Convert assembly directly to part studio

crazymachinefan

I have a drivetrain that I have in assembly form, perfectly aligned and put together, that I need in single part form in a part studio so it is editable (as in cuts and adding things) and not as laggy. The only way I have found is to project it to a part studio and rebuild it from scratch, which could take hours. Is there any way to do this? So far the closest I have gotten is exporting as .stl and importing it, but that makes a mesh.

John_P_Desilets

@crazymachinefan

Is this drivetrain a model that was imported from another CAD system? Is it possible to share your project with us?

If it's an imported model, you can choose to import the assembly into a single part studio as a composite part. This will combine all the components into one single part that you can modify afterwards. 

Hope this helps!

owen_sparks

Or from your assembly create a part studio in context, transform copy in place all the parts, then Boolean them together.

sylvain_cornelus

I've had this exact desire.  What I've been doing is exporting and re-importing the assembly which then makes it one part.

@John_P_Desilets can you elaborate how to import the assembly as a composite part? I don't see that as an option in the insert window.

bruno_verachten

I'm also interested in that.
Thanks.

Prachi

If you figure out how to manage a large STL file that brings only mesh let me know. I have a dandy to work with from a hand scanner. Looks like a melting snowman. Trying to clean up and make a solid or surfaces in Rino.
BTW Solidworks said too big to open.
Mean time try using Parasolid format to export and import. As noted above, Assembly can be brought in as a composite in a part studio. Behaves as one part that can be modified.

nick_papageorge073

owen_sparks said:

Or from your assembly create a part studio in context, transform copy in place all the parts, then Boolean them together.

I had this same question, did a google search, and came across your answer. It worked great. Thanks, 1 year later:)

niklas_mulsow008

Hi, 

.. and two years later I have to dig out this post. I miss this feature also. I used in other CAD, save assembly as part often while generation simpler models for kinematic exports. Would be nice to have also this function in onshape. Ex and import is unfortunatly some extra work. 

Best
Niklas 

nick_papageorge073

niklas_mulsow008 said:

Hi, 

.. and two years later I have to dig out this post. I miss this feature also. I used in other CAD, save assembly as part often while generation simpler models for kinematic exports. Would be nice to have also this function in onshape. Ex and import is unfortunatly some extra work. 

Best
Niklas 

The functionality is already there. Look at post #3 in this thread from owen_sparks. It’s easy just takes a couple minutes. 

neil_brennan

How do you "create a part studio in context"???? I get that it probably solves the problem, but have no idea how to go about it.

brucebartlett

neil_brennan said:

How do you "create a part studio in context"???? I get that it probably solves the problem, but have no idea how to go about it.

Load your assembly with all the parts required and in the positions you want and click the icon shown here (create Part Studio in context).  Once you have your new in context part studio do a translate copy all parts in position which will be shown transparent. 

niklas_mulsow008

thank you very much. 

Robert_Meerman

Once you have your new in context part studio do a translate copy all parts in position which will be shown transparent. 

Can you post a screenshot of this? I cannot find any floating dialog / button / menu item to "Translate copy all parts in position" in my Part Studio; but I can see the transparent parts which come from the assembly context (screenshot attached).

Do you mean I can then Derive each part and manually place it at the same location as the transparent items? I'm hoping there is a way to take all the position and orientation information from the assembly...

nick_papageorge073

Robert_Meerman said:

Once you have your new in context part studio do a translate copy all parts in position which will be shown transparent. 

Can you post a screenshot of this? I cannot find any floating dialog / button / menu item to "Translate copy all parts in position" in my Part Studio; but I can see the transparent parts which come from the assembly context (screenshot attached).

Do you mean I can then Derive each part and manually place it at the same location as the transparent items? I'm hoping there is a way to take all the position and orientation information from the assembly...

Press the "transform" button. When the pop up opens, there is a drop down list. Its called "copy in place".