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Automatically add in the Derive Part or Assembly name

Sarah_FisherSarah_Fisher Member Posts: 2
Currently, when adding in a derived sketch or part into a part studio, the name of that entity is not brought in with it and you have to manually rename it. Can the name automatically be derived in too?


Comments

  • S1monS1mon Member Posts: 2,982 PRO
    Definitely agreed. 

    There are a few improvement requests which are related, nothing exactly like what you're requesting.
    https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/10891/expand-collapse-derived-feature
    https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/14608/derived-show-derived-sketch-plane-names-within-workspace

  • EvanReeseEvanReese Member, Mentor Posts: 2,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2023
    I like that at least as an optional thing. I considered making my own version of Derive to do this and a few other things. It wouldn't apply to every Derive workflow, but if you're deriving something as a reference it could:
    • Name the part (optionally appended with "reference only" or something)
    • change the appearance of the part to mark it as something you don't want to put in an assembly (if you're just using it as a reference to design around)
    • mark it "Not Revision Managed"
    • exclude it from the BoM
    It could also steal all of the nice functionality of Super Derive for placing more than one part around and doing a boolean operation.
    Evan Reese
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