Importing Neutral Files as an Assembly or a Multi-Body Part File - SOLIDWORKS Tech Tip

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If you import a 3D model that is either a neutral format or is being imported from another CAD file type, it may be translated into an assembly of multiple parts, or a single part containing multiple bodies. Depending on your final goal this may not be the ideal format. There are two options to address this problem. First, the import options can be set to prefer one or the other, but that only applies to file types where the structure is not pre-defined. To convert an assembly to a multi-body part or vice-versa, use the Save Bodies command or the Save As Part option to achieve your final outcome. In this video, an animation is required and that can only be performed in an assembly file. Save Bodies and create an assembly will achieve the desired outcome.
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[@canbuz1746]

Thanks. You have been great help.

[@MLCCADSystems]

Glad to help!

[@balavinoth6443]

Save body option not showing.. How can i save? Please reply me sir

[@MLCCADSystems]

Are you in a part or an assembly model when you try to run the Save Body command? It is only a command that can be run in a multi-body part, and you should see either a Solid Bodies folder or a CutList folder to right click on to get the command.

[@bhaveshbisht2083]

what if it shows surfaces and solid bodies in the feature tree command then this method works? because sometimes we get surfaces and solid bodies simultaneously in the same file from the customer .... Thank you for this

[@MLCCADSystems]

The behavior should stay the same, but I don't recall testing this situation to confirm. The existence of surface bodies simply means that is how the model was built or exported.