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Editing Imported parts

brady_evans
brady_evans Member Posts: 5 ✭
in Community Support

I'm working on designing an enclosure for an organ. To do so, I went online and found a STEP file of the keyboards I'll be using (Fatar TP/9S 61). I imported said file, copy/pasted it twice, and now i have the layout of keys I'm looking for. However, now that I'm ready to start designing the sheet aluminum enclosure, Onshape won't let me sketch on the same page. I don't know of any way to get around this. It won't let me copy/paste the layout into a new Part Studio, and I need to have the layout of the keyboard to build the enclosure around. I don't think there would be, but is there any way to get around this? Being able to sketch around these parts is imperative to this project.

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  • robert_scott_jr_
    robert_scott_jr_ Member Posts: 883 ✭✭✭

    Hello Brady. You should be able to model referencing another 3D part. Please post a link to your document. - Scotty

  • brady_evans
    brady_evans Member Posts: 5 ✭

    OK.

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5234e46df983571611eac722/w/68ff9096832f7214a3f0bf4c/e/d2d1667cf6ab41e4a476877c

  • eric_pesty
    eric_pesty Member, pcbaevp Posts: 2,822 PRO

    It's an assembly, you need to use use an assembly context.

  • brady_evans
    brady_evans Member Posts: 5 ✭

    Oh, thank you. This works.

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