5 Replies Latest reply on Oct 16, 2018 7:51 AM by Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama

Saving assembly as STEP creates over 35 duplicates

Max Van Alphen Oct 5, 2018 7:59 AM

Dear people,

I am working with SolidWorks 2015. I am not actively contructing in SolidWorks myself but I work with files desigend by an engineer. Currently I cannot reach him and therefore post my question here. I know a few basics of SolidWorks, but I am far from an expert.

Currently I experience a problem with one of my assemblies.

When I save the assembly to a STEP file it duplicates the complete assembly over 30 times. While other components build by the same engineer work just fine.

If I click on the seperate components it looks like every component is put into a new assembly, instead of being put together into one assembly.

Would anyone have any idea on where the error could be?

Thank you very much in advance!

Re: Saving assembly as STEP creates over 35 duplicates

ömür tokman Oct 6, 2018 3:56 PM (in response to Max Van Alphen)

Hi Max,
If you add a file or screenshot, it will surely give people ideas or help you.
How can I attach a file to a forum post?
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Re: Saving assembly as STEP creates over 35 duplicates

Deepak Gupta Oct 7, 2018 3:14 AM (in response to Max Van Alphen)

What are your settings for default template?

Also did you accidentally clicked on this option before changing the extension/type to STEP?
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Re: Saving assembly as STEP creates over 35 duplicates

Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama Oct 16, 2018 7:31 AM (in response to Max Van Alphen)

He worked with configurations?
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Re: Saving assembly as STEP creates over 35 duplicates

John Stoltzfus Oct 16, 2018 7:38 AM (in response to Max Van Alphen)

When you saved the assembly was their a pop up window that asked if you want to include all the suppressed components? If that happened then Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama is correct.
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  Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama Oct 16, 2018 7:51 AM (in response to John Stoltzfus)
  
  Yes buddy....when I worked with configurations happen to me too....
  But on multibodies only, not on assemblies....maybe is a bug on my SW2018SP3 I think
  
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