Saving skelton as ordinary part

[hwech]

Pro Help sates
"Although skeletons can be created only in an assembly, they can be retrieved, operated upon, and saved as ordinary parts"


I have saved a skeleton as an ordinary part using "save as" and given it a name without _skel. I am able to open the part and create solid geometry, but when I attempt to assemble it into an existing assembly it behaves as a skeleton and reorders to the top of the tree.


Anyone know why Pro doesn't see this as an ordinary part?


Harry

 

[ralexy]

Create a new standard part and use your skeleton like template or create a new empty standard part (without skeleton) and use menu "File" > "Copy From" and select your skeleton.

 

[hwech]

Thanks ralexy,


But am I missing something? Help states that it can be saved as ordinary part. That is surely the easiest approach if valid????


Harry

 

[hwech]

ralexy,


Just tried creating new part using the skeleton as template.
It worked perfectly!

And I guess it's easy enough.

If anyone does find a way to directly "save as" I would like to know.


Thanks again
Harry