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boolean parts in assembly

christopher_williams787
christopher_williams787 Posts: 1 ✭
in Community Support
can you boolean parts in assembly. trying to 3d print my part as one piece.  

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  • Narayan_K
    Narayan_K Posts: 379 ✭✭✭
    @christopher_williams787 ,You can not perform boolean operation in assembly.You can derive all parts into one part studio and you can boolean it.
  • Bouwy
    Bouwy Posts: 16 ✭✭
    edited July 2016
    @Narayan_K How do you put or copy multiple parts in one part studio?

    edit: Solved: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/derived.htm
  • viru
    viru Posts: 619 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2016
    @christopher_williams787,You can derive all parts into one part studio and you can boolean it as suggested by @Narayan_K . Kindly refer below video for more detail.
    @Bouwy, Kindly refer below video which will be helpful to you for copy parts from other part studio. You also use tranform operation to re position them.

  • Cedric_Lin
    Cedric_Lin Posts: 2 PRO
    Hi, but how could I put the part I derived to exactly location I want? The part only stay at center and I can't move or rotate it?
  • Cedric_Lin
    Cedric_Lin Posts: 2 PRO
    Hi, but how could I put the part I derived to exactly location I want? The part can only stay at center and I can't move or rotate?
  • owen_sparks
    owen_sparks Posts: 2,660 PRO
    With the transform function....
    Business Systems and Configuration Controller
    HWM-Water Ltd
  • malay_kumar
    malay_kumar Posts: 93 image
    If your intention is to boolean them as positioned in assembly then you can also create a new part studio in context, copy part(s) in place using transform and boolean. This will allow you to update from assembly when position as well as geometry changes. 

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