Exporting design view to step

[mattias.huysmans]

Hello,

I want to export an assembly to STEP format, but certain parts (not full parts, but pieces of the parts) wont show up in the STEP file.

It is an assembly of 3 parts, engine, outlet and pipe. The pipe.ipt has a design view rep. where a few surfaces indicate the required maintenance space. Those can be turned invisible on the assembly level (as Des. view). The problem is that those surfaces do not show up when the assembly (or the pipe.ipt) is exported as a STEP-file.

So far I guess the problem is that the surfaces are invisible in the master view, and this is the view that gets exported. But I can't change it because it is locked.

I wonder if there is a way to export a specific non-master design view, so far I haven't found it.

Perhaps the problem lies in the fact that it is a library file, from my company's CAD-desk/SAP database, and I have only limited rights on the model.

I work in Inventor professional 2019.4

I will try to recreate the problem in a model I am allowed to share.

[mattias.huysmans · Accepted solution]

To those who have the same problem, by trying recreate the problem as example I figured out the solution. 

When the master view is active, and you try to change the visibility of certain features (in an IPT-file), you will get an error saying changes will not be saved while the des. view is locked. BUT, when you go to the selection tree, above the representations folder, in the solid/surface folder, and change the visibility there, you can save the changes. 

I guess it's technically a workaround, but it works for me.