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Export Rules for parts in an assembly?
Design_Bro
Member Posts: 25 PRO
I've created export rules so that a part would be exported with ${partNumber} ${description}, but it does not seem to work if you export the tab of an assembly. It only applies to the top level of the assembly, not the parts themselves.
If someone outside of the company downloads a specific file, the export rules also don't work.
Am I doing something wrong here? Or are export rules that limited?
My usecase is this:
I've made an assembly, I've configured all of the meta data, I would like my purchasing team to share said assembly's publication to a vendor where they can download either specific parts or the entire assembly. I would prefer to not have to put all of the meta-data in the display name in onshape. Example: I have a part called a Dog House, it is part number 001, it has a description "Compartment Dog House". In the Bomb it displays correctly, however, in the exported file it's simple "Dog House", with no way to export the PN or description. Do I need to put them back in the name like I did with Solidworks?
Further, if that is the case, surely there is a way to create display names from the parts metadata, no?
Edit: Solved part of this, you are able to force export rules in the settings of a publication. (imo, this should be an opt out feature but w/e) There is still the issue that parts inside an assembly or part studios do not have rules applied.
This would be less of an issue if we could insert individual parts from part studios and assemblies, but since we can't, export rules don't seem to serve a purpose.