OnShape - Why CAD 1.2-1.4

• A collection of instances of parts, sketches, surfaces, or subassemblies that define both position and movement.

• assembly

• mate

• normal

• OnShape Document

• An Onshape feature used to position instances in an assembly and define movement

• assembly

• mate

• normal

• OnShape Document

• Perpendicular to a given object.

• assembly

• mate

• normal

• OnShape Document

• A collection of design data organized into Onshape tabs. 

• assembly

• mate

• normal

• OnShape Document

• A tab inside of an Onshape document containing the parametric definition of one or more solid bodies. 

• mate

• normal

• OnShape Document

• Part Studio

• A flat, two-dimensional surface that extends infinitely far.

• plane

• normal

• OnShape Document

• Part Studio

• The cube in the top right corner of the graphics area when you open a document.

• plane

• normal

• Part Studio

• ViewCube

Engineers divide 3D space into eight chunks, called octants.  The planes used to divide up the space are called datum planes, and they are the x-y plane, the y-z plane, and the x-z plane, each defined by their two respective coordinate axes.  In CAD, the x-y plane is often called the Top plane, the y-z plane is called the Right plane, and the x-z plane is called the Front plane.

But you don't need to know all of that because Onshape gives you a _______!

• View Cube

• Right View

• Left View

• Front View

As explained in the Nerd Alert above, when viewing objects in 3D space, it is handy to use the (a)   , Top, and Right views.  The View cube makes that easy!

On the rounded corners of the view cube to see what are called _______views, where you can see three sides of the bike at one time.

• trimetric views

• datum planes

• octants