Combining parts in an assembly
Combining parts in an assembly
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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone had any idea how to combine parts within an assembly. It seems to me that the only way to make one part out of two is within a part, not within an assembly. I figured there has to be a way to make all of the assembly parts one part for FEA etc. The combine command only appears when i'm editing an individual part, outside of the assembly.
Thanks,
Jesse
I was wondering if anyone had any idea how to combine parts within an assembly. It seems to me that the only way to make one part out of two is within a part, not within an assembly. I figured there has to be a way to make all of the assembly parts one part for FEA etc. The combine command only appears when i'm editing an individual part, outside of the assembly.
Thanks,
Jesse






RE: Combining parts in an assembly
open part -> combine (bodies)
should do the trick (be sure to save the bodies)
Stefan Hamminga
Mesken BV
2005 Certified SolidWorks Professional
Mechanical designer/AI student
RE: Combining parts in an assembly
Jeff Mowry
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RE: Combining parts in an assembly
Give the part file a name, while in edit part in context in the assembly go to Insert>Features>Join
Pick the Parts in the assembly that you want in the new part file, once you hit ok it will automatically boolean them together (as long as the parts picked are touching or intersecting)
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RE: Combining parts in an assembly
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RE: Combining parts in an assembly
Stefan Hamminga
Mesken BV
2005 Certified SolidWorks Professional
Mechanical designer/AI student
RE: Combining parts in an assembly
Im going to export as an iges or step and run a frequency analysis in algor
thanks for the help