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Designing on a Tablet

Developing ideas in CAD

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ITERATING AND PROTOTYPING

CAD is one method you can use to begin developing your ideas once you have some sketches and sketch models, plus a good idea of where you want to take your design. You'll need to think about a few things first:

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  • Dimensions (you will need some measurements to begin designing in CAD with)

  • Orthographic sketches (because you begin in 2D sketch mode)

  • An understanding of the functionality and mechanisms involved in your design (because these are the kind of details you are going to begin developing)

Importing a drawing into OnShape

A great way to begin is by importing an orthographic sketch that you have done. Watch the video to find out how and see why this is useful.

Using versions

 Learn how to use the 'version' options to record your iterations over time.

Generating drawings
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From your CAD models you can export orthographic drawings with dimensions to add to your development pages.

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