protect model information

You can export it out as .SAT or something.

WT

How about e-Drawings?

In SW2004 you van save your assembly out as a part.

You can also save as a part in 2003.

Dave H

SWuser wrote:

Save the assy as a part...and use only surfaces

Krister

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Steve,

Only give them as much as they need. Supress all internal details, "join" all parts in an assembly, convert to parasolid. This will give them a monolithic block that represents enough for a floor layout.

Regards

Mark

I second Krister's method- has worked best for me in this situation

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Depending on complexity, the surfaces technique may slow things down significantly, but check it out to see if it works for you.

There's another interesting method if you want to check it out. Save your model as an STL file, then open it in SolidWorks, and in the open dialog, hit the Options button. You can then bring it in as a "graphics body". This gives you visual data, but no solid geometry (like an eDrawing, or a permanently lightweight part), so it can be put in an assembly, but cannot be measured or "FeatureWorksed". It can't be mated either, which is an obvious drawback, but you could use planes to position it.

On the downside, I've tried to make patterns of graphics bodies, and it doesn't work the way you might expect it to..., and there are a few other quirks, but it might be worth investigating.

matt

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i third. save external faces. this will get rid of geomitry that you can not see from the outside.

I just tried that - looks good - and can then be used in SW.

Can I somehow get rid of all the original parts in the feature tree? (now I have like "green sheets" representing the surface of each original part)

Steve

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I'm not sure about it ...but I don't think You can. Maybe someone else can fill in with more details here.

Krister L

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investigated?

with a small macro you can: