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multibody master model

Question asked by Matt Lombard on Jul 3, 2020
Latest reply on Jul 5, 2020 by Elmar Klammer

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Sorry about the title. It doesn't seem to embody my question very well. I want to wind up with parts that have multiple bodies. Starting from a Split feature that results in 4 bodies, I want 2 parts with 2 bodies each.

Split doesn't seem to allow multiple bodies to be sent to a single part.

The only thing I can think of is to split the 4 bodies without publishing the bodies to parts. Then make 2 new parts with Insert Part, and delete 2 bodies in each of the new parts.

Any better ideas? Is there anything that was actually meant to do this?

Ok, in the course of asking the question, I figured it out. This is why the Insert Into New Part option is there. You can select multiple bodies from the Bodies folder, and save them to a single file. Learned something today. Or maybe a relearned it after forgetting it.

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Krzysztof Szpakowski Jul 3, 2020 4:43 PM

Two configurations original part. First with Split1 feature (but save body 1 and 2), second with Split2 feature but save body 3 and 4.

First configuration:

Second configuration:

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Paul Salvador Jul 4, 2020 6:26 PM

"Insert Part" is the the direct way...or you could include surfaces from the insert part to do split parts as well?

It would be nice to have Split Part or Save Bodies have similar functionality or a Save as a Insert Part (select the bodies you need and save as a Insert Part)

BTW,.. I wonder.. the API has a Insert Part function so... maybe a Macro could be made to do this so we get what we need instead of wait for SW Corp to respond (years later)?

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Elmar Klammer Jul 5, 2020 6:48 AM

Hi Mark,

Maybe you could split the part first into only 2 sections and split them in half after they have been exported out.

The "insert into new part" feature is somewhat different from the "save bodies" functionality.

Only "Save bodies" will give you an editable feature in the tree. Mark Matthews summarized the differences and posted a procedure that will work with pack & go. See Mark Matthews - save body vs insert into part

Another option could be using the join command instead of "insert into part"

Elmar

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Krzysztof Szpakowski Jul 3, 2020 4:43 PM
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Two configurations original part. First with Split1 feature (but save body 1 and 2), second with Split2 feature but save body 3 and 4.

First configuration:

Second configuration:
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Paul Salvador Jul 4, 2020 6:26 PM
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"Insert Part" is the the direct way...or you could include surfaces from the insert part to do split parts as well?
It would be nice to have Split Part or Save Bodies have similar functionality or a Save as a Insert Part (select the bodies you need and save as a Insert Part)

BTW,.. I wonder.. the API has a Insert Part function so... maybe a Macro could be made to do this so we get what we need instead of wait for SW Corp to respond (years later)?
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Elmar Klammer Jul 5, 2020 6:48 AM
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Hi Mark,

Maybe you could split the part first into only 2 sections and split them in half after they have been exported out.

The "insert into new part" feature is somewhat different from the "save bodies" functionality.
Only "Save bodies" will give you an editable feature in the tree. Mark Matthews summarized the differences and posted a procedure that will work with pack & go. See Mark Matthews - save body vs insert into part

Another option could be using the join command instead of "insert into part"

Elmar
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