MAKE 'EXPORT FACE' WORK FROM AN iPART MEMBER FILE

[JamesNordgren]

Why does 'export face' not work on flat patterns of iPart members??  I mean, it clearly works, all the way up to the point where you hit OK after tyoing the filename to save it as.  If the sheet metal iPart member can be unfolded, and the command can be run, and even gets all the way thru the save-as dialog...  why not make it actually work?  We use lots of sheet metal iParts, and every time I need to send one out to the plasma cutter, I have to save the part as a bunk temp file, delete the table to make it a normal part, and then do the 'export face' command from the temp part.  Im sure this is a bug, and not a purposeful limitation.  It negates alot of the benefit we would otherwise gain from the use of iParts. 😞

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