Uploading 3 files into a single 'thing'

buk_browseruk054

I have 3 parasolid files that are all part of the same assembly, and I wish to upload them into a single workspace.

I've read this: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/Primer/importing_and_editing.htm it did not help.

I've uploaded the 3 files and tried various combinations of the offered options, but they always end up as 3 seperate 'things'; not as a singl' 'thing'.

How can I get them all in the same 'thing'.

(I'm using the word 'thing' here, because the normal words I would use 'file', 'document', 'drawing', 'assembly' all seem to have different meanings here from those I am familiar with.)

NeilCooke

Have you tried using the Derived feature to bring all the “things” into the same Part Studio?

john_mcclary

Unfortunately, "thing" is too generic. We need to understand what you mean by thing.

Can you describe it in terms of your last CAD system?

I think better with analogies, here is how I understand what the things in Onshape are compared to SolidWorks for example:

Onshape             :   SolidWorks
Document:           :  Project Folder
Assembly            :   Assembly File *.sldasm
PartStudio           :  MultiBody Part File *.sldprt
Part                     :  Body    *Think of it like a body in SW but each Body is automatically treated as its own *.sldprt file without any additional exporting.
Drawing              :  Drawing *.slddrw
Sketch                :  Sketch
Mate Connector :  Origin, Coordinate System, Axis, Plane, Point, (Selected Mate Reference geometry)
Fastened Mate   :  Lock Mate, or profile mate
Revolute Mate    :  Combination of (1) coincedent mate and (1) concentric mate
Slider Mate          : Combination of any two mates that only allow only a sliding motion without twisting
Planer Mate        : Coincident Mate
Cylindrical Mate  : concentric Mate
Pin Slot Mate       : Combination of any two mates that allow for sliding on X axis and allowing rotation on Z axis
Ball Mate             : coincident mate which uses two points for input
Parallel Mate       : Parallel Mate
Tangent Mate       : Tangent Mate
Group Mate         : Yea you wish...
Replicate             : Copy With mates / Pattern driven component pattern
Version                : SaveAs
Branch                 : Pack and Go
Merge Branch     : Two monitors and 6 pack of beer
Comments           : Email

Let me know if there are any other comparisons I could make, this could go on for a while, and is fun to think about...

So what Neil is describing is like taking a bunch of part files, deriving them into a separate part file if we want to talk like SolidWorks

S1mon

john_mcclary said:

Unfortunately, "thing" is too generic. We need to understand what you mean by thing.

Can you describe it in terms of your last CAD system?

I think better with analogies, here is how I understand what the things in Onshape are compared to SolidWorks for example:

Onshape             :   SolidWorks
Document:           :  Project Folder
Assembly            :   Assembly File *.sldasm
PartStudio           :  MultiBody Part File *.sldprt
Part                     :  Body    *Think of it like a body in SW but each Body is automatically treated as its own *.sldprt file without any additional exporting.
Drawing              :  Drawing *.slddrw
Sketch                :  Sketch
Mate Connector :  Origin, Coordinate System, Axis, Plane, Point, (Selected Mate Reference geometry)
Fastened Mate   :  Lock Mate, or profile mate
Revolute Mate    :  Combination of (1) coincedent mate and (1) concentric mate
Slider Mate          : Combination of any two mates that only allow only a sliding motion without twisting
Planer Mate        : Coincident Mate
Cylindrical Mate  : concentric Mate
Pin Slot Mate       : Combination of any two mates that allow for sliding on X axis and allowing rotation on Z axis
Ball Mate             : coincident mate which uses two points for input
Parallel Mate       : Parallel Mate
Tangent Mate       : Tangent Mate
Group Mate         : Yea you wish...
Replicate             : Copy With mates / Pattern driven component pattern
Version                : SaveAs
Branch                 : Pack and Go
Merge Branch     : Two monitors and 6 pack of beer
Comments           : Email

Let me know if there are any other comparisons I could make, this could go on for a while, and is fun to think about...

So what Neil is describing is like taking a bunch of part files, deriving them into a separate part file if we want to talk like SolidWorks

This is a useful list. I was asking in another thread for something like this. Maybe you could add onto that thread and we could build up a more complete dictionary...

Thanks.

john_mcclary

yea, I'll make a google spreadsheet thesaurus, should be a better format for this