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Discussion List

  • 'Breaking up' a composite part imported from a STEP.

    Hi. I have a vendor-supplied STEP that imports as a composite part of surface bodies, even if 'create composite' is NOT checked on import. I'd like to do some work on the surfaces to thicken them, but I cannot find a way of splitting the imported composite back into its consistutent surface features. Help would be…

  • Downsize large step files

    Hi together, i export step Files (sheet metal part) and send them to producers. The step files contain a high amount of surfaces, that makes the step file pretty large and the producers cannot handle it. How can i compress a step file to get a smaller step file size? Attached the sheet metal part, it has 12 MB, i need it…

  • Importing .stp / .step file appears only as one Surface. How to transform to an Onshape Part

    When importing a .stp or .step file it shows up in a Part Studio only as one "Surface" in the lower left area. But I need one solid "Part" for editing it e.g. removing parts of the geometry. I have tried various things link converting to solid via Freecad or importing in a different format. Nothing worked. Is there a…

  • Step file resolving some parts as surfaces

    I have several different models from different sources imported as Step/stp files. One or more of these models has a part/s reduced to a series of surfaces. Apart from using a program like Freecad to convert to solid these part and update them in the folder, is there a method of resolving these surfaces back into the parts…