Beginner Tutorial 2/5 - Onshape 3D CAD - Adding Features

Learn to use the extrude function in Onshapes’s free-to-use 3D CAD package to create various features on your parts. You’ll create different types of slots, including a dovetail slot, as well as an extruded pin-like feature. You’ll also learn more about dimensioning, changing units (mm to inches) and more advanced sketch techniques than in Part 1.
This is part 2 of a 5 part beginner tutorial mini series.
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[@g.1667]

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[@EdwardKilner]

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[@PatJones82]

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[@NETBotic]

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[@juanrivera4358]

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[@stepbystepscience]

Anther excellent tutorial, tq!

[@Rcschim]

I really like your tutorial style! I guess it helps that you were (are?) a teacher in real life ;) Onshape seems really powerfull and convenient - just what I was looking for (coming from Tinkercad for 3D modeling). greets, Mario

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[@dancingpenguin3731]

very easy to follow and detailed ,thank you

[@vincentalykin]

This was a good tutorial. The only issue I have is at the beginning -- you hadn't announced to the audience that you had "hidden" the 3 planes and the origin. I hadn't noticed this, and I was working through the tutorial until I got to the part of placing the center point. I saw the origin dot already present and I confused as to why a circle was already at there. I went back and forth a few times to figure it out, until I finally realised that it was the origin dot, which you had hidden but had not announced in the video that you had hidden.

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[@Mark-sq6os]

Thank you so much! This is one of the best tutorials for onshape. Thanks again.

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wow you are so much better than my actual teacher! these videos are easy to follow along and very helpful... i wish you were my teacher omg. thank you so much!!!!

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Really well explained, I would recommend to any beginners on onshape

[@richardburgers8965]

Such a clear way to teach. Thanks.

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thank you so much you just saved me from not paying attention in class

[@danthemann6565]

Love your videos, you make drawing so easy.

[@THEONLYNIKOMATH]

This tutorial is awesome! I'm so excited to start creating with this! One thing that would aid in viewers comprehension is if there was a finished picture of the feature of the model you are explaining about and trying to create.

[@CADSessions]

Thanks Niko. I agree, I feel the same way. I’ve actually started doing that for the next batch of content that I’ll be releasing 😉

[@bobvogel9916]

Before retiring ~8 years ago I had used Pro-E and Solidworks. Just heard of Onshape via "Stuff Made Here", and signed up. Opened it and... Like going between Solidworks and Pro-E... it looks similar, but I can't figure out how to do anything. :-) First KZbin video to show up was this, and after 1 video I feel 'in control' again. I'm sure the rest of the series will be as useful and I'll once again be able to design parts. THANKS for the great video.

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nice paced easy to follow tutorials that cover some nice basics. Helped me get starting from scratch, never touched any 3D drawing/rendering program before. But now in approximately 1 hour, I made my first basic model. =) thanks for the tutorials, looking forward to the more in depth tutorials that I'll get to later.

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[@mrembeh1848]

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[@CADSessions]

Thanks Embeh!

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[@sreihart]

Oh my, you explain this so clearly. I was easily able to follow along and I'm a 70 yo woman!

[@daveola]

Great videos, great instructor. It would have been nice to at least mention that the dovetail can also be done by using a draft extrude from the top, it's much easier and generally more robust, though I think showing the dovetail sketch as drawn is a useful thing to learn as well.

[@NETBotic]

Great videos so far. I already like Onshape more than F360.

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Is there website with screws thread types and how to model them? Same thing to clip parts, any website that show tolerance to clip effectively?

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This is the best tutorial I've ever watched! I remember everything, it's nice and detailed, while also being very entertaining, I could've never done anything close to this on something as simple as Tinkercad! I'm so happy to move on to the last 3 parts of the beginner tutorial! Tanks again!

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[@kumelachewmaru2225]

resolved my own problem. i was creating the extrusion without deleting the previous extrusion created.

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Awesome! Thank you so much!

[@CADSessions]

Thanks for watching!

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[@midrangemaven8153]

Could this part actually be used for something in manufacturing? Does it have a name? Thank you for the video it was really interesting

[@gigake]

Really great! ;-) thnx

[@littlehills739]

ty for ur time

[@MondoLeStraka]

After following the instructions @15:00 to 15:30 I keep coming up with 'can't dimension to itself' or similar. Is there a fix, etc.?

[@jimbrooks5496]

you need a second object to dimension to. Sometimes adding a point will let you do that

[@MondoLeStraka]

@@jimbrooks5496 Thanks but, the error message still appears: Sketch could not be solved.

[@sfallier]

At around 7 minutes - I'm unable to reference the midpoint of the smaller line segment like you do here. Is this something that's changed in OnShape? Is there a hotkey I need to press or a different tool I need to use?

[@Kyosama08]

Just figured it out. It probably was a change that Onshape did in the software. Select the corners of the rectangle first. Top left corner, then top right corner, then bottom left corner, then bottom right corner. You will then be able to select the mid-points.

[@randommatrix9]

@@Kyosama08 This doesn't work for me. Any reason why?

[@yvesinformel221]

As a total newbie, this is fantastic, press esc and move the line... ahhh that is why I could not move it, mentionning about vertical and coincidence icon while making a line. how to restart when I mess up like click on white space and start over, newbies always make mistake

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[@chrisw1462]

When I moved the 'center slot' sketch to the middle, I got a little too close. When I tried to draw the central construction line, it stuck to the full shape's sketch instead of the slot. Make sure you move the 'slot' off center just enough to avoid that (or construct the center line before moving it).

[@kumelachewmaru2225]

i created my dovetail, when i extruded it it went beyond the substrate material. it appeared red. looking at the isometric view, i see the original rectangle and circle with hidden line inside the block. I did edited my dimensions before this happened. what do you think happening here?

[@turboromy]

I wasted a few days trying this garbage called DesignSpark thinking it works like SW. Onshape is SW !!! This 2nd tutorial convinced me to the right direction.

[@bettydaltonnewbold2019]

At 17:16 you said to "uncheck now remembers". Where is that found, please?

[@gurashishdhillon1775]

amazing tutorial da]\

[@bread8176]

At 18:00 why did that set the diameter, rather than the circumference? The edge selected represented the circle's circumference and there was no edge or construction representing the diameter. Is that just convention?

[@frankpaynter6536]

I noticed that in order to mark the center of the rectangle (6:58 in the above video), I had to zoom out so that both the top and bottom edges were shown. Then I could see *two* rectangles - the one for the center of the circle, and the one for the center of the rectangle. However, the rectangle center highlight was only visible on the bottom edge of the rectangle, not the top edge

[@randommatrix9]

At 6:59, the middle point is not showing for the rectangle. Is this because I am using an updated version of OnShape, or is there something I have to change in my settings? Any reply/answer would help, thanks.

[@CADSessions]

I just tested it, and it’s showing up fine. Are you sure you have one of the feature buttons pre-selected, such as Line? If nothing is pre-selected, the center point will not highlight.

[@OnlinePersona-ub1lz]

had the same problem, for me i had not drawn the lines across. if you go back to when the lines originally are drawn, you can see that you also draw lines connecting to both verticle ends, creating an actual rectangle. It's easy to miss

[@loltest8402]

yes second one we're making progress class

[@candrew34]

It's not calculating the dimension from the edge of the rectangle to the edge of the inner rectangle. It's only calculating the full length of the top line. Do you have an idea what I might be doing wrong?

[@Kyosama08]

Just figured it out. It probably was a change that Onshape did in the software. Select the corners of the rectangle first. Top left corner, then top right corner, then bottom left corner, then bottom right corner. You will then be able to select the mid-points.

[@davidsh331x]

I am thinking that these were very nice videos in their day, but I am unfortunately having trouble following along with 7 years of software revisions between us. A lot is mostly the same, but some of your movements in your version I am not able to reproduce in my version. Kind of like you, in a Model T, trying to teach me to drive in a Ferrari. Any suggestions? Thank you... I should mention that I am trying to advance from a good bit of experience with TinkerCad, to something more powerful and flexible.

[@In0siplex2084]

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[@chikokishi7030]

At 17:30 , is this possible on the Android version?

[@kdt85]

6 years ago, shit, I feel like they're suddenly sponsoring half of KZbin

[@isaacmayfield3713]

What is this part that we're making for?

[@CADSessions]

The part is purely made for learning.

[@jashwanthreddy1234]

"Good, this is what we want"

[@KidaleSmith]

if you miss a single step be careful you will have to backtrack allll the way back or completely start over like i did 3 times so far