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Discussion List

  • Auto-populating Part Numbers and/or Names

    As best I can tell, part names are automatically generated by Onshape when parts are initially created with the nomenclature Part [Number in design hierarchy]. Part numbers can be created automatically as well such that you can also use a numbering scheme that has a continuous counter that goes up for any part that is…

  • Part Numbers but make them words

    I recently wrote a blog article about "Smart" Part numbers and how they tend to create more problems than they solve. At the end of the article I included some other "fun" options for part numbers. One of the ideas was inspired by What3Words - what if the part number was a combination of 3 random words? Some commentors…

  • Auto part marking scripts?

    A common request from my team is the want for a script that automatically generates part names or numbers and etches / engraves the text into the surface of the part somewhere so that our fabrication team gets easier puzzles to put together and the drafting team gets to spend less time writing puzzle solving instructions.…

  • Is there a way to prohibit including properties for Derived parts at a company level?

    I waste a lot of time removing duplicate names and part numbers from Derived parts that my coworkers have made. We have no use case for having multiple parts with the same name and part number.

  • Publications searchable by PN.

    I'd like to restrict my purchasing and other misc. teams to only view publications. While easy, I cannot find a way that would allow them to search a part number in order to find the publication it's in. Ex: Purchaser needs to buy PN369, purchaser searches 369, nothing comes up. Is it required they just…know where it is?

  • Managing and Referencing Associated files to a Part or Drawing or Assembly

    How do you manage or reference associated files to a Part or Drawing or Assembly? Engineering does not create 'artwork'; however, we need to reference it on our drawings. Also, many of our packaging items do not have 'part files' as they are made from .pdf or .ai (Illustrator) files / Die Lines, that we do not create but…

  • Putting a part number automatically into a text feature

    Hi all, We are trying to find a way to automatically put a part number in a text feature. We have found feature scripts where you can configure the text, but we want onshape to grab the part number from the part properties instead of manually changing it in the configured properties. Our final goal is to have every plate…

  • Work Around to Configure Part Properties without Dependence on All Configuration Inputs

    I am trying to configure a part number to depend on two List inputs. The part also has a configuration variable input, but I don't want the part number to depend on it. A strategy I have conceived to do this is something like the following. The part number would be configured in the configured properties table using a…

  • Import Part Numbers from Inventor FIle

    Can anyone advise on how to correctly export from inventor and import into OnShape so that part numbers on parts in Inventor pull through? I am able to import the zipped folder OK and the assemblies and parts all import OK but the part numbers are missing... Also the Inventor Pack & Go seems to package the flat pattern for…

  • Help Making Configurable Tube

    I regularly rely on configurable parts to make changes in higher level assemblies without breaking mates. I have configured many parts and generally understand how to do so. However, I am struggling to figure out what the best architecture would be for creating a configurable tube. The properties that need to be configured…