File .STEP non as single part - union don't work right

[fiffo]

Hi,
I have always the same problem:
I import CON-CUI_PJ-050AH.STEP file and the import work well.
With "placement" I change the position of part and I export as CON-CUI_PJ-050AH_A.STEP.

BUT now if I open CON-CUI_PJ-050AH_A.STEP, the part is not only one but inside there are a lot sub_part.
The command union part don't work.
I need a file with only one part inside.
How I can do?
Is it not possible to have a macro or scripts to generare only one part?
Thanks a lot

[meme2704]

Hi
Well, here I am, uncompress your file, open in Fc, extract 5 solid, and then
To have an object, you hide 4 and make it visible 1

[fiffo]

Hi,
thanks a lot.
Can you explain how do you do and what file you are used to start?
Thanks a lot

[meme2704]

After decompressing your file, CON-CUI .... step, I import it into Fc,
then "Draft Wb, the big blue arrow down" decompose an object,
then move each object with "Placement

[NormandC]

No problem doing a Part Union on all solids from CON-CUI_PJ-050AH_A.STEP.

The exported STEP file CON-CUI_PJ-050AH_B.STEP contains a single solid.

[fiffo]

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Sorry but I don't understand..i try but don't work.
Canyou explain step by step how for the attachment file I can export .step file with only one part inside.
Thanks a lot and sorry for my understanding.

[meme2704]

Basic action as in any software:
You select the first object, press the Ctrl key, select the other objects
or you select the first, Shift key pressed, you go to the last
when they are all selected (on blue background), you click on Boolean merge
and you export merge to STEP file
If you want to change the merge coordinates, you select "Placement, Position and modify X, Y, or Z

[fiffo]

Hi,
I following your information but when I open step exported file, inside there are always a lot parts.
Before export , I seleceted only fusion and export on step file.
in Attachment the exported step file.
When I esported in .step file, in the report view is wrote: "Part::MultiFuse: Links go out of the allowed scope".. I don't know if this is important informatio...

[meme2704]

I feel like you're one of those unfortunate people lost in "partDesign,
If so, it's not for me, it's "Terra Incognita" in my head

[NormandC]

I following your information but when I open step exported file, inside there are always a lot parts.

In the last STEP file you provided, you have a multitude of cylinders that are far apart from each other. You cannot create a single solid out of them, because they do not touch each other.

In FreeCAD, Part Union works, but it creates a "compound", which is a container of multiple solids. But the STEP format does not recognize compounds, it only recognize assemblies and parts. So the 1000holes_15X3_P254_fuzzyunion.step file is correct: it creates a "Fusion" container (assembly) that contains all the cylinders (parts). The "Fusion" can be moved as a single unit.

It's just how the STEP format works. There is nothing you can do to change that.

When I esported in .step file, in the report view is wrote: "Part::MultiFuse: Links go out of the allowed scope".. I don't know if this is important informatio...

This is not relevant to your issue. This error happens because you create a "Fusion" object with solids that are in a "Part container" (). This creates unallowed cross-linking, but it does not prevent the operation from succeeding.

To get rid of this error, you have two choices:

1. Put the "Fusion" inside the yellow container.
2. Before using Part Union, select all solids and put them outside of the yellow container by drag & dropping over the Document label in the Model tree.