Store as

Menu access: File | Store as

Description:

Allows you to save different elements of your current document into a separate file.

General philosophy :

1. Select the elements to store.

2. Select the reference coordinate system of the object to save (or choose STORE WITHOUT POSITIONING to store the selected elements with the current coordinate system as the reference coordinate system).

3. Select the replacement method and click OK.

4. Enter the file name.

Or

1. Choose the ONE PART PER FILE option to store automatically the shape of the document.

2. Choose the naming method in the list

•  DESIGNATION will ask you to select a directory to store all the file and use the designation of each shape as the file name (you can also add a prefix or a suffix to this name). If a shape has no designation, TopSolid will change the shape color and ask for it before storing this shape.

• AUTOMATIC will ask you to enter a base name, and TopSolid will store each shape in a file with the base name and a suffix (000 to 999). For example, if you enter the name PART as the base name, TopSolid will create PART001.TOP, PART002.TOP, PART003.TOP,...

• ASK FOR EVERY SHAPE will ask you to choose the shape and it's positioning and enter the name for each shape.

3. Select the shape or choose the ALL SHAPE OF SET to store automatically all the shape of the set even the standard and personal component (this question is not asked with the ASK FOR EVERY SHAPE option).

4. Select the reference coordinate system of the object to save (or choose STORE WITHOUT POSITIONING to store the selected elements with the current coordinate system as the reference coordinate system) and the replacement method (this question is not asked with the ASK FOR EVERY SHAPE option)

Available option(s):

The list allows you to choose the degree of breaking associativity to apply on the object to store :

• AUTOMATIC will automatically break the non-necessary portion of the associativity to have the object as a separate part file.

• CUSTOMIZED you choose the level of associativity you want to break on the following classes: parameters, points, curves, shapes, tools and external links.

• MAXIMUM will break all associativity on the object, it becomes a basic geometry.

•  NOTHING associativity links on the selected object will not be broken.

The list allows you to manage the layers names in the document to store :

• ALL : the stored file will contains the names of all layers named in the original file.

• USEFUL : the stored file will contains the names of the layers used by selected elements.

• NONE : the stored file will not contains any layer name.

The Replace the stored shape by a component= YES option allows you to replace the selected elements to store by their corresponding components. This a very nice way to work if you want to start your assembly as define on place (in the same file) and at one point you decide to separate each part into separate files for concurrent engineering purpose.