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TeoB12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
September 27, 2023
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save 2D file

  • September 27, 2023
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Hi guys,

In Modelling Express for the saving of the files, I have 5 options (like file attacched):


- Bundle *.bdl

- Package *.pkg

- Session *.se2

- Environment *.env

- Picture *.bmp;*.png;*.tif;*.jpg;*.tiff;*.jpeg


I'm using *.bdl for saving 3D+2D but there is a method for to save only 3D file and only 2D file

Thanks in advanced

 

 

 

    Best answer by TeoB

    Hi Friedhelm thanks for your replay.

    Yes "Express" is a free version and I use it like a gym to learn the commercial "Modeling". I'm using my technical book and I'm tring only to copy some machines. For to learn a CAD sotware is necessary to simule a real condition. "Model Manager" for my use is not necessary. Before of 3D the drawings was not linked and I can to do all my experiment without the automatims, like a old time.Thanks again for your help.

    Bye and have a nice day

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    FriedhelmK17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    September 28, 2023

    Hello Teo,
    your screenshot is correct, but .bdl + .pkg as you wrote, belong to the purchase version.
    In Express it is the .bd2 and .pk2 formats you have available.
    If you want to save only the 3D use .pk2.
    Saving a single drawing is not provided for Express.
    In the purchase version, the .mi format is used for this purpose.
    You can use a trick to get the .mi data out of a .bdl, but then the 2D drawing loses its connection,

    also called associativity, to the 3D model.
    This means that changes in the 3D are no longer taken over in the 2D.

     

    Have a Nice Day

    Friedhelm

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      TeoB12-AmethystAuthor
      12-Amethyst
      September 28, 2023

      Hi Friedhelm,

      thanks for your replay. Sorry for my type error bdl/bd2 and pkg/pk2, I had copied form help page (Unfortunately wrong).

      My problem is that when I load a .bd2 file, I found 2D and 3D. But this solution is not smart. So I have a question if it is possible to make a "bridge" between the file. I try to explain my thinking:

       

      - File "A" part 01
      - File "B" part 02
      - File "C" part 01 + part02
      - File "D" 2D of part 01

       

      the part 01 is the same for file "A, B, C" and when change it there is a general update. I hope that my thinking is clear.

      Thanks in advance

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      der_Wolfgang13-Aquamarine
      13-Aquamarine
      November 15, 2025

      I'm not completely sure that I understood your question correctly

       

      If you like to handle your 'objects' more individually you can: 

       

      • Store your 3D Models (parts assemblies etc) as (single) PK2 file(s)
      • Store your Drawing
        • e.g. as a BD2 file, but select an empty (dummy) part to be saved as model in the bd2 file - this would be a bundle file without the model connected to the drawing.
        • or use the add on for writing drawing files as mentioned over here ➜ Modeling Express: save annotation files , which is based on the supported Integration Kit functionality.

      In this scenario you have to maintain the connectivity between model and drawing(-owner) your self. Greater freedom in file handling flexibility comes with greater responsibility in 3d-2d-associativity.

      Further more:  when opening a BD2 file you can avoid loading the 3D Model included in the BD2 file. Just check off that option: 
      am_load_bd2_options.png

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