how can i edit an imported solidworks file?

adva_eshel

i imported solidworks file, it says that the translation completed. 
how can i work on the it?
when i double click it, it doesn’t really open the file in a work space, instead i see this-


thanks for ur help

NeilCooke

If you click on the house icon, bottom left, is there a Part Studio with the translated part in it? If not, right-click on the tab at the bottom (pokeball.SLDPRT) and select import.

adva_eshel

yes. the part is there,
but when I double click it (to enter and start edit) it shows me the file's details and not getting me into the workspace. like in the pic attached.
why is that? 

and thanks for the quick response:)

NeilCooke

Double-click? To open the doc or to import the file? A doc will open on the last seen tab.

adva_eshel

found it. thank you!

Cris_Bowers

You can only do direct edits on imported parts. The sketches and features used in SolidWorks won't carry over. You should just have a single import feature in the feature tree. Depending on how you imported you will have one or multiple parts in the parts list.

You can create new sketches and new geometry if needed, or you can also extrude or remove existing geometry, add holes, move or offset faces, or scale the model just like you would to anything created in Onshape.

billy2

Just to add to the controversy, I prefer to add solidworks assemblies to a part studio and flatten it. I prefer to build the assemblies inside onshape from the flatten part studio. This gives me better assemblies & a good part studio to work with. The assemblies inside onshape are trivial to build up and to get working and I prefer to use it as a master structure. 

Like Chris says, you'll have dumb solids. This hasn't been a problem with my SW imports.

I've set it up so I can go back and forth sending files back to solidworks from onshape and work full circle. The newer assembly inside onshape drives everything and is the master of this onshape & solidworks combo. File names and structures pass back & forth. I've been working on properties moving from each system but haven't gotten this work. Assigning properties is much easier in onshape and wish I could shove them back down into solidworks.