Assembly workflow

Since there is no very much needed assembly mode side to Shapr3D I was just wondering how everyone handles creating assemblies in Shapr3D what type of work flow is most common to do.

1 cerate the parts in separate designs then import them into and assemble them together in one assembly design.

  1. create all of the parts in one design at the default datum locations then align the parts after be done to the correct locations on the assembly.

  2. create the parts in one design but create them at the final locations on the assembly.

Hopefully Assembly mode will be added to Shapr3D soon.

Thank you

Hello,

Shapr3D doesnā€™t support assemblies yet, but as a workaround.
Help center about assembly
Tutorial video

Hi jean-philippe2,
Thank you for that. Iā€™m a newbie to shapr3D but old-timer engineer with AutoCad. Iā€™m so impressed with shapr3D overall and future potential, that Iā€™ve adopted it for new product design and development work. Part subassembly is a big deal for turnkey designs, and clearly, others have echoed its importance. In the meantime, a reasonable workaround for sub-assembly creation, all the way up to the top-assembly, is highly desirable. Given that common commodity parts and common predesigned subassembly components are often used in many other unrelated projects, is the #1 option posed by danno11 the ā€˜straightest-lineā€™ workaround method to obtain this final result?
Thanks, cliff

Thank you for understanding my assembly workflow options I would hope that the Shapr3D team will add some assembly commands in the near future because I think it would greatly improve the software to compete with the other Cad design softwareā€¦

Hi,
I am not a regular of Assembly but in applications such as Onshape, Solidworks, Rhino, etc. the two most used functions among very rich menus are: Insert components and Mate.
Iā€™m afraid all other functions or tools come to Shapr3d. Personally, I chose this application because everything is clear and fluid workflow. I donā€™t want to end up with a ā€œgas plantā€.
Iā€™m not sure that the users of Shapr3d chose it for this. BOM, simulation, collision, Study of movement, nomenclature, animation, etcā€¦
Itā€™s my two cents.

Okay, thank you.

At some point in time Shapr3d will have to implement a assembly mode if they want to compete with other cad software, my option.

Thank you

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