Exporting to Step files

[Taz99]

Hi All, I have looked through the previous threads on this topic but still having trouble.

We are using NX 7.5 on a Windows machine

The background to this problem is we have an assembly that we want to export to a FEM program called Ansa. After testing the different ways of exporting the entire assembly in one go into a step file (STEP 204 and STEP 214) and then importing this step file into Ansa we haven't found a way where Ansa correctly picks up that each part should be treated separately i.e given the part name and put into a separate PID.

What would work for us is if each part in the assembly was a separate step file. However I can't just simply convert each .prt file that I have into a .step file as these .prt files are used more than once in the assembly so the x,y,z position data each time they are used is also important.

So my questions is is it possible to somehow create a number of separate .prt or .step file where the part is located in its correct x,y,z position as specified in the assembly?

In the simplest case this would be along the lines of Part1.prt being used 3 times in the assembly at various different locations, then we could maybe create Part1_A.prt Part1_B.prt and Part1_C.prt

Thanks.

 

[cowski]

STEP 214 can separate the assembly into individual parts. Try exporting in STEP 214 then open a new blank file in NX and import the file back in. If it comes in as 1 file, you'll have to adjust the step output options. If it reads in as individual parts, then the problem probably lies with the other program's import options.

 

[ewh]

If there are many components involved, you may want to export the stp file into an empty folder. That makes it much easier to keep track of the parts.

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