You asked: What files can be imported into Onshape?

Can Onshape import OBJ?

Onshape enables you to import three faceted file formats: STL, OBJ and Parasolid Mesh for visualization and referencing.

How do I import drawings into Onshape?

Drawings are able to be imported from: The Documents page where they automatically become a new document. Within a document, where they automatically become a tab inside that document.

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Importing from within a document

1. Click .
2. Select Import…
3. Select the file to import.

Can you import DWG into Onshape?

Insert DWG and DXF Files



This functionality is currently available only on browser. Insert the contents of a DXF or DWG file as Onshape drawing entities. Use this tool as a method to create a custom template; for more information see Custom Drawing Templates.

Which export formats are available for drawings in Onshape?

Sketches can be exported to DWG and DXF formats. Planar faces can be exported to DWG and DXF formats. Flattened views of sheet metal models can be exported to DWG and DXF formats. You can use metadata to name export files, see the Export rules subheading in your plan’s Managing Your Onshape Plan topic.

How do I import STL files into Onshape?

The imported file is now in the open Onshape document, as its own tab (listed across the bottom of the document page).

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1. Click Create.
2. To import from your hard drive, click. Import files. …
3. Select a file (or files) to import. …
4. Select your desired processing option: …
5. Click OK to initiate the import. …
6. Now you have the ability to:

How do I edit an imported CAD file on Onshape?

Updating imported data



To update the data imported into Onshape: Export the file again from the original system. Note the file name and location. Open the Onshape document containing the originally imported data, right-click the tab with the file name, and select Update.

How do I import a file?

If you have existing files, you can import and convert them to Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

1. Go to Drive.
2. Click New. File Upload.
3. Choose the file you want to import from your computer to add it to Drive.
4. In the Upload complete window, click Show file location .
5. Right-click the file and select Open with.

Can Onshape open SolidWorks files?

One last note for SolidWorks users: To import a SolidWorks assembly, first use the Pack and Go command in SolidWorks and the option to “Save to Zip file.” This will create a single zip file that contains the assembly plus all of its parts. This zip file can then be imported into Onshape.

How do you open an Inshape drawing?

To view the Onshape templates, select the Onshape filter.

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When importing from within a document:

1. Click , then. Import.
2. Select the . DWG or . DXF file.
3. Note the new tab in your document, with the same name as the file you imported.

How do you scale a sketch on Onshape?

Enter the finial size in that dim. Them add the rest of your dims back in. If you have a large scketch, i would continue extruding or whatever, once you have a 3d part, use transform->scale on the part instead.

Can you export a SVG from Onshape?

You can create views of the model (or an assembly) and you can right-click on a drawing view, then there’s an option to make sketches visible as well. Once you have a drawing, you can export the whole thing as SVG, DXF, PDF, and other formats as well.

What formats does FreeCAD support?

Besides FreeCAD’s own file format, files can be exported and imported in DXF, SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), STEP, IGES, STL (STereoLithography), OBJ (Wavefront), DAE (Collada), SCAD (OpenSCAD), IV (Inventor) and IFC.