components in step import assy
I imported a fairly complex step assembly from a solid works user.
This has several levels of sub assemblies and lots of repeated components.
Unfortunately all the repeated componets are just that. Each identical component becomes a new separately recorded part, rather than the same part referenced. Is this how step always is? Did I miss a switch in the import operation on alibre? or is there something that the sldwx user needs to do to make the step call up multiple instances of the same part?
edit<<hmm I might have been wrong there. But If I apply a colour to the repeated parts it seems I have to do each one individually>>
The other problem is that every part in the assembly is the same colour.
Is there something I can do quickly that will allocate different colours to all the different parts? or at least allocate colours to each sub assembly!
...it takes a while to allocate a colour to each part separately but I have got to do a bit of that just to understand how it all fits together!
Any advice would be appreciated!
Moyesboy
I imported a fairly complex step assembly from a solid works user.
This has several levels of sub assemblies and lots of repeated components.
Unfortunately all the repeated componets are just that. Each identical component becomes a new separately recorded part, rather than the same part referenced. Is this how step always is? Did I miss a switch in the import operation on alibre? or is there something that the sldwx user needs to do to make the step call up multiple instances of the same part?
edit<<hmm I might have been wrong there. But If I apply a colour to the repeated parts it seems I have to do each one individually>>
The other problem is that every part in the assembly is the same colour.
Is there something I can do quickly that will allocate different colours to all the different parts? or at least allocate colours to each sub assembly!
...it takes a while to allocate a colour to each part separately but I have got to do a bit of that just to understand how it all fits together!
Any advice would be appreciated!
Moyesboy