Getting Started
Onshape is a fully cloud based platform, meaning to be able to CAD at any given time you will need to have access to wifi. A great perk of this is the ease of collaboration which is the reason we switched from Autodesk Inventor.
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To get started head over to Onshape's website and create a student account.
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Fill out your information in the forum
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Complete the preliminary questions
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Fill out school information. School website link is https://rhs.rochester.k12.mi.us/ (opens in a new tab)
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After a bit of waiting, a confirmation will pop up telling you to check your email
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Click the button to activate your account in the confirmation email, and just accept all the default settings.
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Make sure to install MKCAD (opens in a new tab)
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Welcome to Onshape! At this point ask the CAD lead to add you to the Feds201 classroom
Congrats, you have now joined the designers who don't have to struggle with desktop CAD!
