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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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Todd,
What if you uncheck "shells" in the export dialog? I tried that and the surface didn't show.
Hatim
I noticed that the imported surface appears as a separate feature in SolidWorks feature tree. It's possible to simply suppress it.
Todd,
What if you uncheck "shells" in the export dialog? I tried that and the surface didn't show.
Hatim
Hitim,
Thank you for your response. By unchecking shells this seemed to work.
Hi,
test this procedure (in the past it worked for IGES format):
For options description see http://www.proesite.com/cgi-bin/find_option.cgi?srch=INTF_OUT_BLANKED_ENTITIES&ver=wildfire
MH
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.