Move Variable/s from Part Studio to Variable Studio?

matthew_stacy · September 2022

Is it possible to move an individual variable, or variable table, from Part-Studio to Variable-Studio? If so, how?

_anton · September 2022

You can copy the entire table by clicking the three-dot menu in the table -> "Copy table", then making a new row in the Variable Studio, and doing Ctrl+V in the name cell. You can format what you're pasting in Excel or similar.

matthew_stacy · September 2022

I had the "copy", but it was executing the "paste" operation that had me flummoxed. Thanks for the tip @_anton! Worked like a charm.

joel_bruxvoort355 · October 2022

As described above I tried to copy a table (multiple variables) using the three dot menu (from a part studio). When it pastes (ctrl-v) into a name cell in a variable studio !!all of the text remains in the name cell!!. This is using Chrome on a PC.

The table pastes into multiple cells (columns and rows) in Google Sheets but does not paste correctly in a variable studio.

Any thoughts?

_anton · October 2022

@joel_bruxvoort355

You'll need to make a variable in the Variable Studio first, then single-click its name cell (such that you're not editing the name), then paste. That's the way our table paste works right now.

fernando_domingues · February 2023

aaa_anton said:

@joel_bruxvoort355

You'll need to make a variable in the Variable Studio first, then single-click its name cell (such that you're not editing the name), then paste. That's the way our table paste works right now.

Man.... That way it works is dumb to say the least. It looks like it should never work doing it that way... We should be able to click 1 button to paste, preferably in the 3 dots menu of a Variable Studio.

How it works is, you open the variable studio, then create a variable with whatever name, save it, and then, after it is created, you click on that single var and paste...

_anton · February 2023

@fernando_domingues I agree that it could be better.

Feel free to write an improvement request; it helps us prioritize things.

S1mon · February 2023

I haven’t tried this with Variable studios, but it sounds much like how paste works in Configuration tables. It took me a while to get the hang of it, and it’s not super discoverable, but it does work.

John_Stutz · February 2023

Perhaps I'm missing something, but the pasted value in the variable studio does not update when the value in the variable table changes?

pavel_lelyukh · August 2023

_anton said:

@fernando_domingues I agree that it could be better.

Feel free to write an improvement request; it helps us prioritize things.

There nothing more stupid than having a variable table, a variable studio and not having a one click export button to convert a variable table into a studio instantly. Who the hell managed that project.

pavel_lelyukh · August 2023

You're literally wasting hours of thousands of peoples time

S1mon · September 2023

I found a relevant improvement request.
https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/21737/pulling-part-studio-variable-out-to-variable-studio

es_doubleu · November 2023

For anyone like me that just got to this thread and is still confused on how exactly to transfer a part studio variable table to a new variable studio, here's my attempt at a helpful recap.

1. Click 3 dots on part variable table -> Click copy table

2. Create variable studio or go to existing variable studio

{wonky part!}

3. Click the name... cell and type whatever silly name you want (press enter)

4. Now left click on the silly name

5. crtl+v/cmd+v

[bonus!]

6. Delete the row that has the words name etc.

stuart_robinson · January 2024

es_doubleu said:

For anyone like me that just got to this thread and is still confused on how exactly to transfer a part studio variable table to a new variable studio, here's my attempt at a helpful recap.

1. Click 3 dots on part variable table -> Click copy table
2. Create variable studio or go to existing variable studio

{wonky part!}
3. Click the name... cell and type whatever silly name you want (press enter)
4. Now left click on the silly name
5. crtl+v/cmd+v

[bonus!]
6. Delete the row that has the words name etc.

you're a hero @es_doubleu thank you so much for spelling this out!!!! worked amazingly for me. what a relief

@_anton a simple tooltip in the app could basically solve this. also it looks like this is wrong as @es_doubleu thankfully discovered: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/variable_table_assembly.htm#Table-options

The Copy table command copies them to the clipboard, but data cannot be pasted into them from the clipboard.

bob_harold · December 2024

Ok, next step - how do I delete all the variables from my local table now that they are in the part studio? And please, not one at a time.

ding_chen · March 12

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/111308#Comment_111308

You can select the variables you need to delete in Features tree in your part studio, then right click on any one of them and select 'delete'.

sean_mitchell128 · October 8

This might be the dumbest thing I have ever seen in my life.

We should be able to highlight variables in part studio, right click, and copy them to a variable studio.

This is nothing short of absurd.

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