How to make part name match solidworks part file name while importing

Vaish

Hi all.
So I am importing my solidworks parts into onshape, However I would like the name of the parts to match the name of solidworks part file. Rather, only the part studio is getting the name but the part is named a random name, Part1. Is there a way to this, rather than go and rename every part in every part studio? I want to be able to reuse my parts in assemblies and with the current setup, on the left, I can only see Part1 for any file I import.

NeilCooke

Correct. Please create an improvement request. 

john_mcclary

If you import the .sldprt file it will do like you are saying, naming every part as part1 part2 etc.

if you import the project as a packandgo to zip. Then it will name each part by file name, this works for virtual parts as well.

If you import a step file it will maintain it's file name also

@lougallo is this a bug with the solidworks part importer?

billy2

I setup a simple assembly in SW with:virtual parts, multi-bodies parts & base parts. I threw everything at it.

Looked at pack'n go zip, step & parasolids exports. All these created the same thing inside OS. 

All parts from the multi-body parts came in as the file name and not the body name. Didn't matter how it was transferred.



I found no way to get the body names to transfer from SW to OS. oh well....




So I didn't stop there, I fixed the names in OS and sent them back to SW through a parasolids file. They imported as 'imported', no names appeared.

So I didn't stop there, I read the parasolids back into SW that it created to see what it would do if I made it eat it's own garbage. The names didn't come in and were replaced with "imported".

So...... I didn't stop there, I took the cleaned up file created in OS, exported, then read it back in. All the names were there.



This is by all means not scientific in anyway, but I doubt we'll ever get body names out of SW. From what I can tell, OS is working properly and will use body names if they are present through an export.


Dang! body names would be nice.

Vaish

I get it that we can import assemblies in a zip file, but what if I wanted to import the shared components we use among different parts into a separate folder? For this I would have to import Solidworks part files, which goes back to my question, if I want to import just parts(NOT assemblies) into a document, with the part studio having only one part, the name of part being the file name, is this possible in Onshape??

NeilCooke

@Vaish - yes, create a document, then choose import from the + menu and select all your SLDPRT files. A part studio will be created for each file with the same name (but the part will likely be called Part1).

Vaish

Thanks for answering. But I guess the answer to my question is it's not possible for parts to be named to match the solidworks part file in Onshape??

NeilCooke

Correct. Please create an improvement request.