Assemblies

alejandro_snir

Hi 
I'm new here and couldn't find the answer in the forum or neither the tutorial.
I created several parts and created a blank sheet for making an assembly.
in the assembly spreadsheet the single parts are not located or can't be found, so i can't actually create an assembly because i don't have parts

peter_hall

I assume when you say you made a blank sheet for the assembly, you mean an assembly tab at the bottom of the page. If you then open this tab, you then click on import button along the top, this will bring up all the items in your document that you can choose to insert into your assembly area.

alejandro_snir

Thanks for the prompt response.
The issue is when i choose to import it takes me to the local drives and not to the cloud where all the parts are located so i can't find the parts

thomas_kozak

Sounds like you designed parts in one or more onshape documents, then created a new document to do your assembly in.  I think there isn't currently a way to pull in content directly from another onshape document, although you could export and then re-import it into the new document.

I seem to remember reading that this is on their list for features to add in though since it's a common request.

If you're working with parts designed in Part Studios of the same document, you don't import them but rather insert them (left side of the top menu bar).

philip_thomas

If your parts are in part studios in separate documents, you can RMB on the part studio tab and 'copy to clipboard'  and then paste the tab into the target document (click on the '+' in the bottom left hand corner of the target document).

3dcad

@philip_thomas
Maybe you should add general video of main workflow to Onshape front page. Beginning from creating new document since this same question pops up every now and then in forums. I was also confused when I first found Onshape since I thought document = file so I created 1 part per doc and then tried to create assembly to yet another doc and didn't find my parts.

If it was introduced in a way that document = folder, it would make it easier to understand when coming from traditional cad. 

philip_thomas

Here is a quick gif made by @viru

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/10945#Comment_10945