Onshape drawing templates contain multiple sheets: the main sheet and continuation sheets. The main sheet is displayed when the drawing is created. The currently displayed sheet name is located to the upper left of the drawing space.
To view more sheets:
- Click
to open the Sheets panel:
- Double-click the sheet you want to view; the currently displayed sheet is highlighted in blue with a vertical blue bar to the left. (You can also select multiple sheets, indicated by blue highlighting.)
For sheets with parts involved in a release process, the part number and state are displayed next to the part name, as shown above
Detail and Section views are shown with their view identifiers, as shown above
When a sheet includes a view of a part that has been released and when the view is of the latest revision of that part, the Latest revision icon appears, as shown below:
To create sheets:
- Click
in the upper right corner of the dialog.
When adding sheets, the new sheet is added directly after the highlighted sheet in the panel and is immediately displayed in the drawing area.
You can also duplicate an existing sheet and use that as a template to make small changes, such as changing the configuration of a part or assembly. To duplicate an existing sheet:
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Select the sheet you want to copy, or use as a template.
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Right-click to access the context menu for that sheet.
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Select Duplicate.
The new sheet appears directly after the sheet it is a copy of. You can make any changes to the new sheet you wish, without affecting the original sheet. For example, you can change the configuration of a party or assembly, to represent all configurations in a single drawing, with each configuration on a separate sheet.
Viewing sheets and references
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In the Sheet panel, you can sort by Sheets with the referenced entities and views listed below, or by Referenced entities with the sheets and views listed below.
Click
Sort by reference
to list out each entity referenced by a sheet with the sheets they are referenced by listed below.
Sort by reference with references collapsed in the tree
Referenced entities are the major category, with sheets they are referenced on listed below with views on each sheet also listed
Click Sort by sheet to list out each sheet and the entities referenced on each listed below.
Sort by sheet with sheets collapsed in the tree
Sheets are the major category, with each entity referenced on the sheet listed for each sheet, with the views listed below
You can pin a referenced view (a view of a versioned/revisioned part or assembly) in order to prevent it from being updated, through the right-click menu. Select Pin view reference.
When a view reference is pinned, a pin icon appears along with the name of the version it is pinned to, as shown below:
Similarly, select Unpin view reference to remove the pin and allow the reference to be updated again.
Hovering over a reference of a configured part displays a tooltip of the configuration selection:
You can act on referenced entities in either list, right-click on the entity:
- Switch to reference
- Opens the Part Studio or Assembly of the referenced entity.
- Replace
- Replace the entity on every sheet on which it is referenced with another entity of your choosing. This action opens the Insert view dialog. Note that the entity is replaced on all sheets on which it is referenced.
- Change configuration
- Opens the Change configuration dialog. Select an option from the Configuration dropdown to change the configuration of the selected entity.
- If you start the command from a parent-child set in the Sort by sheets category, only the configuration for that parent-child set of views will change.
- If you start the command from the Sort by reference category, the configuration for all views on the drawing of that reference will change.