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making multiple parts within a design studio
jonathan_jurgaitis
Member Posts: 2 ✭
I am a brand new user of Onshape but a long term SolidWorks user. Throughout the quick start tutorial it was showing multiple parts within a part studio. I'm sure its something simple but I can't figure out how to start a new part within a part studio. Do I just start drawing another body? That seems weird because then the next body would be using the planes of the original body.
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David_YL_Nguyen
Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 149 
https://learn.onshape.com/courses/fundamentals-multi-part-part-studios
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jack_erhart
Member Posts: 135 ✭✭
David,
Going through that lesson myself, and I noticed that some step explinations are missing. So one has to do a bit of figuring out as to what steps are not being mentioned. Just a heads up for you.
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David_YL_Nguyen
Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 149
Thanks for the info.
One thing that I can mention, is that most features that create geoetry give the option if you want to create a new body or add to an existing body:
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eric_pesty
Member Posts: 2,143 PRO
Indeed, in Onshape each "body" is a part, and don't worry too much about the "planes"…
Think of a multi-part studio more like an "in context" design assembly in SolidWorks where the parts are drawn in their "correct" location relative to the origin.
Also you will soon find out (if you haven't already…) that the individual part planes and origin are NOT included in the assembly environment so they become less relevant.1
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https://learn.onshape.com/courses/fundamentals-multi-part-part-studios
David,
Going through that lesson myself, and I noticed that some step explinations are missing. So one has to do a bit of figuring out as to what steps are not being mentioned. Just a heads up for you.
Thanks for the info.
One thing that I can mention, is that most features that create geoetry give the option if you want to create a new body or add to an existing body:
Indeed, in Onshape each "body" is a part, and don't worry too much about the "planes"…
Think of a multi-part studio more like an "in context" design assembly in SolidWorks where the parts are drawn in their "correct" location relative to the origin.
Also you will soon find out (if you haven't already…) that the individual part planes and origin are NOT included in the assembly environment so they become less relevant.