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Import into an existing part studio
offriLotan
Member Posts: 8 PRO
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Instead of importing to a new part studio, make the option to import into an existing part studio.
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I spend most to the day importing stuff from vendors and at the end of the day I have 1000s of part studios. Then you download the wrong part, so you do it again but you forget to delete part studio tab...... and it doesn't end)
After about a month, you have to create a new document because there's too many tabs in the old one.
Simple case where this kind of functionality is crucial: You have a part that you're importing from another source (previous project, vendor, whatever). You have a part that you want to modify to have the identical mounting features of this imported part. Easiest way to do this? Boolean combine the parts, but you can only do this if they are in the same part studio.
I get around this by creating an assembly with the two parts, exporting it to STEP, then reimporting the STEP into a single part studio. This method is a kludge, but in instances like this it's the only way that I've found to do something like this, short of trying to recreate every detail of the part you're trying to mimic the features of…
@fyorge
Have you ever heard of the "Derive" feature? That'd solve all your problems!
Just import your parts as usual. Make a dedicated folder for imported parts so you can shove all the tabs of your imports in there, just to keep the screen clean. Then go to the part studio you want to work in, and 'derive' every part required for your edits into that part studio. Then, you'll have them all together for the booleans or other modifications you have planned to make. Additionally, all the original parts, which only get kind of linked (not copied) to your workplace part studio, stay unmodified in your import folder, for later reference or use elesewhere. The fun part is that you cold even replace the imported parts derived, should a vendor make changes, and not break your workflow, and other goodies.
There is a chapter on deriving in the learning section. I recommend reading.