Keep in mind that not all other systems can support disjointed solids.
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We want to share our data with customers as STEP files. Since many of the
components in our assemblies don't touch because of clearances and such,
when we derive into a single part file it produces a set of disjointed
bodies. In turn, when this is exported to STEP and subsequently brought
back into Inventor, an assembly can be recreated using "Import Multi-Lumps
as assembly".
Aside from actually modifying the part file to add solid geometry to fill
the voids; thereby eliminating the disjointed bodies, does anyone have an
easier method to ensure that the STEP file always come in as a part?