Getting started with Onshape

Why Onshape

Team 1675 has standardized on using Onshape as our CAD package to design robots. While this particular CAD software is not currently an industry standard, there are many advantages that it provides our team that most other CAD options are lacking.

1. Full free access for students

   Onshape provides an educational liscense free of charge for any students and teachers. This allows full access to all features with minimal overhead.

2. Low system requirements

   Onshape is a browser-based CAD solution, which means the heavy lifting of is done in the cloud. This allows us to run CAD on nearly any computer and has the additional benefit of not needing to install software to view CAD models.

3. Automatic Syncing and Version Control

   Because it is a cloud-based solution, updates made on one computer can almost instantly be seen on another, without the need for syncing or downloading files. (Think google-docs for CAD). In additional there are version control features that will allow rolling-back changes when needed.

Creating an Account

1. Using your preferred web browser, navigate to Onshape.com

2. Click “Create a Student Account”

1. Fill in the form with your email and school information. Your email address will be your username.

1. After completing the form, click “Create EDU Account”

2. Complete the step 2 form with school information to the best of your ability. (School website doesn’t need to be fully accurate)

1. After completing form, click “Create Account”

2. Onshape will send a confirmation email. Open your email and click the link to finish registration.

Logging in and joining the team

1. To sign-in, navigate back to Onshape.com and click the “Sign In” button in in the upper-right corner.

1. Enter your login info on the following page and click “Sign In”

1. After logging in you should see a screen that looks similar to this (you will not see all of these projects, as this screen shows recently viewed projects):

1. After successfully logging in talk to a mentor (Adam) to add your account to the team in Onshape.

2. When you are added to the team, you should see the following link in the left menu, which will give you access to folders similar to what is seen in the screenshot.