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Onshape folder structure in company
JOHN_VASANTH
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Need all your input regarding folder management on Onshape . . . How you guys work on it ? Keeping all parts in single document ? or separate separate folder for each project ? how you guys manage bought out parts like screws or fasteners ? how to find duplicate entry while creating or brining in parts . . .
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Folder structure varies from company to company depending on the needs. Onshape has Projects where you can store documents, but you need enterprise access to use projects.
I recommend building everything in one document for testing and prototyping, then pushing the studios out to their own separate documents once you have a concrete design that isn't going to significantly change. Then the parts can each be managed with their own versions.
If it's a small project then I would keep everything in one document instead of pushing out to other documents.
Use multi-body part studios when you can but don't over do it.
Also I recommend to stay away from in-context edits as much as possible until we have a context manager so you don't put lots of work into easily broken contexts.
For screws and fasteners, use Onshape's standard content which can be inserted directly into the assembly. If it is a very custom part that is from a manufacturer, then you can store them somewhere in their own documents then insert them into your assemblies as needed. If you aren't using an assembly, you could insert the parts in to part studios using a custom feature like Product Catalog and customize it to your inventory.
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My company is small, 2 engineers and I'm the admin. I set up a folder for each major project. One folder for purchased mechanical parts. One folder for purchased electrical parts. Within the purchased mechanical folder, for example, I have one document for rivets, one document for screws for plastic, one document for specially PEM fasteners, etc. All items not part of standard content. The only thing I don't like about this is anytime I add a new item to the document, any asm that uses another item from that document will show out of date. To avoid this, I pin the purchased parts in my assemblies. The other way to avoid this is one document per rivet, per screw, etc.
Edit: I also have a folder set up for drawing templates, and folders for personal stuff, so it does not clutter the company stuff.