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Is it possible for new parts in a part studio to auto add and group in assembley?
jacob_kelley486
Member Posts: 9 ✭
I am working with a parts studio that has many parts in it and more are continually being added as the design continues. I have these parts grouped in an assembly with other parts from other part studios. any time there is a new part created in that first part studio, it doesn't get added to the assembly, which I would expect I suppose, but what is somewhat annoying is that I have to add the new part and position/mate it into place each time. Another option is to remove every part from the first part studio and re-add them and redo a group mate, but then I have to redo all the other mates that were with other part studio parts. Another option is to do a union boolean in the first part studio and make it all one part, but this is somewhat tedious and not really desirable, as I would like to keep these parts separate for later isolating, drawing and referencing.
Is there a way that I could, when a new part is created in the part studio, add it into the assembly group mate already in place as it is in the part studio, either automatically or manually but quickly? I also understand it might not be possible considering one might want to move parts in the assembly into different positions than they have in their part studio. Maybe someone has an easier solution than any of the ones I described above? Or possibly a feature could be added to add a part from a part studio and auto group it in position when you select another part from the same parts studio, just grabbing the same relative positioning between the 2 parts. That would be at least faster than having to fully constrain a part each time.
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eric_pesty
Member Posts: 1,887 PRO
Have you tried using a composite part?
The "composite selected" FS can be used to automatically add new parts to a composite: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f2ea26b1b495cdf788cf4a7d/v/c7df6e20f9b7974da19ac0f0/e/fef978324a54d5ac224c99dc0 -
eric_pesty
Member Posts: 1,887 PRO
@jacob_kelley486
Today's update just added an option to do exactly what you are asking!3 -
dirk_van_der_vaart
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Look at the What,s new in this forum, there is a video, Onshape has update,s every 3 weeks, allways check out what,s new.
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/23037/improvements-to-onshape-february-2nd-2024#latest
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The "composite selected" FS can be used to automatically add new parts to a composite: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f2ea26b1b495cdf788cf4a7d/v/c7df6e20f9b7974da19ac0f0/e/fef978324a54d5ac224c99dc
I just noticed that tool. Thanks. It looks like it will do what I want pretty easily. I can just occasionally move the composite part feature to the end and add any new parts to it.
Today's update just added an option to do exactly what you are asking!
Oh? Awesome. What is it called? Or how does it work? I'll have to take a look when I get time.
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/23037/improvements-to-onshape-february-2nd-2024#latest
I don't think so. Why? I just use OnShape as my hobby CAD while at work I use SolidWorks which is to expensive for me to buy individually, but OnShape gets pretty close for what I need, and it's free! I don't have a lot of time to check up on the newest/latest updates in OnShape, or even SolidWorks for that matter.