Edit in Context

Axel_Kollmenter

How can I jump back to "edit in Context" after I taped into an other partstudio/assembly/...? Without adding the new part in the assembly and right click "edit in context". Is there an option?

Axel_Kollmenter

Ok so there is no other option instead of importing the empty part to the asm. and right click "edit in context"

christian_sturtevant

@Axel_Kollmenter That is what I do.

I liked how @NeilCooke saves the in-context reference in his cable-wire-routing tool with a featureScript function. The custom function generates an empty composite-part (that is excluded from the BOM, has no mass, etc) which, when added to an assembly, saves the context reference. If the context is lost, because no reference to the context was added, you can simply right-click the reference part and click edit in-context again.

I extracted the function that does just that here.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e0ff553d4d80306cb87a03ed/v/3e690a275f827f5c9f291c4f/e/899c7dd61072f7beab34140f?renderMode=0&uiState=62fbc690bfbba455b0954b1d

Axel_Kollmenter

Yeah I know this. Thank you. But it might be helpful sometimes to have the contextmenu (at the top, left) right after you clicked "new part in context". So even when the new part is empty, you still can tab around into other parts.

Axel_Kollmenter

What exactly does your featurescript?

christian_sturtevant

@Axel_Kollmenter
The featurescript creates an empty composite-part and mate connector which can be added to the assembly that the context was derived from. In the GIF you can see me create the in-context part-studio, add the reference featurescript and import it into the assembly. I also showed that by right-clicking the composite and pressing edit-in-context I could reopen the context that had been lost.

Hope this helps!

Axel_Kollmenter

Yes, but isn't it the same as how you can normally edit in context?

When I insert the context part to my Assembly (even if its still empty) I can jump back to my context part and select the assembly as the context in the top left dropdown menu.