assembly

I'm trying to drill e.g. holes through multiple parts in assemblies. From reading the forum I have learnt that this is not possible for now. The recommendation I found was using PartStudios instead of Assemblies. Now, how to use Mates in PartStudios? I just found how to set mate connectors. How do I connect the mates in…

I'm an experienced SW user but brand new to OnShape. I'm importing several STEP files into my workspace, each of which is made up of multiple parts, and each of which is being translated into native OS just fine. When I import the parts into an assembly, it imports all of the sub-parts (into a flat tree structure), and…

We are already on board with solid works 2014 upgradeable to 2015. We are a small shop with only three seats. PART 1 There is a situation where we want * our models to be looked over, * Downloaded and fit into our customer assembly. * Modified by them in solid works and uploaded back to on shape * We can download at our…

Hello! I wanted to create a Datum Plane as an assembly reference on a solids face. This way I wouldn't have to "flip" the model over and over to mate surfaces together. But a Datum Plane (Offset = 0) created in Parts Studio doesn't show up in an Assembly. (Merge Datum Plane to Part?) There is no where to create a Datum…

I have an assembly that will have several miter and bevel gears can I use Gear Relations on these gears so I get the part rotation I need. Dave