how to add parts to a document

nelson_pereira280

Hi all,
new to cad but going thought the training and learning a lot. using the free version.

one thing I am currently looking for for a small project i want to start is adding a part like a bearing, to a shaft that i design in OnShape. I know there is a concept of adding existing parts to your assembly like standard screws and bearing and other static components, but can't figure out how to actually do it.

Thanks

GWS50

Have a look at the McMaster-Carr website. There you will find many CAD parts that you can download and import into Onshape

https://www.mcmaster.com/

eric_pesty

nelson_pereira280 said:

too bad onShape can't edit or convert a mesh to a solid for editing. thats what I wanted to do but instructions and videos are very scaresed.

Onshape can do some editing of mesh models like cutting away material or adding to them.
However mesh models are inherently "imprecise" and if you want a bearing model, a STEP file downloaded from McMaster (or a number of other available sources) is a much better option.

dirk_van_der_vaart

If you want Bearrings, then this is your source.
https://www.skf.com/group/support/engineering-tools/cad-information

Matt_Shields

Standard content like nuts, bolts, and screws can be adding through Standard Content.

For other types of content, just use Import , the plus sign in the lower left.  Onshape will import:

• Parasolid mesh (a zip file containing an x_t and an xmm_txt, or a zip containing an x_b and an xmm_bin, or an x_b file) from v28.0 to v35.1 (view and reference meshes only, unable to edit a mesh)
• Parasolid mixed model, representing mesh and B-rep, in the form of a zip file containing an x_t and an xmm_txt, or a zip containing an x_b and an xmm_bin, or an x_b file from v32.0
• ACIS (.sat) up to 2023 1.0
• STEP (.stp or .step) AP203, AP214, and AP242 (geometry and face color only)
• IGES (.igs or .iges) up to 5.3
• CATIA v4 from 4.15 to 4.24 (via an Assembly .zip file)
• CATIA v5 from R7 to R33 (v5-6R2023, R33)
• CATIA v6 R2010x to R2013x, R2015x, R2016X, R2020X
• SOLIDWORKS (.sldprt) 1999 to 2024
• Inventor 9 up to 2024
• Pro/ENGINEER, Creo from Pro/E 2000i to Creo Parametric 10.0
• JT (.jt) up to 10.8
• Rhino (.3dm) up to 8
• STL (.stl) (view and reference meshes only, unable to edit a mesh)
• OBJ (.obj) (view and reference meshes only; unable to edit a mesh)
• NX UG15.0 through NX12.0.2.9, NX UG 1911, NX 1915, NX 1919, NX 1926 through 1946, NX 1965, NX 1969, NX 1973, NX 1847, latest version NX 1847.2400, NX 1851, NX 1980, NX 1984, NX 1988, NX 1992, NX 1996, NX 2000, NX 2007 Series, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2027, NX 2206, NX 2212 Series, and NX 2306 series (up to 2306.7000)
• Solid Edge (.par and .psm) 10 through 2024
• glTF (.gltf) version 2.0
• 3MF

GWS50

Have a look at the McMaster-Carr website. There you will find many CAD parts that you can download and import into Onshape

https://www.mcmaster.com/

nelson_pereira280

too bad onShape can't edit or convert a mesh to a solid for editing. thats what I wanted to do but instructions and videos are very scaresed.

eric_pesty

nelson_pereira280 said:

too bad onShape can't edit or convert a mesh to a solid for editing. thats what I wanted to do but instructions and videos are very scaresed.

Onshape can do some editing of mesh models like cutting away material or adding to them.
However mesh models are inherently "imprecise" and if you want a bearing model, a STEP file downloaded from McMaster (or a number of other available sources) is a much better option.

dirk_van_der_vaart

If you want Bearrings, then this is your source.
https://www.skf.com/group/support/engineering-tools/cad-information