Complete Onshape for Beginners: Project-Based Approach
CADArtifex
11 modules
English
Certificate of completion
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Learn Onshape by creating real-world CAD models from scratch—step by step: Sketching, 3D Modeling, Assembly & Drawings.
Overview
Learn Onshape—the powerful, cloud-native 3D CAD platform used by engineers, product designers, and professionals worldwide.
This course, Complete Onshape for Beginners: Project-Based Approach, is your all-in-one guide to learning Onshape from scratch—step by step, through real-world, hands-on projects.
What you'll learn
- Drawing 2D sketches and converting them into 3D solid features.
- Creating 3D models in Onshape using basic and advanced tools.
- Building assemblies by adding and mating multiple parts in Onshape.
- Creating 2D technical drawings with dimensions, annotations, BOMs, and More.
Whether you're a student, engineer, hobbyist, or design enthusiast, this course will teach you how to confidently design parts, create assemblies, and produce professional technical drawings using Onshape's browser-based tools. No prior CAD experience is required—just a computer with internet access and a desire to learn.
Project-Based Learning
Build real design models as you develop your CAD skills—from sketching to creating fully detailed assemblies and drawings.
Step-by-Step Instruction
Each concept is introduced in a logical, beginner-friendly way with clear explanations and hands-on demonstrations.
Course Highlights:
- Navigate Onshape’s user interface with confidence
- Create and fully constrain 2D sketches
- Model 3D parts using extrude, revolve, loft, and sweep features
- Apply advanced features: fillets, chamfers, ribs, draft angles, and shells
- Use mirror and pattern tools, and create complex 3D curves
- Assemble multiple components using real-world mates
- Produce 2D engineering drawings, complete with annotations and BOMs
- Import and export designs, manage documents, and collaborate online
Modules
Introduction to Onshape
7 attachments • 18.74 mins
Creating and Editing Sketches with Onshape
27 attachments • 1 hrs
Invoking a New Design Document
Specifying Units
Accessing Sketch Tools and Selecting a Plane
Drawing a line
Switching Between Line and Tangent Arc Tools
Drawing a Rectangle
Drawing a Circle
Drawing an Ellipse
Drawing an Arc
Drawing a Polygon
Drawing Splines and Adding Control Points
Creating Construction Geometries
Creating a Sketch Fillet
Creating a Sketch Chamfer
Trimming Sketch Entities
Extending Sketch Entities
Splitting Sketch Entities
Offsetting Sketch Entities
Creating a Slot
Mirroring Sketch Entities
Patterning Sketch Entities
Transforming Sketch Entities
Applying Constraints
Applying Dimensions
Switching to the Part Studio environment
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Creating Extrude & Revolve Base Features
7 attachments • 15.99 mins
Creating an Extrude Feature
Creating a Revolve Feature
Navigating a 3D Model
Manipulating View of a 3D Model
Changing the Display Style of a Model
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Creating Planes and Advanced Techniques
12 attachments
Creating Construction Planes
Exploring Additional Extrude / Revolve Options
Projecting Edges onto the Sketching Plane
Displaying Section View of a Model
Displaying an Earlier Stage of a Model
Editing Features and Sketches
Deleting a Feature of a Model
Assigning Appearance
Assigning Material
Computing Mass Properties
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Creating Sweep, Loft, and Thicken Featuers
5 attachments
Creating a Sweep Feature
Creating a Loft feature
Creating a Thicken feature
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Creating Placed Features: Fillet, Chamfer, & More
10 attachments
Creating Fillets - Part 1
Creating Fillets – Part 2
Creating Chamfers
Adding a Draft Angle
Creating a Rib Feature
Creating a Shell Feature
Creating Holes
Creating an External Thread
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Patterning and Mirroring
5 attachments
Creating a Linear Pattern
Creating a Circlular Pattern
Creating a Curve Pattern
Mirroring Features, Faces, or Parts
Exercise 11
Creating 3D Curves and Splitting Faces
8 attachments
Creating a Helix
Creating a Projected Curve
Creating a 3D Fit Spline
Creating a Bridging Curve
Creating an Intersection Curve
Creating a Composite Curve
Splitting a Part and the Face of a Model
Exercise 12
Working with Assemblies
11 attachments
Getting Started with Assemblies
Inserting the First Component of an Assembly
Fixing the First Component
Inserting Additional Components
Applying Mates
Grouping Components Together
Activating Snap Mode
Activating Show Mate Mode
Patterning Assembly Components
Establishing a Relation Between Two Mates
Exercise 13
Working with Drawings
29 attachments
Accessing Drawing Environment
Accessing Drawing Environment from Part/ASM
Creating a Base View
Creating a Projected View
Understanding Angle of Projection
Controlling the Display and Properties of a View
Editing and Modifying Drawing Properties
Creating an Auxiliary View
Creating a Section View
Creating an Aligned Section View
Creating a Broken-out Section View
Creating a Detail View
Creating a Break View
Creating a Crop View
Editing and Modifying Sheet Properties
Adding a New Sheet
Deleting a Drawing View
Moving a Drawing View
Moving a View to Another Sheet
Editing Hatch Properties of a Section View
Applying Dimensions
Adding a Surface Finish Symbol
Adding a Weld Symbol
Adding a Note
Editing the Sheet Format
Creating the Bill of Materials (BOM)
Editing and Customizing the Bill of Materials
Adding Balloons
Exercise 14
Final Summary
1 attachment • 1 mins
Final Summary
Certification
When you complete this course you receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’ signed and addressed personally by me.
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