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jams_allen
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I'm new to Onshape and trying to understand the best practices for organizing my projects. What are some effective ways to structure my folders and documents to keep everything streamlined and easy to navigate? Any tips from experienced users would be greatly appreciated!
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Give each project its own 'Onshape Document'. Then create part studios/assemblies/drawings etc. as needed.
An Onshape drawing may consist of multiple sheets and have multiple references, so I usually use a drawing tab to produce a complete drawing pack of manufacturing details through to assembly and exploded views.
One project per folder, and it’s best for each component to have its own drawing.
Project organization will vary greatly from company to company depending on the needs and manufacturing restrictions. In general:
Commonly used parts: If you have a library of commonly used parts, then you may want all of these in separate "documents" but stored in a folder. Or, if they are always used together, you could keep them all in one "document". Also, Onshape has it's own standard library content for commonly used parts that you can insert directly into assemblies without needing to model them. This is for things like bearings, nuts, bolts, etc…
Project structure: If your projects are small, then go ahead and keep the related custom parts and assemblies within one document. This way you don't have to keep updating the derived parts and assemblies every time there is a prototype change. Once your designs are finalized, you could move them out of the prototype document and into their own documents for better version control.
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PDM & PLM: If you want to manage your projects the way larger manufacturing companies do, you will need PDM (Product Data Management) and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. Onshape is now integrated with Arena if you ever get this far into it: https://www.onshape.com/en/features/onshape-arena-connection
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