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Learn Feature Based Modeling

One Project at a Time

Welcome to CAD Video Tutor

Learn feature-based modeling through hands-on Onshape learning projects! Each video guides you step by step—teaching students and beginners how to sketch, extrude, and build 3D models with confidence. Follow along, strengthen your CAD skills, and start creating with clarity.

Step-by-Step Onshape Tutorials

This set of hands-on CAD projects is perfect for beginners and classrooms. Learn how to read engineering drawings, model individual components, and assemble parts using a bottom-up approach.  

Ideal for your first day in CAD, these introductory video lessons teach the fundamentals of feature-based modeling. Experience a clear, step-by-step video workflow to guide you through sketching and creating your very first 3D parts.

This set of advanced exercises is perfect for learning how to model assemblies

using Onshape’s top-down approach. Each tutorial guides you through creating multiple interrelated parts within a single Part Studio, emphasizing shared geometry, linked dimensions, and coordinated design intent.

Toy Airplane

Toy Airplane

Bottom Up - Multi-Part Modeling & Assembly

Do Nothing Machine

Do Nothing Machine

Bottom Up - Multi-Part Modeling & Assembly

Fidget Spinner

Fidget Spinner

Bottom Up - Multi-Part Modeling & Assembly

Hinge

Hinge

Top Down - Multi-Part Modeling & Assembly

3 Slider - DNM

3 Slider - DNM

Top Down - Multi-Part Modeling & Assembly

Butterfly Valve

Butterfly Valve

Top Down - Multi-Part Modeling & Assembly

Fixture

Fixture

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Saddle Bracket

Saddle Bracket

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Spacer Plate

Spacer Plate

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Swing Arm

Swing Arm

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Snap Gauge

Snap Gauge

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Bearing

Bearing

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Yoke

Yoke

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Bushing

Bushing

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Drain Plate

Drain Plate

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Spinner

Spinner

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Ratchet Plate

Ratchet Plate

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Geneva Cam

Geneva Cam

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Connecting Rod

Connecting Rod

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Angle Bracket

Angle Bracket

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Valve Body

Valve Body

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Frisbee

Frisbee

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Hub

Hub

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Pulley

Pulley

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Switch Plate

Switch Plate

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Pipe Tee

Pipe Tee

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Plastic Box

Plastic Box

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

Handlebars

Handlebars

Sketching & Single Part Modeling

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