Thread: IGES and STP file modification
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Re: IGES and STP file modification
IGES or STEP files come into Solidworks as one entity (or seperate parts consisting of one entity each if it is an assembly).

You will not be able to access the part's "tree" structure like you can if you started it from scratch in Solidworks, because it only comes in as one entity.

What kind of part are you looking to modify?
What specificially are you trying to do with that part?

For instance, if you are trying to remove a hub from a sprocket, just start a sketch on the top of the hub's surface, convert the outer circle of the hub with the "convert entities" command and "cut extrude" through the geometry to remove it.

To add geometry, do the same but use the extrude command.


If you can provide a link to the (IGES or STP) part file in question, and let me know what you want to do with it, I can take a look at it and see what the best approach would be.
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