Being able to create multiple bodies in a single SW file can hugely speed up design, because not every ‘part’ deserves its own *.sldprt. However, you’ll usually want to export the bodies as separate STL’s for printing. Here’s a simple script that works similar to the normal macro but adds a random number after the file name so you can do the following trick:
- hide all bodies except one that you want to export
- click the macro
- hide the one you just exported
- unhide the next body
- click the macro
- rinse and repeat for as many bodies as you want
This way, you don’t have to manually save the STL’s or rename the exports. Download is below the image.
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