# Onshape Element API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-element-api/  
**Provider:** Onshape — https://apis.io/providers/onshape/  
**Base URL:** https://cad.onshape.com/api/v16  
**Documentation:** https://onshape-public.github.io/docs/

Onshape Element API is one of 42 APIs that [Onshape](https://apis.io/providers/onshape/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Element. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and an API reference.

Access and manage Elements. Every Element in an Onshape document is represented by a tab.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/onshape/refs/heads/main/openapi/onshape-element-api-openapi.yml
- **APIReference** — https://cad.onshape.com/glassworks/explorer/

## Other Onshape APIs (12)

- [Onshape Account API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-account-api/)
- [Onshape Alias API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-alias-api/)
- [Onshape APIApplication API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-apiapplication-api/)
- [Onshape AppAssociativeData API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-appassociativedata-api/)
- [Onshape AppElement API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-appelement-api/)
- [Onshape Assembly API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-assembly-api/)
- [Onshape Billing API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-billing-api/)
- [Onshape BlobElement API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-blobelement-api/)
- [Onshape Comment API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-comment-api/)
- [Onshape Company API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-company-api/)
- [Onshape Document API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-document-api/)
- [Onshape Drawing API](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-drawing-api/)

## Tags

Element

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/onshape/onshape-element-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/onshape/.