Assembly to weldment 3

[swfan]

I have an assembly that I want to turn into a weldment! If I save it as a part I get surfaces and not individual parts that can be detailed seperately. The assembly is a carry over from a previous job and should have been a weldment to begin with, now I'm using it in another job as a sub-assembly and this causes problems with the parts list of the main assembly, "parts only" displays parts of the weldment and "top level only" shows sub-assemblies I've used for convenience in putting the whole assembly together. If I can change the assembly that should be a weldment into a weldment it then becomes just a part in the main assembly parts list, problem solved, otherwise it looks like having to re-model it (big job).
Anyone got any ideas please?
Thanks,
Peter C

SW2009 x64 SP2.0
Dell Precision M6300

 

[dogarila]

Right click on the subassembly configuration you are using, go to Properties and check "Don't show child components in BOM when used as sub-assembly". I myself frequently make weldments as assemblies because they are more flexible.

 

[Finglas]

alternatively, how about saving it as an IGES file. Then when you reopening the file, click options and select "import multiple bodies as parts". Might make the file huge though.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

When saving an assy as a part, you should have three options;
Exterior faces
Exterior components
All components

 

[swfan]

Thanks chaps, I've used some of these techniques in the past but the memory begins fade with age!!

Regards,

Peter C.