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1A: Onshape Fundamentals

Sketching and Part Design

Sketches and features are the building blocks you will use to create every 3D model in Onshape, so it's good to have a good grasp on the fundamentals.

Learning Center Courses

Complete the following Onshape Learning Courses:

  1. The Introduction to Sketching course runs you through different sketch tools, constraints, and a good sketch workflow.

  2. The Part Design Using Part Studios course runs you through creating different parts with a variety of features.

With a good understanding of both of these, you can create almost any part you want to. The following sections are all about integrating design intent into the process and learning how to design a whole project with multiple pieces.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Most sketch tools and feature tools have keyboard shortcuts available. Learning and using these can help speed up your workflow a ton. If you don't know the keyboard shortcut though and can't find the tool, use the shortcut alt+c to bring up the search bar and type the name of the tool you're looking for.

Help Center Pages

For future reference without having to go through the learning center, sketch basics, sketch tools, feature basics, and feature tools are all covered in text form in the help center.

DO NOT MOVE PAST THIS POINT UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE TWO LEARNING COURSES ABOVE