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Using groups from assembly in drawings
Trying to layout my parts for laser cutting. It's a set of shelves with many parts. I used the Auto Layout featurescript, which works great. The problem is my parts are too big to be able to put on a single page. I can make groups for each page in the assembly, but my only choice is to either put the whole assembly on a…
What is the best way of inserting sufaces into an assembly
I have a model of a pump that I have been sent by the manufaturer, I want to insert it in to an assembly. The step file opens ok and I can see the model in parts studio but it consists of only one part and 3600+ surfaces. I have tried inserting surfaces in to to assembly which has worked in the past but OS crashes or loads…
move multipart or subassemblies on assemblies as a whole unit without re-mating
I been working with imported multibody parts from solidworks and when I bring the sub assemblies inside an assembly or a multi-body part studio in to an assembly I have to move and mate all the parts independently again. Is there a way not to do that and move the multibody or subassemblies as single body?
Is it posible to create a compression animation in an assembly? Cheers
I'm not sure how to create this animation as I am quite new to CAD and I'd love some feedback.
Assembly Total Weight
I can assign type of material to a part and get the weight of the part okay. How do I get the total weight of the assembly? Is there not a way to show the part weights in a BOM?
Verknüpfung
Ich habe eine Frage zu folgendem Dokument: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/690c524dbb8ae825c5e0c232/w/3a312eb75ca92c536ddd79a0/e/d9357619d9bf4145d99738a9 Mit welcher Verknüpfung kann ich den Bolzen auf dem Rad mit dem ovalen Schlitz verknüpfen, damit sich die Stange beim Drehen des Rades hin und her bewegt. Ich habe es…
geneva cam assembly - intermittent relation
Hello all, Is there a way to make an intermittent relation to allow a Geneva Cam mechanism to work ? Public Geneva Cam Document
Sectioning in Assembly Mode for Mating Assembly Components Exercise
I am stuck at Slide 18 of 20; in the Mating Assembly Components. There has been no guidance on using the Section Tool, specifically for the GRIP in Assembly. I have figured out how to make Sectioning work in the PARTs section; but that doesn't seem to help in this case. I do not know how to select the GRIP point, before…
Designing An Enclosure - Parts, Part Studios and Assemblies. Oh my!
Hi all, I am new to OnShape and to parametric design in general. I took several drafting classes back in 199<mumbles> and so I am familiar w/ mechanical and architectural drawing. I actually went online and found a bunch of the kinds of drawings we did in class and reproduced them myself. That was fun. Now I am trying to…
Assembly: Precise part placement
Below are some neodymium magnets, placed on a plastic part. They've been placed freehand (XYZ Transform, No Mates), but I'd like them to be precise. Is there a way to do that? Would be nice if I could use the existing lines, and place them an equal distance from the surrounding edges and/or fillets, etc. FYI: In reality,…
In a drawing: Assembly in one view, part in another
Hi I am new to OS and can't find and solution to this. I have an assembly of 3 parts. On the first drawing sheet I show the assembly with the 3 standard views for dimension details, welding specifications and so on. On the following 3 sheets I want to show the individual parts in the assembly for detail dimensions and so…
Help with assemblies, revolute
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
orienting helix spring in Assembly
I created a spring (well, I copied it actually, then modified), but adding to an assembly was a little problematical. Mmm...not so much the addition , but getting it aligned. The final spring object has no concept of the main coil axis. Now, I want it aligned around a rod, so how do I get the spring to have a central axis…
Part names in assemblies
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm wondering why the actual part names don't show up in assemblies? The parts are on their own tabs and the assembly has a tab, but when I put parts in the assembly they just say "Part 1" and "Part 2" in the assembly tree. Seem like an un-necessary obfuscation. The program clearly…
Issues with bolt and nut
Hello All! I am trying to learn CAD here and lets say its difficult, but none the less I have founds some of the support videos surprisingly helpful. The one issue I can't seem to find a solution to is a way to create a bolt with out the threads being offset by default, or the bolts threads hanging in outer space. I think…
Assemblies not rebuilding properly
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…
Is there a way to create a different instance of a part in assembly mode
Hi I am using On-shape and wanted to ask this question about creating assemblies. I have imported a SW file and would like to use it at two places but with different parameters. Is it possible to do this ?

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