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:
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!
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