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I am trying to upload an assembly of parts to Shapeways, but when I save the assembly as an STL file, SolidWorks splits the assembly into individual components and saves each as its own STL file.

Could someone please explain how to upload an assembly to Shapeways from SolidWorks?

Thanks.

-Eitan]]> pirsquared 2010-03-26T17:43:58-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=11159&th=2257#msg_11159
Something to watch out for: in SolidEdge, if i save an assembly with parts that are colliding, it saves the STL with the overlapping mesh, which can NOT be printed. so try to make sure that your parts are assembled realistically.

eh, hope that makes sense.

Good luck!

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-Eitan]]> pirsquared 2010-03-27T14:32:10-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=11163&th=2257#msg_11163
I wish I had a copy of SolidWorks, i liked it a lot better than SolidEdge...

But my student copy wont work on Windows 7, so I guess Im out of luck for now.

Good luck!

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-Eitan]]> pirsquared 2012-09-14T00:35:36-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=54466&th=2257#msg_54466
I merge all the individual pieces into one solid part before creating the STL file with the "Combine" command (under Insert-Features-Combine in the top menu); I think Shapeways' software will merge multiple STL bodies into one body when you upload it, but why take chances?]]> GWMT 2012-09-24T22:16:47-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=54467&th=2257#msg_54467
I think this question was answered in the second post (more than 2 and a half years ago!). Let's not belabor the point.

-Eitan]]> pirsquared 2012-09-24T22:23:42-00:00