Getting Started with Onshape

How to create an Onshape Account and learn the basics.

Create an Account

Set up your free Onshape Educational account here: https://www.onshape.com/en/education

Where to begin?

Go to www.onshape4frc.com. Follow the instructions to install the MKCad App. This app helps us easily access parts commonly used in FRC Robot assemblies.

A good introductory project is the Skateboard project. Open this Onshape Document, make a copy, and follow the steps to model a skateboard assembly!

Onshape Self-Guided Courses

These courses are recommended. They're located in the CAD Basics Learning Pathway.

• Introduction to Parametric Feature-Based CAD

• Introduction to Part Design

• Introduction to Assembly Design

• Introduction to 2D Drawings

Next Steps

Ok, so you have completed all four courses in the CAD Basics Learning Pathway. You're ready dive a little deeper...

Continue to practice some of the most important skills by completing these courses, in order:

1. Introduction to Sketching

2. Part Design Using Part Studios

3. Multi-Part Part Studios

4. Managed In-Context Design

Those last two are especially useful for designing a robot!

This is a lot, and it will take some time. But if you want to design a robot, you really need to practice all of this!

Next, you'll learn all about the special ways Onshape works so well in the world of FRC. Onward!