Changing a surface to a part

matthew_bilby

I've been making a model on Onshape and when it came to assembling the parts together I discovered that one of my intended parts was in fact a surface and I could therefore not add it to an assembly. Any way to change the surface into a part? 

NeilCooke

You can assemble a surface by selecting the surface icon in the insert dialog. Ideally it should be solid though (try using "enclose").

matthew_bilby

Thank you. The assembly worked but now it's not producing the surface into the working drawings

brucebartlett

Drawings will not show surfaces. I looked for an improvement request for so you can vote but could find one. Maybe you should raise a new improvement request for this. 

Jake_Rosenfeld

Hi @matthew_bilby ,

Can you make sure your document is public and post its URL here?  That way we can see if enclose, thicken, or some other feature would be best suited to change your surface to a solid.
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/enclose.htm
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/thicken.htm