Import existing onshape parts

brian_rupp

How can I insert existing Onshape files (like a block) into a new assembly or Part Studio?  example:  building a house and you want to insert 2x4's, doors, etc. without drawing them from scratch every time.

øyvind_kaurstad

Within the same document, you would use "Derived" to obtain parts from other part studios, and for assemblies you would of course just insert the parts.

If your parts are in a differrent document, you would have to copy them into the document you're working on. You can right-click on a part studio tab (in the source document) and choose "Copy to clipboard", and then in the target document click the '+' on the bottom left and choose "Paste tab". Then proceed as you want to. However, the tab that copied has no relation to the source document, it is a pure copy.

øyvind_kaurstad

Within the same document, you would use "Derived" to obtain parts from other part studios, and for assemblies you would of course just insert the parts.

If your parts are in a differrent document, you would have to copy them into the document you're working on. You can right-click on a part studio tab (in the source document) and choose "Copy to clipboard", and then in the target document click the '+' on the bottom left and choose "Paste tab". Then proceed as you want to. However, the tab that copied has no relation to the source document, it is a pure copy.

brian_rupp

Thanks!  While I'm not a huge fan of the tab method (when you have possibly hundreds of parts to insert) this gets me over another hurdle.  I like all links being broken to the source because I do need to modify the parts without changing the source.  Using SW in the past we never had a vault system and the source files were always being screwed up because people brought it in wrong.