Export and assembly as a IGES, need individual parts 1

[Fonzee78]

Hi All,

I am looking to take a large assembly and export it as an IGES file, but also it needs to export out each individual part of the assembly. Cna this be done?

Thanks!

Joel

 

[beachcomber]

Why iges for a solid model?
Better with Parasolid or STEP.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

 

[Fonzee78]

it needs to be opened in Inventor when saved out. And it needs to be an assembly when it imported into Inventor instead of one massive solid.

 

[Fonzee78]

I did a test with saving the assembly out as a parasolid and then imported it back into Solid Edge. I selected an assembly and then it created all of the parts as well as the assembly. is this the corect way to do it?

 

[beachcomber]

That's how it works - each part is saved as a new model, regardless of how many times its used.
How it goes into Inventor will depend on how Inventor deals with Parasolids.
I would give a STEP and Parasolid, that way you should be covered.

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

 

[Fonzee78]

Parasolid worked perfectly for the conversion. Thanks again for your help! You are my Solid Edge Master!! lol...