Moving a drawing sheet

nick_coppins · June 2017

I have a bunch of part drawings created as individual drawings.

Is there any way to move these into a multi-sheet drawing?

brucebartlett · June 2017

Drawings as s Single Sheet or Multiple sheets might seem trivial but is a big question I have asked myself and on different Onshape projects, at the moment you can't change your mind 1/2 way down the track so is important to get it right up front. I have chosen both ways on depending on the project. It is, however, an issue at the moment that singles can't be merged to a multiple page drawing or vice-versa down the track you want to change the setup. @MichaelThiesmeyer I'll vote for that IR.

Why is this an issue?
For me, a multiple page drawing becomes more compact in the Onshape doc (minor thing but 100 tabs are hard to handle) and is easy to print/export, I really like structuring my drawings this way, I can have 100 pages in the drawing, RMB on the tab to export and I have them all in 1 PDF in a few seconds. However, I normally do single sheet drawings based on the part number because if you want to add links to specific drawings from elsewhere that seems to make more sense.

@PeteYodisI am really looking forward to more ways to copy, move and edit my drawings, the more time I can save the better. I also too, regularly want to move an already detailed view to a new sheet.

mthiesmeyer · June 2017

Hi Nick,

We do not yet have this capability in drawings and I do not see an improvement request for it. If you would like to see it please create an improvement request to the right ->

Thank you,

Mike

brucebartlett · June 2017

Drawings as s Single Sheet or Multiple sheets might seem trivial but is a big question I have asked myself and on different Onshape projects, at the moment you can't change your mind 1/2 way down the track so is important to get it right up front. I have chosen both ways on depending on the project. It is, however, an issue at the moment that singles can't be merged to a multiple page drawing or vice-versa down the track you want to change the setup. @MichaelThiesmeyer I'll vote for that IR.

Why is this an issue?
For me, a multiple page drawing becomes more compact in the Onshape doc (minor thing but 100 tabs are hard to handle) and is easy to print/export, I really like structuring my drawings this way, I can have 100 pages in the drawing, RMB on the tab to export and I have them all in 1 PDF in a few seconds. However, I normally do single sheet drawings based on the part number because if you want to add links to specific drawings from elsewhere that seems to make more sense.

@PeteYodisI am really looking forward to more ways to copy, move and edit my drawings, the more time I can save the better. I also too, regularly want to move an already detailed view to a new sheet.

PeteYodis · June 2017

@brucebartlett @nick_coppins I have created tickets for each of you on the improvement to be able to copy and paste sheets of a drawing to another drawing. There are things to think through when you move content from one drawing to another with regards to properties of the drawings that are defining the content that is being copied/pasted/moved.

Furthermore we do have improvements in store for duplicating a drawing, duplicating a drawing and it's references, and also improvements surrounding replace reference in a drawing.

sjalife · January 2020

Hi @PeteYodis, Any news?

Please add me to the feature request to Merge Single into multiple sheets and also on the Copy and paste one.

I looked briefly for them and could not find it.

Pierre_Arnaud_Donnet · February 2020

Hi @PeteYodis,
I am confronted to this exact issue where I created a bunch of individual drawings but I now need to merge them into one drawing with multiple sheets. Is there any new tip or way to achieve that without re-making all the drawings? If not, please add me to the feature request as well !
Thanks a lot.

Eleanor_Coffin · February 2021

I've just run into this same issue as well -- would love to see this capability.

Jordan_Harrison · November 2021

+1 for merging single sheet drawings into a larger multi-sheet drawing. Could be a timesaver for our work.

Skyler_Cutsforth · April 2022

I have been needing this improvement for quite some time, would be very nice and save time, which is saving money lol. Very valuable fix to drawings in my opinion. Even with the many improvements that could be made in onshape drawings, this one ranks pretty high for me.

So I would be another add to the improvement request count..
@pete_yodis Have they considered this improvement request or begun a fix? Much appreciated!

PeteYodis · April 2022

We have moving or copying sheets from one drawing to another as a logged improvement. It requires some reference handling questions the user would need to address... do you want the references copied, moved, or referenced. It's on our list to do.

Axel_Kollmenter · April 2022

I haven´t needed it yet but it would be great if it is possible! +1

Wout_Theelen · September 2022

I ran into this problem as well. I think moving the references would be the most reasonable choice. Just simply something simple like cut and pasting the single sheet drawings into a multisheet drawing. That would be enough for me for right now. If possible though having the option to generate a drawing into the multisheet drawing via the "create drawing of" option would also be great.

tim_spriel · July 2023

Any update on this? would be great!

fyorge · August 2023

I just ran into this issue in a big way. This has apparently been around for over half a decade as a request, and has been repeatedly requested here by many users. Is there any update on the possibility of doing this?

I have found that I can copy and paste the contents of a sheet into a new sheet in another drawing, and usually there are only a few things that need to be tweaked. So, it doesn't seem like there is any huge technical issue preventing this from being able to be done, or at least it is not obvious from the front end. It would be nice to at least have some information shared about the status of this as a possibility for the future.

kevin_thorp · December 2023

I've run into this problem as well. Would love to see a solution.

JeanL · February 2024

I'd also love to be able to combine several drawing sheets under one !!! Thank you, Jean Lafortune

rooiejoris · April 2024

Same here, run into the issue today. Would be so nice to copy and paste a sheet from one drawing to another drawing. (Or a new drawing 'something' like an assembly for drawings where you combine separate drawings...?! Not sure if this is a good idea or not, maybe it overcomplicate things for the user...)

mario_rauchfuß · December 2024

Looks like i ran into the same problem… I still have hope

luke_hickman · January 13

+1 vote. This is critical in drawing management as an Architectural Designer using Onshape.

joe_bar · March 5

having trouble exporting each sheet in a drawing as a separate DXF for lasercutting, it seems to merge them into one…

jeff_mcaffer · March 23

+1 for me too. I'm forever wanting to refactor my drawings as the projects (and my understanding) evolves. Is this the right improvement request to vote on/track?

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