Exporting to .sldprt only creates a empty file

irfan_rafique

Hi 

Does anyone have a explanation my the files come out empty when I try to export parts to any other format than .stl?

jakeramsley

The .sldprt attached to your document is 50kB for me and re-importing it shows up as the knife that you exported.  What are you looking at the file in that shows that it is empty?

andrew_troup

Could you describe explicitly what steps you are taking to export them? And how the parts are created (ideally, by making the document public and posting a link here)?

irfan_rafique

I choose "Export.." in parts studio.. and then Solidworks in the poup.
Here is a link for the part:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/076a122581184b17a9b40647/w/d639056a425841a19080e095/e/551e2c280b9e499bbf545b33

jakeramsley

The .sldprt attached to your document is 50kB for me and re-importing it shows up as the knife that you exported.  What are you looking at the file in that shows that it is empty?

julian_leland

One thing that I've seen happen in the past is that a part created in Onshape which is relatively far away from the part studio origin will be imported into SW using that same origin - and the part won't be initially visible, because it's out of view of the default SW camera. Just to start at the basics, have you tried scrolling out/in and orbiting around in SW to make sure it's not just hidden someplace else in the SW part document?

irfan_rafique

For some reason it won't open with e-drawings. However I managed to open it in SW, but is it possible to continue working on in SW?