Zolko wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:44 pm
basmati wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 2:06 pm
But then I simply selected all the parts and converted them to solids. Works!
great news. Could you describe a little more in detail what you have done so we can include it in the
instructions ?
As of now, adding Parts or external Links to views in the Raytracing or Render Workbenches is not possible.
If you just added the bodies insides your parts to a view, they would all be oriented around the document's origin, since the placement is only done via the Part containers.
So if you want to create a rendered image of your assembly, you will have to create solids out of your parts.
Solids can not be made out of externally linked parts.
So if your assembly consists of several files, you have two options: import all your links or export a STEP file and import the resulting STEP file.
Then, to make solids out of all your parts, just select all of them while in the Part Workbench and click "Part" -> "Convert To Solid".
One solid per part will be created and appended in your Model Tree (at least when there's on body inside of each part – parts with multiple bodies haven't been tried yet).
These solids can now be added to a view or be converted to meshes for export to e.g. Blender.
(if you want to use Blender, you can just export the reimported STEP export without creating solids first)
Tip: These solids will all have a placement data of (0,0,0). So if you wanted to move your whole assembly, just select all of them and enter the position you want your model to be at.
