Good afternoon,
Houw can I save only selected parts from various sub-assemblies from the main assembly? And eventually export them to an STL document. I can't export the whole document, because it is too large.
I tried to look for the create sub-assembly option, but I don't think I can use this on parts belonging to different sub-assemblies. Thanks,
Hi everybody,
1. With all the parts shown in your assembly, select the ones you want to export (Ctrl+click).
2. Do right click on any selected part of the tree and invert selection.
3. Right click again on a selected part and hide.
4. Save as Parasolid, IGES or STEP (It should work with other formats but I have not tried).
5. Say NO to "One or more components are hidden or suppressed. Do you want to resolve them?"
I hope it helps...
This helped, thanks for the tip!
Has anyone else noticed this no longer works? Or maybe a issue on my end.
Solidworks 2018 SP4.0
Working fine for me
Is there something in options that may have changed? After I click NO it starts the save process, I do not get the dialog box that you get
I'm on SW2017. I get asked when I export to STEP but not if I export to STL.
Make sure you've at least one component selected before hitting the save as button.
I have tried it with 2 and 10 parts selected
Make sure the components in the assembly are not lightweight and then try again.
BTW which version and service pack of SOLIDWORKS you're using?
Solidworks 2018 SP4.0
Nathan Wilcox wrote:
Solidworks 2018 SP4.0
Seems like the option to export selected components works only when exporting STEP/IGES and not with others
Not sure if this is a bug but still report to your reseller/VAR.
And also check by exporting STEP for selected components.
Select all the parts you do not want to export, right click and select HIDE. Now do a saveas parasolid/IGES. You'll get a prompt to show/unsuppress the hidden or suppressed parts. Simply say no and you've exported selected parts