Render Studio: How to add parts?

martin_kopplow

I'm playing with Render Studio. So far, I get usable results. Now, after I've set up a render scene, I notice I might need to add one more part for the sake of clarity, so I go to my assembly and create it in context, expecting the render scene to update. The new part, though, does not show up in the render scene. I would have expected an automatism or at least an update button, like we find in drawings. The Help Files don't have nothing to say about this, too. Is there a way to make a part modeled after the render studio is created, appear in the scene?

GregB

You can certainly update the scene. This section in the help describes it: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/render-studio-interface.htm?Highlight=update 

GregB

You can certainly update the scene. This section in the help describes it: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/render-studio-interface.htm?Highlight=update 

martin_kopplow

Ah! Thanks a lot. I was looking in completely the wrong place. 

Maybe Onshape should watch their interface consitency, for this does apparently work very differently from updating e.g. assemblies or drawings, both regarding notification of available updates and triggering the process. GUI is a lot about predictability: Once a user has learned how to do it there, he might be lead to also expect it here.

To me, the Render Studio Interface in general, compared to the main modeling UI, appears to be less carefully laid out.

sebastian_glanzner

@martin_kopplow
I'm also looking forward to RenderStudio UI improvements. They had a sneak peak during the Onshape Live 2023 event, which looks very promising:
https://youtu.be/FL1rWxWUMaY?feature=shared&t=1618
(Starting at 26:58)