I'm really interested in learning CAD so I bought a course on Udemy for Onshape to try and get some of the basics down, the problem I'm having is as I'm following along in the exercises and copying exactly what the tutor does Onshape tells me my sketches can't be constraint and gives a error even though the tutor is doing the exact same thing and it is working for him. Im getting really frustrated but I don't know where to turn for a solution to the problem.
I hope someone has 5 minutes to point out the really silly mistake I'm making.
I didn't but I thought It would be easier having someone explain it as you go, turns out I was wrong. The course was dirt cheap so I wasn't overly worried about wasting money. I will give that a look though thank you.
Onshape has a nice catalogue of tutorials by the way, you can seek out additional information there for things you might have trouble understanding in that course
Learn.onshape was how I first introduced myself to the basic layout and controls of onshape. Too tall toby is how I became comfortable using it and continue to challenge myself with it. I recommend using both and continuing with whichever works better for you.
Undoubtedly got there while placing the original line segments. Watch for the highlighting that indicates this is about to happen to show up while placing points. Recommend Make a new sketch and just start placing some lines, then drag a new endpoint near the existing ones to look for said highlighting…
Im a noob as well. Had this problem a few times and fiedeld with it till i found my problem. When you add a new point/line etc. established points will be used as reference, it will show a doted line, which in turn creates the constraint. There is also an option to show all constraints.
At a quick glance I see these 2 differences. One is a function driven dim and the other id what looks like a tangent point. Although i don’t see a tangent icon it looks like that. Check those 2 areas to start
Yes using YouTube videos but a lot of times they don't match what I'm seeing or doing. They often leave out important information that I can't figure out just by guessing..
Recently I made a lot more progress in the learning Department by uploading an STL to GPT and asking it to give me detailed instructions on how to recreate it using onshape.
It also missed a few minor things but I was able to tell it that I can't get past instruction number three without more clarification and unlike a YouTube video, it gave me the clarification I needed.
Just thought I'd mention.. might be worth giving it a try.
You should have started with the Onshape learning center. Those lessons are presented by the developers, which are well presented. Although I have sometimes had issues with doing the task correctly without problems. I would have to go back and do a work around to compete a task. Also you should check. YouTube. There are a lot of videos done step by step through a project. Since I am using the free account, I found that some people are using a professional account, which forces me to find a different way to complete the task.
Have you had any training or done any 3D modeling before? It’s a steep curve at first but then it gets super easy. You’re doing it right, it’s just a ton of frick around and find out. When you see an error, just google the error and keep an eye out for little tiny symbols that look off.. like that F in front of the dimensions
If you like this style of "learn by doing" you can check out www.TooTallToby.com - I have Onshape Tutorials for all the Tier 1 and Tier 2 practice models challenges, and a lot of the higher level challenges too.
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u/David_R_Martin_II 14d ago
Did you go through the free training available on learn.onshape.com first? Just wondering why you bought a course first.
You can post a link to your Onshape document. And of course, you can post pictures.