assemblies

I have constructed a building layout (floor plan) for a 2 story office space: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/569e29daf28932c56a2c7a76/w/d3678f7a010aec8d44ed44bc/e/db2ca978e704cf21d2fd5650 Does anyone have any advice on document structure, design or construction techniques that would be specific to these types of models?…

Is there a way to create in Onshape families of parts and assemblies for using them independently on different skeleton driven assemblies? My idea is to create a master assembly where I only put the sketches defining the general geometry and then snapping on these sketches the adaptive parts I modeled separately. These…

My project document has grown far too large. Fortunately, it can logically be broken into four documents - master assembly and three sub-assemblies - but just how to do that without ruining relationships is baffling me. There are many sub-sub-assemblies some of which are used multiple times. Of course, there are many parts…

I'm trying to get this control arm to rotate in between the mounting points, but all they do is move in unison. Any tips? https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ba146f4fb957ed0abf9e05f6/w/7b5e6e9060483ac5383a7c64/e/57e784605fd8708511b896cc

Exporting Collada assemblies with mate features

Hey everyone, I'm trying to export an assembly into a single parasolid file using API calls. The initial idea that I had was to download the individual part studios' parasolids, and then using the transform data from GetAssemblyDefinition to transform the parasolids before merging, but was wondering if there was a simpler…

Hello! I have a Pattern of a part (35 instances) in Part Studio that I wanted to make a Group. I read that I have to put all the copies in an Assembly and then create the Group? Seems it would be more efficient to have the option to create the Group where the Pattern was created. ps There is no 'Group' in "Tags"

OK, so I have a reproducible problem. I have built an assembly and there are no errors. Then, either the session expires and I have to reload the page or I leave and come back or whatever - something happens that causes the page to be reloaded. When this happens, the assembly which was previously working is now over…

I am building an app that is integrated with onShape and the app pushes values to onShape variables. I have used those variables to set the length of a strut in a test truss. I built the truss in an assembly and everything was fine. I then updated the value of the length of the struts and somehow the mates on the truss…

Hi, I have been importing our assemblies over from Solidworks through pack & go. It has worked well so far for smaller assemblies (20-200 distinct parts) which took 1 to 2 hours to translate after the .zip upload. I tried importing some larger assemblies (10000 parts if i count PCB components) and it has been taking much…

I don't know whether this is a question for OpenBOM or OnShape but here's my problem. When I create a parts list BOM, every ball in the bearing is treated as a separate part. This is nonsense. A ball bearing is just one part no matter how many internal parts there are. How can I force OnShape and Open BOM to treat vendor…

Hi, I am having trouble getting one of my parts (with 2 wholes) to connect onto another piece that is at an angle. When I connect one of the holes, it comes up sideways. I was told to do two, separate revolute mates, but it is still moving. Also was told to make sure they align perfectly, and so I did, but still not…

Hi, I am having trouble getting one of my parts (with 2 wholes) to connect onto another piece that is at an angle. When I connect one of the holes, it comes up sideways and can't figure out how to mate them. Thank you in advance,

So for a school project, I have to make a geneva drive. For those of you who don't know what a Geneva drive is, this link demonstrates it pretty well: http://benbrandt22.github.io/genevaGen/ My drive has 4 positions, an a drive crank radius of 2, a b drive crank radius of 2, a pin diameter of .5 and an allowed clearance of…