical (Simulation panel)
    Simulation connection, cylindrical icon
    Displays Cylindrical Mate connections in the Assembly graphics area.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Cylindrical mate
    Cylindrical mate icon
    A type of Mate that defines translational movement along the Z axis and rotational movement about the Z axis, between two mate connectors.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • D

    Dashboard
     
    A list of all Render Studio scenes within the document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Datum
    Datum icon
    Places a datum reference attached to an entity in a Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Decal
    Places an image decal on a planar surface or cylinder.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Deformation (Simulation)
     
    See Show deformation (Simulation)
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Deformation scale (Simulation)
     
    When Show deformation is enabled (checked) or the Simulation is animated, this scale is applied to the load deformation. Setting the scale lower shows a partial deformation (less than the current load). Setting the scale higher shows deformation beyond that of the current load.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Show deformation (Simulation)
  • Delete face
    Delete face icon
    Deletes one or more faces from a part and allows healing or leaving it open to create a surface. Fillets dependent on the deleted faces can automatically be reapplied.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Delete part
    Delete part icon
    Deletes one or more parts. For any selected composite part, the options are: (1) Delete the composite part and the parts it contains, (2) Dissolve the composite part but do not automatically delete the parts it contains, (3) Ignore composite parts.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Delete selection
     
    Deletes the current selection. Keep in mind that nothing in Onshape is ever truly deleted. You can always undo or create versions and branches to get back to a previous point in the workflow. As such, Deleting is non-destructive.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Delete
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Delete "X" part (context menu when part selected)
     
    Deletes the currently selected part. Keep in mind that nothing in Onshape is ever truly deleted. You can always undo or create versions and branches to get back to a previous point in the workflow. As such, Deleting is non-destructive.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Derived
    Derived icon
    Features which allow the user to bring parts, surfaces, curves, sketches, or mate connectors from one Part Studio into another Part Studio, with an associative link.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Details
    Details icon
    Details, displayed in a pane on the right of the Documents page for the selected item (Document, Part, or Assembly), such as Owner, Document description, Document label, Created by (and date), and Last modified by (and date).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Detail view
    Detail view icon
    Creates a circular view of a particular region of an existing view in a Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Diameter dimension
    Diameter dimension feature icon
    Allows you to place a diameter dimension on an arc or circle, including silhouette edges, to measure the diameter in a Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+d
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing Dimensions
  • Diffuse roughness
     
    Determines how coarse the part's surface becomes, leading to a powdery look.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Base (Appearance submenu)
  • Dihedral analysis
    Displays the dihedral angle of selected edges in Part Studios.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+d
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:
  • Dimension
    Dimension icon
    A Sketch tool to add horizontal, shortest distance, angular, diametrical, arc length, or radial dimensions to sketch geometry, as well as between sketch geometry and planes. Dimension is also a Drawing tool to place a dimension on any type of curve.
    Keyboard Shortcut: d
    Context: Sketch, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Dimension (Drawing Properties)
    Dimension icon
    Edit your drawing's font, text height, color, text alignment, text gaps, geometry gaps, and more.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing Properties
  • Dimension Palette
    Dimension panel icon
    Customizes the appearance of a selected dimension. Selecting a dimension causes the dimension palette icon to appear.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing Dimensions
  • Dimetric (Camera and render options)
     
    Denoting or incorporating a method of showing projection or perspective using a set of three geometric axes, of which two are of the same scale or dimension but the third is of another.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Displacement (Simulation)
     
    Displays the simulation result as a measurement of displacement.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Display mass properties
    Mass Properties Icon
    Opens the Mass properties dialog, where you can view the mass, volume, surface area, center of mass, and Mass moments of inertia for the selected Parts or Assemblies to which a material has been applied. You can also use this dialog to override properties and supply your own values for mass, center of mass, and inertia.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Display sheet menu
    Display sheet menu icon
    Opens the Sheets panel for the current drawing. An Onshape sheet is a page of a drawing which represents a single sheet of paper in a printed version of a drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+s
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Display states
    Display states icon
    Saves and restores display states of an Assembly. Assign a name to a specific display state (that is, with certain parts, subassemblies, or mates hidden or in view) of the assembly and switch to a particular display state easily at any time.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Dissolve composite parts
     
    When a closed composite part is created either through an import or manually in the Part Studio, you can change your mind and convert it to an open composite part or remove the composite part altogether and return to separate bodies.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Dissolve subassembly
     
    Allows you to dissolve a subassembly. The subassembly is deleted and the parts, along with their mate connections, move back up to the parent Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Direct edit
     
    Editing a feature directly in the 3D form; especially necessary when the part is imported (uploaded and translated) or the existing parametric history does not support the change needed.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Document
     
    A collection of design data organized in Onshape tabs. Tabs may contain Part Studios, Assemblies, Drawings, Tutorials, Applications, Feature Studios, and imported files like CAD files, PDF files, Word files, etc.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Create (menu)
  • Documents filters
     
    A vertical menu on the left side of the application under the Documents tab (also known as the Documents page), which filters all the documents in your Onshape application. Filters found here are My documents, Recently opened, Created by me, Shared with me, Teams, Public, and Trash, as well as any custom folders created by you via the Create menu.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Document menu
    Document menu icon
    The hamburger menu in a document containing Document-level actions such as: Rename document, Document properties, Copy workspace, Workspace units, Workspace properties, Print, Close document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Documents page
     
    The Onshape page that lists documents and allows the user to open, create, filter, label, and import documents.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Document panel
     
    Vertically aligned panel on the left side of the application within a particular document. Contains common document tools for all tab types, such as Versions and history, Comments, Where used, and Performance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Document view
    Document view is the default view. However, in Professional and Enterprise plans, users have an explicit Document view option. When selected, the last opened documents are displayed below, with any folders, publications, and documents.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  List view
  • Drag manipulator
     
    A manipulator used to resize resulting geometry in a Part Studio or position parts in an Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Draft
    draft icon
    A Feature tool to apply a taper to one or more selected faces, or a parting line, in order to facilitate pulling a part from a mold.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Draft Analysis (Camera and render options)
     
    Used to find faces in the model that do not meet a specified minimum amount of draft, discover undercut regions, and see the potential parting line locations for selected geometries.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Drawing
     
    A 2D rendering of parts or assemblies used to communicate manufacturing information.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Drawing Dimensions
     
    A group of tools for applying dimensions to views within a Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Drawing Properties
    Drawing properties icon
    Properties that apply to an entire drawing and that can be set in one place. These properties cover things like Units and precision defaults, dimension defaults, annotations defaults, views defaults, construction geometry defaults, formatting defaults, and table defaults. The drawing metadata is accessed separately and allows you to specify things like name, description, part number, revision, state, drawn by, approver, and any custom properties you or your company have created. These defaults apply to the entire document, regardless of how many or few sheets are in the drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sheet properties

  • E

    Edge
     
    A model object; a curve, bounded by vertices, which may exist on its own, or bound a set of faces on a part or surface. Edges can have any number of shapes.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Edge Extension
     
    A visual treatment for Virtual sharps. Options are either Centermark or Edge extension.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Virtual sharp, Centermark
  • Edge to edge centerline
    Edge-to-edge centerline tool icon
    One of the tools for creating sheet geometry in Drawings, which are outside of a view and meant to represent some part of the 3D model. This tool creates a centerline by selecting two edges or two concentric arcs on your drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing tools
  • Edit appearance for "X" (context menu when part selected)
     
    Allows you to assign a color to a feature (face or part). Opens the Appearance panel.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Appearance Panel
  • Edit (context menu when feature selected)
     
    Opens the related feature's dialog, where you can edit the feature in the Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Edit "X" (context menu when part selected)
     
    Context menu (after Part is selected).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Ellipse
    Ellipse icon
    Sketch an ellipse by placing a center point and two axes radii (one major and one minor).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Elliptical arc
    Elliptical arc button  
    Sketch an elliptical arc by placing a temporary construction ellipse and then placing two points along the construction ellipse edge.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Emission
     
    Light that is created by (and emitted from) a part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Transmission, Reflection
  • Enclose
    Enclose icon
    Select faces, surfaces, and parts to enclose a region and create a new part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • End cap
    End cap feature tool icon
    A Feature tool to create one or more end caps for frame segments.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Entity
     
    An Onshape system object or an item built in Onshape: mates, mate connectors, sketch curves, parts, edges, and faces are all examples of entities.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Environment
     
    An environment provides illumination and background for the scene and parts within the scene.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Environment library
     
    A panel that contains a list of environments that can be added to the scene.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Environment
  • Equal
    Equal icon
    Toggle Equal on and each pair of entities you select are constrained to each other as equal in size. Click Equal again to toggle the tool off, or select another tool to toggle off automatically.
    Keyboard Shortcut: e
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Exploded view
    Exploded view icon
    Manually manipulate an assembly into an exploded view using the manipulator to drag components or groups of components from their current positions to a new position. The steps are recorded in the Exploded views panel, complete with the ability to reorder and otherwise edit the view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Export (context menu when part selected)
     
    Export parts and surfaces (from Part Studios), entire Part Studios, entire Assemblies, as well as sketches and planar faces to your hard drive or cloud-source (for example, Google Drive or Dropbox) for use elsewhere. Various file formats are supported.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Extend
    Extend icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to extend a line to the first intersecting point or bounding geometry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: x
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • External thread
    External thread icon
    A Feature tool with which to create ANSI and ISO standard threads on convex cylindrical faces, like shafts and bolts.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Extrude
    Extrude icon
    A Feature tool that adds depth to a selected region or planar face along a straight path. Create a new part or surface or modify an existing one by adding or removing material, or intersecting parts in its path. Use Extrude to create parts, surfaces, or thin extrudes.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+e
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • F

    Face
     
    A model object; a portion of a part, surface, or closed sketch region having area and bounded by edges. For example, a rectangular part has six faces. Note that faces do not necessarily need to be bounded by edges, such as a sphere.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Face blend
    Face blend icon
    A feature tool that rounds sharp connected or disconnected interior and exterior faces to create a seamless blend between 2 or more faces, defining a radius or constant width. Further define the blend cross section (rolling ball or swept profile), symmetry, control, trim, constraints, and limits.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Fillet
  • Faces to load (Simulation)
     
    Simulation load dialog field for Bearing and Pressure loads. For these loads, the load must be applied directly to the instance faces. Any number of faces may be selected, but they must all belong to the Instance identified in the Instance field.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Bearing (Simulation), Pressure (Simulation)
  • Fastened (Simulation panel)
    Displays Fastened Mate connections in the Assembly graphics area.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Fastened mate
    Fastened mate icon
    A type of Mate that removes all degrees of freedom between two mate connectors.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Feature
     
    The operations that are used to build parts, such as Extrude, Fillet, Shell, Revolve, Sweep, Chamfer, Draft, Patterns, Mirror, Modify fillet, and Move face.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Feature list
     
    The parametric history contained in a Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Feature toolbar
     
    The series of tools available for creating features of a part, represented as clickable icons.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Features and parts panel
     
    A left-side panel that displays all the features and parts in the Onshape Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • FeatureScript
     
    Proprietary Onshape language for writing code script into the software. Using Featurescript, you can create custom features that you can then add to your toolbar. Enterprise admins may use this procedure to add public custom features to the toolbar for the entire enterprise.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • FeatureScript documentation
     
    Online documentation for the FeatureScript language.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Help menu, Featurescript
  • FeatureScript notices
     
    When adding custom features to your toolbar using FeatureScript, you can use the FeatureScript language to print notices that will show up in the FeatureScript notices pane. This pane opens at the bottom of the Onshape screen.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Featurescript
  • Feedback
     
    Reports a bug via Onshape's Zendesk ticket system
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+U
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Report a bug
  • Fill
    Fill icon
    A Feature tool to create a surface (or a part from surfaces) by defining boundaries and refine the surface with boundary conditions (instead of requiring the use of reference surfaces).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Fillet
    Sketch fillet icon Fillet feature icon
    A Sketch and Part Studio Feature tool to round sharp interior and exterior edges and define as a standard constant radius, more stylized conic, or variable.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+f
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Face blend
  • Filter assembly contents
     
    Opens a set of Assembly filters that you can use to narrow down the Assembly list to limit what you see in the Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Filter by name
     
    A field found in the Scene graph, Appearance, and Selection panels, where entries are searched by name.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Filter comments
     
    Allows you to filter comments by your open tasks, all open tasks, or completed tasks. By default the Comments panel shows all tasks.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Filter (feature)
     
    Filters the feature by name, type, folder, or part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Finish sheet metal model
    Finish sheet metal model icon
    A Feature tool that closes (deactivates) the sheet metal model and causes the sheet metal part to be treated like any non-sheet metal solid part. This allows you to perform post-fabrication operations on it, such as drilling at an angle through a face, welding corners, and adding form features and custom FeatureScript features.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sheet metal model
  • First sheet
     
    Using the Home keyboard shortcut, this takes you to the first sheet in the stack of sheets in your Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Home
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Fix
    Fix icon
    To make a sketch entity or an assembly instance unmoveable.
    Keyboard Shortcut: shift+j
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Flange
    Flange icon
    Commonly referring to a Sheet Metal flange; a projecting flat rim or rib on an entity, used to strengthen or attach to maintain position.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sheet metal model
  • Flip primary axis
     
    In Snap mode, this reorients the primary axis alignment of the primary mate (mate which was initially selected and dragged to the other mate). While dragging the first mate to connect to the second mate, press a or q to reorient the primary or secondary axis of the first mate, respectively.
    Keyboard Shortcut: a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Float buffer blending
     
    A WebGL extension used for rendering section planes end caps. Without this extension, this functionality is disabled.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Float texture
     
    A WebGL extension used for rendering section planes and blending of transparent objects. Without this extension, this functionality is disabled.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: WebGL
  • Folder
     
    Creates a new documents folder in the Document filter list menu, where you can add documents and drawings.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Create (menu)
  • Force (Simulation)
    Simulation load tool force icon
    Simulates the effect of an evenly distributed, linear force on an instance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Load (Simulation)
  • Format
     
    Defines the file format for the render. Options are JPG or PNG.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Render options
  • Format painter
    Format painter drawing icon
    The Format painter is an advanced copy and paste tool. Use default, Drawing properties, and/or Styles panel formats from one dimension or annotation to format additional dimensions and/or annotations in the drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  Drawing properties, Styles panel
  • Formats
    Formats icon
    Allows you to enable/disable selection of objects in a drawing's border frame, border zone, and title block.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing properties
  • Forums
     
    Opens the Onshape Forums at https://forum.onshape.com/ that can be used as a community and help resource.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Help menu
  • Frame
    Extrude feature icon
    Create a collection of swept bodies sharing a profile, arranged end-to-end.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Frame trim
    Extrude feature icon
    Trim frame segments as ordered groups or against faces.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Frame profile
     
    Onshape frame profile content for use in the Frame tool.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Front view
     
    Automatically adjusts the Part Studio or Assembly to the full screen zoom and Front view in a single command.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+1
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Function (Environment submenu)
     
    The MDL function used to compute the environment lighting contribution and direct visibility.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Environment (Selection submenu)
  • Fx (Simulation)
     
    Entry field in the Simulation table, this is the load component (value) along the x-axis of the associated Mate connector.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Simulation table
  • Fy (Simulation)
     
    Entry field in the Simulation table, this is the load component (value) along the y-axis of the associated Mate connector.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Simulation table
  • Fz (Simulation)
     
    Entry field in the Simulation table, this is the load component (value) along the z-axis of the associated Mate connector.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Simulation table

  • G

    Gear relation
    Gear relation icon
    A type of Relation that enables you to relate two Mates with revolute degrees of freedom. The relation creates a constant ratio of angular rotation between the Mates, if either mated part is moved, the other will move rotationally.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Geometric tolerance
    Geometric tolerance icon
    Allows you to place a geometric tolerance feature control frame.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • GL renderer
     
    The WebGL renderer (for example, GeForce RTX 3080).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: WebGL
  • GL vendor
     
    The WebGL vendor (for example, NVIDIA).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: WebGL
  • Graphics area
     
    The large rectangular portion of the user interface in which parts and assemblies are displayed.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Grid view
     
    Shows all Documents, Parts, and Assemblies in a grid view format on the Documents page.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Ground shadows and background
    Ground shadows and background icon
    Opens a dialog to edit the background color, remove the background, and enable and edit the ground shadows position:
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Group (Simulation panel)
    Simulation connection, group icon
    Displays grouped parts in the Assembly graphics area.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Group
    Group icon
    A collection of related parts in an assembly that move as one. A tool used to create a group.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Gusset
    Gusset icon
    Sometimes known as gusset plates, gussets are metal sheets of various thicknesses used for either joining two or more components together or strengthening joints. These components include beams, girders, truss members, chords, and columns.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • H

    Hatch region
    Hatch region button
    A patterned region applied to an enclosed sketch profile area.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing Tools
  • Height
     
    The height of the image in the viewport, in pixels.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Render options
  • Helix
    Helix icon
    Create a helix using a conical or cylindrical face, single axis or z-axis of a mate connector, or circular edge.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Help menu
    Help menu icon
    Located in an Onshape users' Document toolbar, provides access to the online Onshape Help system, Keyboard shortcuts, Learning Center, FeatureScript documentation, What's new and Forum, System Check, and About.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hem
    Hem icon
    The rolled edge of a sheet metal wall. The tool used to create a sheet metal hem.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sheet metal model
  • Hidden edges removed (Camera and render options)
     
    Removes all edges that are beneath the surface view. All underlying edges beneath the model, that would not be within the viewer's field of vision, or that would be blocked by the object.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Hidden edges visible (Camera and render options)
     
    Shows all edges that are beneath the surface view. All underlying edges beneath the model that would not be within the viewer's field of vision, or that would be blocked by the object.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Hide all construction
     
    Hides all sketches, planes and the Origin point (all construction).
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+p
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hide all parts (context menu when part selected)
     
    Hides all the currently selected parts in your Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hide all planes (context menu when planes selected)
     
    Hides all the currently selected planes in your Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hide other parts (context menu when part selected)
     
    Hides all the non-selected parts in your Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hide other planes (context menu when plane selected)
     
    Hides all the non-selected planes in your Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hide selected part
     
    Hides the selected part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: y
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hide/show mates
     
    Toggle the j key to show or hide mates in your Assembly
    Keyboard Shortcut: j
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:
  • Hide/show mate connectors
     
    Toggle the k key to show or hide mate connectors in your Assembly
    Keyboard Shortcut: k
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:
  • Hide/show planes
     
    Toggle the p key to show or hide planes in the Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: p
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:
  • Hide/show sketches
     
    Toggle the Shift+h key to show or hide sketches in the Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+h
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:
  • Hide "X" parts (context menu when part selected)
     
    Hides the currently selected parts in your Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hide "x" planes (context menu when plane selected)
     
    Hides the currently selected planes in your Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • High precision fragment shader
     
    WebGL extensions that are required for ambient occlusion visualization feature. If they are not available, this functionality is disabled.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Highlight boundary edges (Camera and render options)
     
    Onshape displays holes and disconnects in a model, including laminar edges of surfaces, that may be in need of repair when you select Highlight boundary edges. This feature is especially helpful when importing parts that require repairing surfaces. Edges that may require repair are highlighted in solid red lines when the edges are visible and dashed red lines when the edges are hidden.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Hole
    Hole feature icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to create simple, countersink, and counterbore holes at sketch points or circle centers, using ANSI or ISO standards or custom specifications.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hole/Thread callout
    Hole Callout tool icon
    Allows you to place a dimensional callout label on a hole or an external thread.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hole table (Drawing)
    Hole table icon
    Allows you to insert a hole table for a view or multiple views of a common, singular part (and not an entire Part Studio). Style the table as you would any other table, and hover over a table row for cross-highlighting in the drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Hole table (Part Studio)
    Hole Table
    When you have created a Hole feature, a Hole table icon appears on the right side of the graphics area, where the Appearance panel and Configuration panel are located. Since the Hole table icon appears only after a Hole has been created, the table contains a list of all holes in the Part Studio. The table is updated automatically when Hole features are created.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Horizontal
    Horizontal tool icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to make one or more lines, or sets of points, align horizontally.
    Keyboard Shortcut: h
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • I

    Import (Insert new element menu)
     
    Opens the Microsoft Open dialog where you can select files from your computer to import into Onshape. A wide variety of file formats are supported.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Import files
     
    Opens the Microsoft Open dialog where you can select files from your computer to import into Onshape. A wide variety of file formats are supported.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Create (menu)
  • Import from
     
    Allows you to import a document from a connected service, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Create (menu), Connect service
  • Inference
     
    An automatic indication during sketching that a constraint may be applied; appears as an orange dotted line as well as orange boxes highlighting related entities.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Inscribed polygon
    Inscribed polygon icon
    Creates a regular polygon sketch on an inscribing circle.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Insert DXF or DWG
    Insert DWG and DXF Files tool icon
    For Sketches: Insert DXF or DWG files into a sketch as sketch entities. For Drawings: Insert the contents of a DXF or DWG file as Onshape drawing entities. Use this tool as a method to create a custom template.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Custom drawing template
  • Insert image
    Insert Image tool icon
    For Sketches: Upload a PNG, JPG or BMP image to your document to use as the basis of a sketch. Create sketch geometry using the image as a guide. For Drawings: Allows you to insert and scale JPG, PNG, and GIF images in a drawing sheet, such as a logo or QR and bar codes.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Insert new element
    Insert new element icon
    Opens the Insert new element menu, where you can insert elements into the workspace, such as Part Studios, Assemblies, Drawings, or imported files.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Insert parts and assemblies
    Insert Parts and assemblies icon
    Opens the Insert parts and assemblies dialog, so you can quickly insert items into your Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: i
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Insert view
    Insert view icon
    Places a view from a Part Studio or Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Instance
     
    A part, sketch, surface, or subassembly used in an Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Instance (Simulation)
     
    The instance in the assembly on which the load is applied.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Instances and Mates panel
    Assembly list icon
    A left-side panel that displays all the Instances and Mates in the Onshape Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Integrations
     
    An integrated service that can connect to Onshape, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Intensity (Environment submenu)
     
    Intensity multiplier for the MDL environment function.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Environment (Selection submenu)
  • Interference detection (Camera and render options)
     
    Allows you to detect and view the interference between parts in a Part Studio or Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Intersection
    Intersection icon
    Projects (or converts) the intersection of a surface or face and the active sketch plane onto the sketch plane.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Intersection curve
    Intersection curve icon
    Create a curve at the intersection of 2 or more surfaces or faces. The selections must intersect.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Feature
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • IOR
     
    Determines refraction in the volume. It also influences the reflectivity for appearances that are not metallic.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Global (Appearance submenu)
  • Isocline
    Isocline icon
    A line that runs along a sloped face.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Isolate (context menu when part selected)
     
    An Onshape feature that works similarly to Hide, with the difference being that unselected parts remain visually present for reference, but muted in color and unavailable for selection until you exit Isolate mode.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+i
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Isometric
     
    A method to visually represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions. The isometric view provides visual depth to the model or design. It is an axonometric projection in which the three coordinate axes appear equally foreshortened and the angle between any two of them is 120 degrees.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Isometric (Camera and render options)
     
    A method to visually represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions. The isometric view provides visual depth to the model or design. It is an axonometric projection in which the three coordinate axes appear equally foreshortened and the angle between any two of them is 120 degrees.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Isometric view
     
    A method to visually represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions. The isometric view provides visual depth to the model or design. It is an axonometric projection in which the three coordinate axes appear equally foreshortened and the angle between any two of them is 120 degrees.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+7
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • K

    Keyboard shortcuts
     
    Opens a chart of Keyboard shortcuts for common commands in the Onshape software
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+?
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Help menu

  • L

    Label
     
    A nomenclature applied to documents to enable more efficient searching.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Create (menu)
  • Last opened by me
     
    A visual thumbnail list of all the last documents that were opened by you (the currently logged in user).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Last sheet
     
    Using the End keyboard shortcut, this takes you to the last sheet in the stack of sheets in your Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: End
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Learning Center
     
    The learning center provides courses and training resources.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Help menu
  • Left view
     
    Automatically adjusts the Part Studio or Assembly to the full screen zoom and Left view in a single command.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+3
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Limits
     
    The number of mate limits in the whole system.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Mate
  • Line
    Line icon
    A graphics primitive used to render edges, curves, other single dimensional entities for visualization in Sketches and Drawings. The rendering of the lines is handled by your graphics card. (Modeling definition): A linear edge, bounded by a vertex at both ends, which may exist on its own, or bound a set of faces on a part or surface.
    Keyboard Shortcut: l
    Context: Sketch, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing Tools
  • Line to line angular dimension
    Line-to-line angular dimension tool icon
    Allows you to place an angular dimension between two non-parallel lines.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Line to line dimension
    Line-to-line dimension tool icon
    Allows you to place a dimension between two lines in a view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Linear pattern
    Linear Pattern feature icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to replicate selected parts, faces, or features and arrange them in a row or grid pattern, as well as create new parts or modify existing parts by adding or removing material, or intersecting parts in its path.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Linear pattern (sketch)
     Linear pattern (sketch) icon
    A Sketch tool to create multiple instances of sketch entities uniformly in one or two directions.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Linear relation
    Linear Relation feature icon
    A type of Relation that constrains the linear motion between two Mates to change at a constant ratio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • List View
    List view icon
    List view, available to Enterprise and Professional plan subscribers, allows you to view the latest released and revisioned parts, Assemblies/subassemblies, and Drawings in each folder.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Document view
  • List View
    Shows all Documents, Parts, and Assemblies in a list view format on the Documents page.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Load (Simulation)
     
    Simulation load, which can be any of the following five types: force, moment, bearing, acceleration, and pressure.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Load direction (Simulation)
     
    Simulation load dialog field. By default, Loads are aligned with the Mate connector’s Z-Axis; click the reverse arrow icon to reverse the direction of the load. Also signified by a solid line that extends outward from the instance with an attached arrow.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Load region (Simulation)
     
    Optional checkbox in the Simulation load dialog which lets you narrow the simulation load region to faces of the loaded instance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Location and time
    Location and time icon
    Sets the location, date, and time for physically based environments.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Lock mate inference
     
    With the Mate connector dialog open, moving the cursor over an entity 'wakes up' default inference points and the inference point closest to the cursor highlights as a Mate connector. As you continue to mouse over the entity, different default inference points appear. Using Shift allows you to Lock to the current mate inference location, no matter where your cursor moves. If you are using a planar mate, it will lock to only those default inference locations on the current plane.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Logo
     
    The logo is located at the top left corner of the software application. Clicking on it refreshes the documents.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Loft
    Loft feature icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to use profiles (sketch regions or sketch curves) and optional guide curves to define shapes that smoothly transition between them. Create, add to, subtract from, or intersect parts by putting a smooth surface between ordered profiles.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • M

    Magnitude (x/y/z; Simulation)
     
    The numerical value of the simulation load being borne by the instance. When applying a Load direction in the Load dialog, the mate connector's X, Y, and Z axes are used as the coordinate system to drive the corresponding load direction's X, Y, and Z axes and related directional loads.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Make joint
    Sheet Metal Make Joint feature icon
    Join or extend existing sheet metal walls into a bend or rip (that is displayed in the Bend/Rip table), creating associativity between the two edges. You have the ability to configure and further define the style of the bend or rip once it is created.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sheet metal model, Sheet metal make joint
  • Make transparent (context menu when part selected)
     
    Makes the currently selected part or assembly transparent, so you can see through it to other parts. Use the shortcut key Shift+t to make a part under the cursor transparent. This command is cumulative; you can use it on part after part, keep all transparent until you select Exit make transparent. You can also multi-select parts and then select the command.  You can also use the slider in the Make transparent dialog to expand the transparency by distance to make each successive part transparent.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+t
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Markup
    Markup icon
    An Onshape function located in the Comments dialog which enables you to annotate and mark up your design space and include it within the comment.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Mass (Properties Tool)
    Mass Properties Icon
    Display the mass properties of a part when a material has been applied to the part. You can also override mass properties here.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Mate
     
    An Onshape feature used to position instances in an assembly and define how they move.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Mate connector
    Mate Connector feature icon
    A local coordinate system entity located on or between entities (parts or solid models) that can be to locate and orient instances with respect to each other.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+m
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Material
     
    See Appearance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Mates (Simulation panel)
     
    Simulation connection method where all simulation interactions are taken strictly from Mates or Groups present in the model. Any non-Mated/Grouped instances that touch each other are treated as independent bodies.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Method (Simulation panel)
  • Mates and touching faces (Simulation panel)
     
    Default simulation connection method where both Mates and any touching faces are viewed as bonded by the simulation.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Method (Simulation panel)
  • Mate Simulation connection (Simulation)
     
    Simulation option found at the bottom the Mate dialog (except Pin slot, Parallel, and Tangent Mate dialogs). This option provides a greater degree of precision and control over which regions are bonded by limiting the Mate’s effect over a specific region, as opposed to having the Mate bond anywhere two mated instances touch.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Maximum or minimum dimension
    Chamfer Dimension Icon
    Allows yo to place a minimum or maximum dimension directly to any combination of arcs/circles and any other geometry type, excluding curves.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Max principal stress (Simulation)
     
    Maximum principal stress is the maximum normal stress acting inside the component and its position.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Max samples
     
    Maximum iteration count.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Render options
  • Max time (s)
     
    Maximum time it takes the Render to complete, in seconds.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  Render options
  • Measure
    Measure icon
    The Measure tool displays measurements dynamically whenever you select entities. It is available in Part Studios, for sketches and parts, Assemblies for parts and assemblies, and Drawings to obtain a measurement between points, lines, arc and circles. The Measure tool appears in the bottom right corner of the interface.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Merge
     
    The ability to apply edits to a workspace from one branch into a workspace on another branch of the same document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Metallic appearance
     
    Applies a metallic sheen to the part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Base (Appearance submenu)
  • Method (Simulation panel)
     
    The method used by the simulation to determine how instances in the assembly are connected (bonded). The method chosen drives the simulation and simulation results.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Simulation connections (Simulation panel)
  • Midpoint
    Midpoint icon
    Constrains a point to the midpoint of a line or arc.
    Keyboard Shortcut: shift+m
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Mirror
    Mirror sketch icon Mirror feature icon
    Sketch: Create the reflection of one or more selected sketch entities about a specified line. Part Studio: A feature tool that enables you to replicate one or more selected parts or surfaces about a specified plane or planar face.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Modal analysis
     
    Modal analysis, or more specifically, natural frequency analysis is used to provide information on the stiffness or mechanical resonance of an assembly structure. It is used by designers and engineers who require vibrational analysis within Onshape and is commonly used in industrial equipment, automotive, and aerospace industries, among others. Modal analysis is often required for subsequent dynamic analysis; for example, modal frequency response and modal transient analysis are used in safety calculations.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Simulation, Modal simulation
  • Modal simulation
     
    In Onshape, Modal simulation is the type of simulation applied to the assembly structure to obtain modal analysis information.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Simulation, Modal analysis
  • Mode (Virtual dome submenu)
     
    Virtual geometry for the environment dome. Options are Infinite (default), Ground, Sphere, Box, Sphere with ground, and Box with ground.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Virtual dome (Selection submenu)
  • Modify fillet
    Modify Fillet feature icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to alter or remove existing fillets or rounds. Change the radius or remove existing fillets.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Moment (Simulation)
    Simulation load tool moment icon
    Simulates the effect of an evenly distributed Moment (torque) on an instance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Load (Simulation)
  • Move boundary
    Move boundary icon
    Move boundary edges of a surface in order to extend or trim it.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Move face
    Move Face feature icon
    Move one or more selected faces linearly or about an axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Multiple connection types (Simulation panel)
    Simulation connection, multiple connection types icon
    Simulation connection type which is only displayed if multiple connection types are in use in the same location, as is often the case when multiple instances are joined closely together. These connections are displayed in the Assembly graphics area and are color-coded yellow.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Mutual Trim
    Mutual trim feature tool icon
    Trim two adjacent surfaces by extending intersections to complete the trim.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • My Onshape
     
    Displays a list of all documents that were last opened by you.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all but Enterprise
    See Also: Documents menu

  • N

    Name (Appearance panel)
     
    The editable name of the currently selected appearance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Appearance panel
  • Named positions
    Named positions icon
    A position of an Assembly that has a name assigned to it.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Named views (Camera and render options)
     
    An Onshape feature that enables you to create and name views for use later within a workspace. Named views capture the perspective, the zoom scale, and the orientation of the current view
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+v
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Navigation bar
     
    The top bar of the user interface window that contains the Document name and User ID/profile menu.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • New sketch (context menu when part selected)
     
    Creates a new sketch in the current workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Next sheet
     
    Using the Page down keyboard shortcut, this takes you to the next sheet in the stack of sheets in your Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Page down
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Normal
    Normal icon
    Make a line and curve, or a curve and a plane normal to each other.
    Keyboard Shortcut: shift+k
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Not connected (Simulation panel)
    Simulation connection, not connected icon
    Displays instances that are within simulation interaction proximity and could be connected but are not (they do not have any prescribed simulation interaction) in the Assembly graphics area. Non-connections are color-coded red.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Note
    Note tool icon
    An Onshape Drawings tool that enables you to add single or multi-line text notes to any drawing, wherever you want, and use them to fill in the title blocks as well. You can define the size of the text box as well as format the text itself and optionally include a leader or many leaders. You can also rotate the orientation of the note and create additional leaders.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Notifications
     
    Allows you to send and receive notifications for all shares, comments, mentions, and marked documents in an Enterprise setting.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Numbering schemes
     
    Allows you to set up manual or sequential number generation for the following object types: Release objects (parts, Assemblies, drawings, and files), Standard content, and Items
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  

  • O

    Offset
    Offset tool icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to offset the selected curve or loop at a specified distance and direction from the original
    Keyboard Shortcut: o
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Offset (Placement submenu)
     
    Controls position of the texture on the part
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Offset plane (context menu when plane selected)
     
    Allows you to move the plane a specified distance from its origin along its axis. For example, if you select the front plane, you can offset the plane forward or backward by a specified distance. If you select the Top plane, you can offset the plane above or below it's original position.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Offset curve
    Create and extend and/or split a new curve by offsetting edges on surrounding faces.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Offset surface
    Offset Surface feature icon
    Create a new surface by offsetting an existing face, surface or sketch region. Set offset distance to 0 to create a copy.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Open context menu
     
    Ctrl+left click opens the context menu.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd+left click
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Options
    Options icon
    Submenu of the rootgroup in the Scene graph. With Options selected, the Selection panel on the right outlines several editable option parameters for your scene.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Ordinate dimension
    Ordinate dimension feature icon
    Allows you to place an ordinate dimension group on a drawing view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Orientation (Environment submenu)
     
    Transformation matrix which controls the orientation of the environment function, relative to the world space coordinate system.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Environment (Selection submenu)
  • Owner
     
    State of user or company who has full access to a document. Ownership can be transferred to and from users and companies.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • P

    Pan
     
    Pans the model up down, left, or right, in 15 degree increments, based on using the Ctrl key in conjunction with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Use this for more coarse panning of the model.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+arrow keys
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Parallel
    Parallel tool icon
    A Sketch tool that applies a constraint to two or more sketch entities to make them parallel to eachother.
    Keyboard Shortcut: b
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Parallel mate
    Parallel Mate feature icon
    A tool that defines the movement between two entities allowing individual translational movement along any axis, and parallel rotation along any axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Part
     
    A single closed solid body created by features.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Part list
     
    The list of parts created in the current Part Studio. They are listed in the bottom portion of the Feature list.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Part Studio
     
    A parametric, feature-based geometric model that creates parts; a tab inside of an Onshape document containing the parametric definition of one or more solid bodies.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Paste
     
    Pastes selected Assembly elements (parts, edges, faces, mates) from the Windows clipboard into the Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd+v
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • PDM
     
    An abbreviation for Product Data Management. PDM is a platform to manage and store your product's data in a central location, including capabilities to create custom workflows, manage documents, and tracking releases and revisions.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: All
    UPlan Type: All
    See Also:  
  • Performance
     
    The speed with which the system generates the model in Onshape. Part of any modeling process, in any tool, is modeling efficiently and appropriately for manufacturing, workflow, and yes, modeling itself. When you create models using CAD tools effectively, you reduce regeneration times for the entire model. In Onshape, there are specific steps you can take to ensure efficiency of modeling and reduced regeneration times.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Regeneration time
  • Performance panel
    Performance panel icon
    The Performance panel provides statistics related to the graphic modeling and geometric performance of the current workspace, in addition to system details. These statistics can alert you to areas where the Document, Part Studio and Assembly structure can be improved to obtain a more efficient performance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Performance
  • Permissions
     
    Control over the actions that users can perform on a document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Perpendicular
    Perpendicular icon
    Form a right angle between two lines.
    Keyboard Shortcut: shift+l
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Perspective view (Camera and render options)
     
    Toggle perspective view on and off. Perspective view shows the relative distance from the point of view to the model, and creates a vanishing point as the point of view (or imaginary camera) approaches the model.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Pierce
    Pierce icon
    Constrain a sketch entity (point or curve) to be coincident with the intersection point of its sketch plane and an arbitrary curve that is not in its sketch plane. The sketch entity is now constrained to be coincident with the point of intersection.
    Keyboard Shortcut: shift+g
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Pin slot mate
    Pin Slot Mate feature icon
    A type of mate in Onshape that enables you to define the movement between two entities, allowing rotational movement about the Z axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Planar (Simulation)
    Simulation connection, planar icon
    Displays Planar Mate connections in the Assembly graphics area.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Planar mate
    Planar Mate feature icon
    A mate that defines the movement between two entities as translational movement along the X and Y axis and rotational movement along the Z axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Plane
    Plane icon
    Planar construction geometry created using the Plane feature. Create new construction planes by referencing existing planes or geometry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Plasma (Simulation)
     
    Color range option used to display the Simulation color scale. Plasma uses a dark blue to bright yellow color scale.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Color scale (Simulation)
  • Platform
     
    The client computer's operating system.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Point
    Point tool icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to create points.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+s
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Point to line dimension
    Point-to-line dimension tool icon
    Allows you to place a dimension between a point and a line in a view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Polygon
    Inscribed Polygon icon Inscribed polygon icon
    Creates a regular polygon sketch on an inscribing or circumscribing circle.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Inscribed polygon, Circumscribed polygon
  • Position (Virtual dome submenu)
     
    The location of the origin of the environment dome. This has no effect on infinite domes.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Virtual dome (Selection submenu)
  • Position (Virtual ground plane submenu)
     
    Adjust the position of the virtual ground plane; typically used to move the ground plane up or down.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Virtual ground plane
  • Precision rotate
     
    Pans the model up down, left, or right, in 3 degree increments, based on using the Shift key in conjunction with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Use this for more precise panning of the model.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+arrow keys
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Pressure (Simulation)
    Simulation load tool pressure icon
    Simulates the effect of an evenly distributed Pressure on the surfaces of an instance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Load (Simulation)
  • Preview slider
     
    A slider on feature dialogs that allows you to vary the opacity of the edited feature between the state before the feature was added to after it was added.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Previous sheet
     
    Using the Page up keyboard shortcut, this takes you to the previous sheet in the stack of sheets in your Drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Page up
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Private
     
    The state of a document that is not shared, or shared only with specified users. Applies only to Enterprise plans.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Private document
     
    A document that is not shared, or shared only with specified users. Applies only non-free plans.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all plans except the Free plan
    See Also:  
  • Projected curve
    Projected curve icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to create a Curve as the intersection of two projected sketches. Note that the projections from one sketch must intersect the other in one contiguous curve for this operation to succeed.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Projected view
    Projected view icon
    A drawing view created by folding out an existing view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: p
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Properties
     
    Alternatively known as metadata, properties are a way of attaching important information to design entities, such as parts, assemblies, and versions. Properties include: Part Number, Description, Revision, State, Comments, and more. The Property command is available on context and actions menus.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Property settings
     
    Select a date type format to determine how the date is displayed for areas of Onshape that use Date type properties.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: All
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Public
     
    The state of a document that is visible to all Onshape users. Public documents are view--only if users do not have edit permissions.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Publications
     
    A collection of particular Part Studios, Assemblies, Drawings, and blob files from any Onshape documents.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Onshape
    Plan Type: Standard, Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Public document
     
    A document that visible to all Onshape users. Public documents are view-only if users do not have edit permissions.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • Q

    Quad and mid snap points
     
    Toggle Shift+q on to show quad and mid snap points on lines, circles, and arcs in a drawing. This can be useful in certain situations, such as when trying to obtain linear dimensions between two non-aligned circular parts.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+q
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Quality (general; top level)
     
    Sets the quality of the exported render. Options are Production, Medium, Preview, and Custom. Production is the best quality, while Preview is the lowest quality.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Render options
  • Quality (specific; sub level)
     
    The base rendering quality setting. This value roughly linearly affects rendering time.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Render options
  • Quality enabled
     
    Enables termination of rendering when desired quality is reached.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Render options
  • Quick tab switching
     
    Cycles through all the tabs in your document. Hold Ctrl+Spacebar down, and a mini navigation bar opens along the bottom of the application window. While keeping Ctrl held down, click the spacebar to go to the next tab (to the right) in the list.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+space bar
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Tab switching

  • R

    Rack and pinion relation
    Rack and Pinion Relation feature icon
    A type of Mate relation in Onshape that enables you to relate a Mate with a rotational degree of freedom to a Mate with a linear degree of freedom.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Radial dimension
    Radial dimension feature icon
    Allows you to place a radial dimension on an arc or circle.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+r
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Radius (Virtual dome submenu)
     
    Specifies the radius of spherical type domes.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Virtual dome (Selection submenu)
  • Rainbow (Simulation)
     
    Color range option used to display the Simulation color scale. Rainbow uses all values in the color spectrum.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Color scale (Simulation)
  • Recently opened
     
    A filter on the Documents page that displays a list of all recently opened documents.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Redo
     
    Re-executes the last command / action in the software.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+y
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Reflection
     
    Light that hits and then bounces off (is reflected from) a part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Emission, Transmission
  • Reflection anisotropy
     
    The reflections that are caused by the surface against which the part is reflected. These reflections are often blurred or stretched in specific directions.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Base (Appearance submenu)
  • Reflection roughness
     
    Controls the blurriness of reflections.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Base (Appearance submenu)
  • Reflection weight
     
    Controls the amount of reflection.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Base (Appearance submenu)
  • Regeneration time
     
    The time it takes the Document or features in the Part Studio to execute, from beginning to end, displayed in milliseconds or seconds.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Region
     
    A finite area in a sketch defined by a bounding set of sketch curves. Sketch regions are used in features like Extrude, Revolve, and Sweep to create or edit parts in a Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Release management
     
    A set of automated workflows in Onshape used to manage releasing revisions of parts, Assemblies, Drawings, Variable Studios, and imported files (translated or not) in a document. This functionality allows you to establish workflows and tools for your entire company.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Rename (context menu when feature selected)
     
    Allows you to rename the feature.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+n
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Rename selection
     
    Allows you to rename the selection.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+n
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Render
     
    The exported image file created from the scene.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Render to disk, Render to Onshape
  • Render options
     
    Scene export options controlling the size and quality of the render.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Render to disk
    Render to disk icon
    Creates a render of the current scene that is saved to a location on your computer.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Render to Onshape
    Render to Onshape icon
    Creates a render of the current scene that opens in a new tab and is also saved to the Dashboard.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Reorient secondary axis
     
    In Snap mode, while assembling parts, this reorients the secondary axis alignment of the primary mate (mate which was initially selected during the mate process). After selecting the first mate to connect to the second mate, press a or q to reorient the primary or secondary axis of the first mate, respectively.
    Keyboard Shortcut: q
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Replace face
    Replace Face feature icon
    Replace one or more selected faces with another.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Replace instance
    Replace instance icon
    Replace instance allows you to replace selected or all instances of a part, surface, sketch, or subassembly within an assembly. Even if the replacement component is slightly different (for example, a derivative of the part), it will be inserted and all previously associated mates reapplied.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Replicate
    Replicate feature icon
    A feature in Onshape that takes a seed entity or entities as input, a bolt for instance, and locates geometry identical to that which the seed is mated to (based on an additional selection). The seed is then replicated and mated to that matching geometry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Report a bug
     
    Opens a bug reporting tool in order to report a problem via Onshape's Zendesk ticket system.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+u
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Feedback
  • Return to dashboard
    Return to dashboard icon
    Exits the current Render Studio scene and returns to the Render Studio Dashboard.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Revision table
    Revision table icon
    A table which can be inserted into the drawing that lists revisions to the drawing's parts or assemblies within a release package.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Revolute (Simulation)
    Simulation connection, revolute icon
    Displays Revolute Mate connections in the Assembly graphics area.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Revolute mate
    Revolute Mate feature icon
    A type of Mate that enables rotational movement about the Z axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Revolve
    Revolve feature icon
    Create, add to, subtract from, or intersect parts by revolving sketch regions or planar faces about a central axis, or surfaces by revolving lines and curves about a central axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+w
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Rib
    Rib feature icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to create ribs in parts at multiple locations based on a sketch.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Right view
     
    Automatically adjusts the Part Studio or Assembly to the full screen zoom and Right view in a single command.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+4
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Rollback
     
    The ability to see and edit an earlier state of the Part Studio's parametric history. This is done by repositioning (by click+drag) the rollback bar in the Feature list.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Rollback bar
     
    The rollback bar in the Feature List enables you to temporarily revert to an earlier state in the feature history. You can also add new features or edit existing features while the model is rolled back.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Roll to here (context menu when feature selected)
     
    Rolls the Feature list to the currently selected feature to temporarily revert to an earlier state in the feature history.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Rootgroup
    Rootgroup icon
    The root folder of the Scene graph.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Scene graph
  • Rotate
     
    Rotates the view in 15 degree increments in the arrow key's direction.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Arrow keys
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Rotation angle (Virtual dome submenu)
     
    The rotation angle of the virtual dome. Rotation is in the range from 0.0 to 1.0, which maps to the range from 0 to 360 degrees.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Virtual dome (Selection submenu)
  • Rotation axis (Virtual dome submenu)
     
    The rotation axis of the dome that also specifies the orientation of the virtual ground plane.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Virtual dome (Selection submenu)
  • Rotation (Placement submenu)
     
    Controls rotation of the texture on the part, in degrees.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Rotation (Transform submenu)
     
    Rotates the appearance of the selection clockwise (negative numbers) or counterclockwise (positive numbers) in degree increments.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Transform (Selection submenu)
  • Ruled surface
    Ruled surface feature icon
    Create a new or additional ruled surface from an existing edge or multiple edges of a sketch region.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • S

    Safety factor (Simulation)
     
    Yield strength divided by the von Mises stress. This allows you to view how the stress levels for any given instance relate to the Tensile yield strength of that instance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Save scene
    Save scene icon
    Saves the current scene to the Dashboard.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Dashboard, Scene graph
  • Save scene as
    Save scene as icon
    Saves a new copy of the current scene to the Dashboard.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Dashboard, Scene graph
  • Scale (Transform submenu)
     
    Scales the appearance (width, height, and depth) of the selected objects.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Transform (Selection submenu)
  • Scene graph
     
    Location where all the objects (parts, cameras, and projectors) in your scene are stored.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Screw relation
    Screw Relation feature icon
    A type of Relation in Onshape that enables you to constrain the rotational degree of freedom in one Cylindrical Mate to the translational degree of freedom in the same Cylindrical Mate.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Search tabs
     
    Opens up the Tabs manager, where you can search through the tabs in your project.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+t
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Search tools
     
    Opens an in-app search dialog that allows you to search for Onshape tools by name. You also have the option to highlight the tool in the software.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+c
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sections
     
    A Selection submenu. Parameters are Caps enabled and Caps color.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Selection
  • Section view (Camera and render options)
     
    Section view allows you to select one or many planes, mate connectors, cylindrical faces, or planar faces to use for sectioning. It is available from the Camera and Render Options.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+x
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Section view (context menu when plane selected)
     
    Section view allows you to select one or many planes, mate connectors, cylindrical faces, or planar faces to use for sectioning. It is available from the Camera and Render Options.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+x
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Section view
    Section view icon
    Creates a horizontal, vertical, or angular section view of an existing view in a drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Selection panel
    Selection panel icon
    Displays an editable list of attributes for items that are selected in the Scene or Scene graph.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Select other (context menu when part selected)
     
    When a part is selected, use Select other to open a dialog that allows you to select other parts or planes in the Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: `
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Select other (context menu when plane selected)
     
    When a plane is selected, use Select other to open a dialog that allows you to select other parts or planes in the Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: `
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Shaded (Camera and render options)
     
    Default view in Onshape. Allows part surfaces to be shown with shading. Part surfaces are filled in.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Shaded with hidden edges (Camera and render options)
     
    Similar to Shaded, where part surfaces are shown with shading (filled in). However, this will also show hidden edges beneath the surface, that would normally be obscured by view. For example, when looking at a solid box, you would normally see its top edges, but not the opposing sides underneath the box. Shaded with hidden edges allows you to see all sides of the solid box, not only those on the surface.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Shaded without edges (Camera and render options)
     
    Similar to Shaded, where part surfaces are shown with shading (filled in). However, this will not show any edges.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Share
     
    The action of giving other users access to an individual document with a specified permission level.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Shared with me
     
    Documents that other users have shared with you.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sheet metal bend
    Sheet metal bend button
    Bend a sheet metal model along a reference line, with additional bend control options.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sheet metal make joint
    Sheet Metal Make Joint feature icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to join or extend existing sheet metal walls into a bend or rip (that is displayed in the Bend/Rip table), creating associativity between the two edges.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sheet metal model
    Sheet Metal Model feature icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to create sheet metal parts by converting existing parts, extruding sketch curves (includig arcs and splines to create rolled sheet metal), or thickening faces or sketches.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sheet metal modify joint
    Sheet metal modify joint icon
    Editing an existing sheet metal model’s bends, rips, and joints using the Sheet metal table creates a Modify joint feature in the Feature list. Edit this feature as you would any other; right-click the feature entry to access the context menu.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sheet metal table and flat view
    Sheet metal table and flat view icon
    Edit an existing sheet metal model’s bends, rips, and joints. View the sheet metal flat pattern.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sheet properties
     
    A drawing sheet has properties as well as metadata that can be set in one place. These are set per individual sheet and include settings like: scale, format, size, and reference (meaning, which part/Part Studio is referenced on the sheet). The sheet properties have no bearing on the drawing properties.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing properties
  • Shell
    Shell icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to remove material from a part to produce a cavity of constant wall thickness with the option to remove zero faces (hollow) to many faces of the part (shell).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Shortcut toolbars
     
    Opens a list of Onshape shortcut icon toolbars for the specific type of context you are in (Part Studio, Assembly, Drawing) that can make working in Onshape quicker and easier.
    Keyboard Shortcut: s
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Show all (context menu)
     
    If any planes or parts are hidden, show all allows you to show them all again.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Show connections (Simulation panel)
     
    Displays the connections between instances in the Assembly graphic area as a diffuse fill color-coded by connection type, so that bonded connections are visualized. Any connection type not present in the model is grayed-out.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Show deformation (Simulation)
     
    Checkbox to display the deformation (stress/displacement) of the load.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Show/hide mates
     
    Toggle the j key to show or hide mates in an Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: j
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:
  • Show/hide mate connectors
     
    Toggle the k key to show or hide mate connectors in an Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: k
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:
  • Show/hide planes
     
    Toggle the p key to show or hide planes in the Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: p
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Show/hide sketches
     
    Toggle the Shift+h key to show or hide sketches in the Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+h
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Show mates mode
    Show mates mode icon
    Toggle the h key to turn mates mode on or off. In this mode, you can hover over or select instances in the graphics area or Instances list to show the mates for that instance.
    Keyboard Shortcut: h
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Show results (Simulation)
     
    Checkbox in the Simulations area of the Assembly list that toggles the simulation result display on or off.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Show search results as list
     
    Display the search results as a list.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Show selected part
     
    Unhide the selected part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+y
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Signed von Mises stress (Simulation)
     
    Similar to the von Mises Stress, the sign result calculates the sum of the X, Y, and Z axes normal stresses, and if the quantity is negative, a minus sign is added before the von Mises stress.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Sign out
     
    Sign out of your Onshape account.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly, Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Account menu
  • Simulation
     
    Simulation is used to evaluate the stresses and displacements between externally-loaded instances in an Assembly, allowing you to examine how an assembly reflects the loads, materials, and boundary conditions found in real-world use.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Simulations
     
    The area in the Assembly list just above the Instances list, where simulations are accessed and made active, results for simulations are enabled, and where the Status of the Simulations are displayed.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Simulation bonded (Simulation panel)
    Simulation connection, simulation bonded icon
    Simulation bonded connections are only possible when Method is set to Mates and touching faces or Bond all touching faces. Simulation bonded acts the same as Fastened.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Fastened (Simulation panel)
  • Simulation connections (Simulation panel)
     
    This area is where you set up the connection method for simulations and view connections between instances in the Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Simulation panel
     
    The Simulation panel is accessed at the far right of the window, and contains the Simulation table at the top, and Simulation settings at the bottom.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Simulation table
     
    The simulation table is where numerical results for your simulations are located. Compare between various simulations and review data in the table. The currently active simulation has its column heading highlighted in blue.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Simultaneous editing
     
    The ability for multiple users to edit an active workspace of a document at the same time.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sketch
     
    A set of curves drawn on a plane, with a system of dimensions and constraints.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+s
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sketch constraints
     
    Relations between sketch entities that define their shape and behavior, such as Dimension, Coincident, Concentric, Parallel, Tangent, Horizontal, Vertical, Perpendicular, Normal, Equal, Midpoint, and Fix.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sketch curve
     
    A line, arc, circle, or spline in a sketch.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sketch toolbar
     
    The series of tools available for creating a sketch in a Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sketch tools
     
    Tools in the Sketch toolbar such as Line, Corner rectangle, Center point rectangle, Center point circle, 3 point circle, Tangent arc, 3 point arc, Spline, Point, and Construction used to create a sketch in a Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Slider (Simulation panel)
    Simulation connection, slider icon
    Displays Slider Mate connections in the Assembly graphics area.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Slider mate
    Slider Mate feature icon
    A type of Mate in Onshape that enables you to define the movement between two entities, allowing translational movement along the Z axis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Slot
    Slot icon
    Creates a slot around selected sketch curves (including splines, lines, arcs but no closed profiles).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Slowest "x" feature
     
    The slowest three features, that take more than ten seconds to regenerate.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Snap mode
    Snap Mode feature icon
    In an Onshape Assembly, this functionality enables you to automatically create a Mate when inserting an entity into the Assembly, using explicitly create Mate connectors on the entity being inserted.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+s
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Social cue icon
     
    The icon with a user identifier that appears at the top of the page in a document, or on a tab or feature when more than one user is editing a document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Solve time
     
    The time it takes to solve the whole system of mates in the assembly, displayed in milliseconds or seconds.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Spline
    Spline tool icon Spline drawing tool icon
    A Sketch and Drawing tool that enables you to create a multiple point curve with points along its length.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sketch tools, Drawing tools
  • Spline point
    Spline point tool icon Spline point drawing icon
    A Sketch and Drawing tool that enables you to create points along the spline or bezier control polygon.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sketch tools, Drawing tools, Bezier
  • Split
    Split icon Split feature icon
    A Sketch tool that allows you to split open or closed sketch curves into multiple segments. Split is also a Part Studio Feature tool that enables you to separate an existing part or face into multiple new parts or faces using a plane, surface or face of a part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Standard Content
    Standard content icon
    Onshape standard content is content created by Onshape, kept in documents within Onshape, and maintained by Onshape. There is never any risk of this content disappearing or not working from one release to another. Supported standard content includes: ANSI - Bolts and screws, nuts, and washers, DIN - Bolts and screws, nuts, washers, and shaft keys, ISO - Bolts and screws, nuts, and washers, and PEM® - from PennEngineering® including their Unified category of self-clinching nuts
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Status (Simulation)
     
    Located in the Simulations area of the Assembly list and the Simulation table, this icon indicates the current status of the simulation; whether the simulation is ready to proceed or in error.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Simulation table, Simulations
  • Styles panel
    styles panel icon
    A panel accessed to the right of the drawing, where a collection of visual settings are applied to one or more selected dimensions, without having them affect all dimensions globally,
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Subassembly
     
    An assembly used within another assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Assembly
  • Subscription
     
    In Onshape, all subscriptions enable you to create documents and to share documents with other Onshape users.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Suppress (context menu when feature selected)
     
    To remove a Feature from regeneration of the Feature list.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Suppress inferencing
     
    To temporarily suspend automatic inferencing indicators from appearing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Surface
     
    Surfaces are entities that may have one or many faces but no volume, and are independent of parts.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Surface finish symbol
    Surface Finish tool icon
    Allows you to place a surface finish symbol on the edge of a circular view or away from edges. When selected, the surface finish dialog opens, where you can enter additional details for the symbol.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Sweep
    Sweep feature icon
    A Feature tool that enables you to define a shape using a selected region, curves, or planar faces moving along a path (either solid or surface). Create, add to, subtract from, or intersect parts by sweeping sketch regions or planar faces along a path, or create surfaces by sweeping lines and curves along a path.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Switch to [enterprise]
     
    If you have an Onshape enterprise account, you may see a Switch to [enterprise] option under your Account menu, allowing you to switch between accounts.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly, Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Account menu
  • Switch to "X" (context menu when part selected)
     
    Opens the Part Studio of the currently selected part (if not currently in the Part Studio that the part was created within).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Symmetric
    Symmetric icon
    Constrain two geometries (of the same type) to be symmetric relative to a line.
    Keyboard Shortcut: shift+q
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • System check
     
    Opens a new browser window and runs a check to see if Onshape is compatible and can run efficiently on the user's WebGL graphics and browser platform.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Help menu

  • T

    Tab (general)
     
    An entity in Onshape that can contain a Part Studio, Assembly, Drawing, image file, PDF file, document file (PDF, Word), Applications, Tutorials, Feature Studios, or even Gcode. Tabs are displayed at the bottom of an Onshape document in the tab bar.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Tab (Sheet metal model)
    Sheet Metal Tab feature icon
    A tab to a sheet metal flange. Sheet metal tabs are reflected in the model and in the flat pattern.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sheet metal model
  • Tab bar
     
    The bottom bar of the Onshape document that contains all Onshape tabs.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Tab manager
    Tab manager icon
    Located on the left side of every Onshape document, the tab manager lists all of the tabs inside that document.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Alt+t
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Tab switching
     
    Cycles through all the tabs in your document. Hold Ctrl+Spacebar down, and a mini navigation bar opens along the bottom of the application window. While keeping Ctrl held down, click the spacebar to go to the next tab (to the right) in the list.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+space bar
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Quick tab switching
  • Table
    Table tool icon
    Allows you to place a  table with cells of notes in your drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Table (Drawing properties)
    Table tool icon
    Edit Bill of Material (BOM) tables as well as all other tables, like Hole tables, you create in your drawing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing properties
  • Tag profile
    Extrude feature icon
    Tag sketch profiles with names, descriptions, and properties for use in the Cut list table.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:
  • Tangent
    Tangent tool icon
    A Sketch tool that forms a tangent relation between two curves, or between a curve and a plane.
    Keyboard Shortcut: t
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Tangent arc
    Tangent arc tool icon
    A Sketch tool that enables you to sketch an arc at the end of a line.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Tangent mate
    Tangent Mate feature icon
    A mate that connects two entities' tangent to the selected faces, edges, or vertices.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Tessellation quality
     
    Determines the scene quality. Coarser tessellation creates the scene faster, but with lower quality. Finer tessellation creates the scene slower, but with higher quality. Options are Default, Medium, Coarse, Fine, and Custom.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Text
     Text icon
    Adds up to 250 characters of text to a sketch (you are able to copy and paste into the text dialog). Treat sketch text as most other sketch entities: extrude, dimension, and apply constraints.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Texture scale
     
    Used when projecting the environment onto the virtual ground plane. This usually corresponds to the world space height of the real world camera that is used to capture the environment above the ground.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Virtual ground plane
  • Thicken
    Thicken feature icon
    Create new, add to, subtract from, or intersect parts by thickening faces of solids, surfaces, or faces of surfaces.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Thin walled
     
    Thin walled appearances do not refract and do not have volume effects. Good for soap bubbles or window glass.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Global (Appearance submenu)
  • Tiling (Placement submenu)
     
    Controls the scale of the texture on the part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:
  • Toggle construction
     
    To activate or deactivate the Construction Sketch tool.
    Keyboard Shortcut: q
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Tone mapping
     
    A Selection submenu related to the Camera settings. Parameters are Candela factor, Whitepoint, Film ISO, Shutter speed, F-Stop, Crush blacks, Burn highlights, Saturation, Gamma, and Vignetting. Other optional parameters are Burn per component and Burn max component.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Selection
  • Toolbar
     
    A set of tools displayed at the top of the Onshape document tab.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Top-level instance
     
    An Instance that is brought into the assembly. It can be either suppressed or unsuppressed.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Instances
  • Top view
     
    The view of an entity from the top (plane).
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+5
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Total regeneration time
     
    The time it takes the Document or features in the Part Studio to execute, from beginning to end, displayed in milliseconds or seconds.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Regeneration time
  • Total subassemblies
     
    A collection of all instances of parts, sketches, and surfaces that define both position and movement.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Subassembly
  • Traditional CAD
     
    Older desktop CAD systems like SOLIDWORKS, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA, and Inventor.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Transform
    Transform icon Transform feature icon
    A Sketch tool used to adjust a sketch's location, orientation, and scale. Transform is also a Part Studio Feature tool that enables you to adjust a part's (and its Mate connector or axis, if desired) location and orientation in 3-D space with the option to copy the part in place.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Transform (Selection submenu)
     
    A Selection and Appearance submenu related to positioning. Parameters are Transform type (TRS or Matrix), Translation, Rotation, and Scale.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Appearance, Selection
  • Translate
     
    Transform option. Translates the appearance (left or right) of the selected objects. This is most apparent with textured surface materials.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Appearance, Selection
  • Translucent (Camera and render options)
     
    To render a view see-through.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Transmission
     
    Light that passes (is transmitted) through a part.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Emission, Reflection
  • Transmission (Appearance submenu)
     
    Provides light transmission attributes for the part's appearance, which can be edited.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Appearance Panel
  • Transmission color
     
    Color effect for transmission independent of thickness of the object, similar to stained glass.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Transmission (Appearance submenu)
  • Transmission roughness
     
    Determines how coarse the transmission light is. Higher values lead to parts seen through the material to appear blurry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Transmission (Appearance submenu)
  • Transmission weight
     
    Weights how much light passes through the object compared to its diffuse reflectivity.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Transmission (Appearance submenu)
  • Trash
     
    Any Document that is deleted is first moved to the trash. Items moved here can be recovered or permanently deleted.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Triad manipulator
     
    A manipulator that appears in a Part Studio Transform operation and in an Assembly when an instance is selected. Use the manipulator to move the part in any direction and angle in relation to the selected face(s) or edge(s).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Triangle
     
    A graphics primitive used to render surface and parts for visualization. The rendering of the triangles is handled by your graphics card.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Trim
    Trim tool icon
    A Sketch tool the enables you to trim a curve to the first intersecting point or bounding geometry
    Keyboard Shortcut: m
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Trim curve
    Move curve boundary icon
    Trim or extend a curve by a distance or to a bounding entity.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Composite curve
  • Trimetric (Camera and render options)
     
    A method of projection in which the object is shown with all three principle axes tilted unequally from the plane of viewing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Turn perspective on (Camera and render options)
     
    Toggle perspective view on and off. Perspective view shows the relative distance from the point of view to the model, and creates a vanishing point as the point of view (or imaginary camera) approaches the model.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options, Perspective view
  • Type (Simulation)
     
    In the Simulation table, this indicates the Simulation type; currently limited to structural linear static analysis.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Simulation table

  • U

    Undo
     
    Reverses the execution of the last command or action in the software.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl/Cmd+z
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Unique part
     
    A one-of-a-kind part. A part is a single closed solid body created by features.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Part
  • Unique sketch
     
    A one-of-a-kind sketch within a Part Studio.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Sketch, Part Studio
  • Unique subassembly
     
    A one-of-a-kind subassembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Assembly
  • Unique surface
     
    A one-of-a-kind surface. Surfaces are entities that may have one or many faces but no volume, and are independent of parts.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Surface
  • Units and precision
    Units and precision icon
    Displays the units and precision of a drawing. Define the default primary units for the drawing, specify whether or not to show dual dimensions and/or dual units in the drawing, and format the leading and trailing zeros in lengths.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing Properties
  • Update drawing
    Update drawing icon
    To select the Update tool in a drawing's toolbar in order to apply changes made outside of the drawing that affect the parts.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+q
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Updating references
    Updating references icon
    Updates all references to the latest versions. Onshape identifies the references for you with a series of icons indicating not only which objects reference another document or version, but also which objects have newer versions or revisions available. The out-of-date states are shown at all levels, for example: a sub-assembly is marked out-of-date if any of its children are out-of-date.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Use
    Use tool icon
    A Sketch tool that allows you to project (or convert) an edge, edges, and silhouettes of a part or sketch onto the active sketch plane.
    Keyboard Shortcut: u
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Use best available tessellation (context menu when multiple parts selected)
     
    Set the tessellation parameters to allow for the best tessellation quality available given the selected entities.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • User
     
    An individual account that provides access to Onshape; the user name can be seen in Navigation bar, in the right corner.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Account
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • UV projector
    Projector icon
    Controls how texture images are mapped onto the parts in the scene.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:

  • V

    Variable
    Variable feature icon
    Assign a variable that is visible inside this Part Studio. Use the # symbol to refer to a variable in a numeric field. For example, when the variable is x, enter #x in the numeric field. The variable can also be used in expressions, as in #x * 2, which doubles the variable x.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Variable Studio
    A Variable Studio is used to create variables that can be used in the document in which they are created as well as in other documents.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Variable table
    Variable table icon
    A Variable table allows you to create, view, and edit variable information in the current Part Studio or Assembly.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Version
     
    A snapshot of a document at a particular time. A version is created using the Create version command and appears in the Version Manager. Versions are immutable and can never be changed. Versions may have properties (metadata) assigned to them.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Version manager
     
    A graphical representation of the document's versions and workspaces in a branch/tree diagram. There is a menu from which to choose actions such as: open, properties, compare, delete, merge, and branch to create a new workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Versions and history
     
    A functionality in Onshape that allows you to create versions (which are View only) and branch a version to create a new workspace. You can also compare history entries in workspaces and versions, and any combination of the two.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Vertex / Vertices
     
    A model object; zero dimensional points at the end of edges.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Vertical
    Vertical tool icon
    A Sketch tool used to make one or more lines, or sets of points, align vertically.
    Keyboard Shortcut: v
    Context: Sketch
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • View cube
     
    The cube appearing in the top right corner of the graphics area when the user opens a document. Click on a face to view the model from that perspective. Click the arrows to turn the model in increments.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • View normal to (context menu when plane selected)
     
    Turn the model or sketch normal to the plane for viewing.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • View properties
     
    Displays the properties for one or more drawing views. Properties include Document, Workspace, Type, Reference, View, Scale, Rotation angle, and more.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • View support tickets
     
    View a list of support tickets for the currently signed-in user.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: Enterprise, Professional
    See Also: Account menu
  • Views (Drawing Properties)
    Views icon
    Edit your drawing's projection angle, the color and thickness of your drawing's visible edges, tangent edges, hidden edges, cutting lines, arrowheads, view labels and more.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing Properties
  • Virtual dome
     
    A Selection submenu. Attributes related to the environment's dome. Parameters are Rotation axis, with optional Mode, Rotation angle, Position, Radius, Width, Height, Depth, and Visualize parameters.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Selection
  • Virtual edge
     
    A curve in a drawing that is drawn at the place where parts intersect.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Curve
  • Virtual ground plane
     
    A Selection submenu. Attributes to create shadows and reflections on the ground without needing to explicitly create geometry. Parameters are Visible from below, with optional Enabled, Position, Reflectivity, Glossiness, Shadow intensity, Texture scale, Connect to environment, Connect to camera, and Legacy reflection parameters.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Selection
  • Virtual Sharp
    Virtual sharp tool icon
    One of the tools for creating sheet geometry in Drawings, which are outside of a view and meant to represent some part of the 3D model. This tool creates a virtual sharp associated with two linear edges. Virtual sharps are fully associated with the geometry and update appropriately with changes to the geometry.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Drawing tools
  • Visible from below
     
    Determines how geometry is viewed from below. When set to false, geometry is seen located above the ground plane, even when the camera is placed below it.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Virtual ground plane
  • Volume color
     
    If the appearance is not Thin walled, Volume color is reached at Volume reference distance (m).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Thin walled, Transmission (Appearance submenu), Volume color, Volume reference distance
  • Volume reference distance
     
    If the appearance is not Thin walled, Volume color is reached at this distance (m).
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Thin walled, Transmission (Appearance submenu), Volume color
  • von Mises stress (Simulation)
     
    A scalar value of stress that can be computed and is used to predict yielding of materials under complex loading from the results of uniaxial tensile tests. The von Mises stress satisfies the property where two stress states with equal distortion energy have an equal von Mises stress. It is a measure of energy density, as opposed to principal stress, which is a real stress. It is often used in determining whether a material yields when subjected to a complex loading condition.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also:  
  • Viridis (Simulation)
     
    Color range option used to display the Simulation color scale. Viridis uses a dark blue to bright yellow color scale.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Assembly
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Color scale (Simulation)

  • W

    WebGL
     
    WebGL (short for Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 2D and 3D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Weld symbol
    Weld Symbol tool icon
    Allows you to place weld symbols on a drawing. Weld standards default to the standard specified for the drawing. To change the weld standard, access the drawing’s Properties panel  located on the right side of the page.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • What's new
     
    A forum post and video showcasing the new features of a specific Onshape release.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Document, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Help menu
  • Where used
     
    Enterprise and Professional only. This feature shows where a Part, Assembly, or Feature Studio is being used.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: Enterprise, Professional
    See Also:  
  • Width
     
    The width of the image in the viewport, in pixels.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Render Studio
    Plan Type: Professional, Enterprise
    See Also: Render options
  • Workspace
     
    The editable iteration of an Onshape document. There can be multiple workspaces for a document and a branch can end in either a version or a workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Wrap
    Wrap icon
    Wrap a surface or sketch entity around a cylinder.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  

  • Z

    Zebra stripes (Camera and render options)
     
    Represents the reflection of a striped room on the current model. This allows you to see whether or not the curvature across edges is aligned and continuous. When the curvature is aligned across an edge, the edge is smooth and the stripes line up, and then veer off across the edge. When the curvature is continuous across an edge, the edge is smooth and there is no change in curvature across the edge. Stripes line up and do not veer off across the edge.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also: Camera and render options
  • Zoom in
     
    To change the view of an entity to be closer / larger.
    Keyboard Shortcut: Shift+z
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Zoom out
     
    To change the view of an entity to be farther away / smaller.
    Keyboard Shortcut: z
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Zoom to fit
     
    To place an entire Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly, or Drawing into view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: f
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Zoom to fit (context menu when part selected)
     
    When a part is selected, this brings the part to the center of the workspace, and also extends the part to all four edges of the workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: f
    Context: Part Studio, Assembly
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Zoom to fit (context menu when plane selected)
     
    When a plane is selected, this brings the plane to the center of the workspace so it fits inside the workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: f
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Zoom to selection (context menu when part selected)
     
    When a part is selected, this brings the part to the center of the workspace so it fits inside the workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: all
    Plan Type: all
    See Also:  
  • Zoom to selection (context menu when plane selected)
     
    When a plane is selected, this brings the plane to the center of the workspace, and also extends the plane to all four edges of the workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Part Studio
    Plan Type: all
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  • Zoom to sheet
     
    When a sheet is selected, this brings the sheet to the center of the workspace so it fits inside the workspace.
    Keyboard Shortcut: n/a
    Context: Drawing
    Plan Type: all
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  • Zoom to window
     
    When a plane is selected, this brings a specific area of the Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly, or Drawing into view.
    Keyboard Shortcut: w
    Context: Sketch, Part Studio, Assembly, Drawing
    Plan Type: all
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