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save assy as a simple parasolid file
i have an assenbly consisting of two parts, one of which has been arrayed 10 x 10 in the assembly
part 1) a simple extruded rectangular part
part 2) a complex part consisting of 5 solid bodies and 1 surface body. this part has been arrayed into rows of 10 x 10. so i have 100 small parts sitting on top of the rectangular part in my assembly
now i want to produce a parasolid out of this assembly with no part history or separate bodies in the history tree. when the parasolid is opened in solidworks i just want the history tree to show a single imported model, (no solid or surface bodies)
i tried saving the assembly as a part file and experimented with all three options, but the parasolid still retains the solid and surface bodies
is there a way to reduce this to a single body part file?
any help is appreciated
tom
tom malinski
i think you're close. if you save your assy as a part, then run the combine tool you should be able to reduce the number of bodies. you may have to do a thicken on your surface body. play around with that, and i bet you'll get there.
dan
you can't have a single body parasolid unless what you're exporting is a single body. as dan said, you will have to use combine or other features to join everything into a single body. once your "solid bodies" folder in the feature tree has only one body (and the "surface bodies" folder is empty) you will be able to export a single body.
-handleman, cswp (the new, easy test)
thanks, i understand. i was hoping for a magic bullet
tom
tom malinski
save it as a step file, import the step file in sw, save it as parasolid.