Hi,
I have an assembly model in Solid Edge which I want to export to a .step file.
How can I export such to .step such that when someone opens it in Solid Edge they can only view the model as a whole, and not be able to select individual parts?
If it's not a big assembly you could do Insert > PartCopy of it into a part file, then STEP that.
I'm not 100% sure if it will work but it's worth a try.
Problems are usually caused by assembly conditions such as edge-to-edge and edge-to-face coincidence.
If you avoid these you should be OK.
Bringing the assembly into a weldment might be another option.
We spent a bunch of time on this a while back and I don't recall coming up with a really good 100% solution. I don't recall UGS/Siemans coming up with directly equivalent either.
Another way to the same end can be to create a simplified assembly that you then save as a part but you still face the same fundamental problems.
KENAT,
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