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SamLamb1-Visitor
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December 13, 2012
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Quick question about exporting .STEP files in WF4.0

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When exporting a .STEP file of a large assembly in WF 4.0, do hidden parts get left out of the .STEP file? I guess the question should be: What is the best way to leave parts out of a large assembly when creating a .STEP file? Hidden, Simplified Reps, Suppressed?


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James621-Visitor
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December 13, 2012

Not sure about hidden parts, but I think they don't get exported.

Maybe hidden parts get exported into a hidden space of the STEP file? Well, if the STEP format supports anything like that.

I know for sure that only parts included in a simplified rep get exported, the excluded ones don't.

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SamLamb1-VisitorAuthor
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December 13, 2012

Well I found out that hiding parts doesn't work. I'm going with the simplified rep method now.

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James621-Visitor
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December 13, 2012

Cool, so no hidden space in STEP file when you import it back to Pro/E.

EDIT: I am wondering if it works the same way on part level as well.

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