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taldrich1-Visitor
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September 16, 2016
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Creo Exporting Help

  • September 16, 2016
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When I export my model as a step file (also tried IGES & Parasolid) the surfaces used to create various part shows up when importing into Solidworks.  My Export STEP settings has surfaces unchecked (see picture below).  If I open the step file back up in Creo it opens correctly but my customer uses Solidworks and sees all the surfaces after importing.  How do I make sure these surfaces don't show up when exporting from Creo & importing into solidworks? 

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Best answer by habdul

Todd,

What if you uncheck "shells" in the export dialog? I tried that and the surface didn't show.

Hatim

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habdul1-Visitor
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September 19, 2016

I noticed that the imported surface appears as a separate feature in SolidWorks feature tree. It's possible to simply suppress it.

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habdul1-VisitorAnswer
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September 19, 2016

Todd,

What if you uncheck "shells" in the export dialog? I tried that and the surface didn't show.

Hatim

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taldrich1-VisitorAuthor
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September 23, 2016

Hitim,

Thank you for your response.  By unchecking shells this seemed to work.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
September 20, 2016

Hi,

test this procedure (in the past it worked for IGES format):

  • add following option into config.pro file
    intf_out_blanked_entities no
  • start Creo and export your model

For options description see http://www.proesite.com/cgi-bin/find_option.cgi?srch=INTF_OUT_BLANKED_ENTITIES&ver=wildfire

MH

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taldrich1-VisitorAuthor
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September 23, 2016

MH,

I tried this but I beilieve it had more to do with skeleton surfaces then layers.  After unchecking shells it seemed to pull into Solidworks just fine.

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