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RECORD: CHAT-0319
TOPIC: SOLIDWORKS Assembly Save Errors
IMPORTED: 2026.05.12

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EXTRACTED REQUEST: I have a step file i am using to create our own model and parts in solid works 25 I have opened the step and saved it as an assembly I am still getting a couple failed to save errors when i save the assembly, I am guesssing it is because it can't find these 2 files, I am ok with dropping them from the assembly to get rid of the errors but how do i do that

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USER MESSAGES:
1. I have a step file i am using to create our own model and parts in solid works 25 I have opened the step and saved it as an assembly I am still getting a couple failed to save errors when i save the assembly, I am guesssing it is because it can't find these 2 files, I am ok with dropping them from the assembly to get rid of the errors but how do i do that
2. I am trying to figure out the best way to turn these parts into a single part that would be cut out of a single piece of tube on a tube laser, I want the tube laser to put the miters in and the holes so we can hand form the tube
3. Option 2 is what I am going for
4. ITS ONLY LETTING ME SELECT PARTS OF MY CURRENT MODEL NOT THE STUFF UP A LEVEL IN THE ASSEMBLY

ASSISTANT RESPONSES:
1. Those 2 items are almost certainly imported “virtual” or unresolved components from the STEP structure that SOLIDWORKS is trying to save separately, but it either: - cannot create the files, - cannot find a valid path, - or the imported geometry is corrupted/unresolved. Since you said you are OK removing them, here is the cleanest way to do it.. First Try — Delete the Components from the Assembly In the FeatureManager tree on the left: 1. Expand the top assembly. 2. Find: - `A57EPG12U` - `A5BBSSG9012U` 3. Right click each one. 4. Choose: - Delete - or Suppress - or Dissolve Subassembly if they imported weirdly. If they disappear from the graphics area and tree: 5. Save the assembly again. That usually fixes it…
2. What you are trying to do is essentially create a: - laser-processed formed tube blank - with: - cope cuts / miters, - bend reliefs, - holes, - indexing features, - that gets: - cut flat/straight on the tube laser, - then manually bent/formed into shape. That is actually a very smart fabrication method for low-volume trailer/chassis work. Your red-highlighted rails are good candidates for this. Your green-highlighted sections are probably NOT good candidates because: - compound bends, - tighter radii, - twist risk, - harder manual forming. The long side rails absolutely are.. The Best SOLIDWORKS Workflow Do NOT model this as multiple welded tubes anymore. Instead: Create ONE master tube part For each rail: - o…
3. Yep — that is because you are currently: editing the part in isolation/context edit mode and SOLIDWORKS has: Selection Filter / Component Isolation behavior preventing outside selections. This is extremely common.. FASTEST FIX Look at the top right of the graphics area. You are probably in: [code excerpt omitted] mode.. DO THIS Hold: [code excerpt omitted] while selecting geometry from the other assembly component. That often immediately allows selecting external geometry.. If That Doesn't Work METHOD 2 (better) Turn on: Select Through Transparency. DO THIS Right click the ORIGINAL rail: [code excerpt omitted] Then: - hover over holes, - hold ALT, - select edges.. METHOD 3 — MOST RELIABLE Use: [code excerpt om…

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO
- cannot create the files,
- cannot find a valid path,
- or the imported geometry is corrupted/unresolved.
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- Expand the top assembly.
- Find:
- `A57EPG12U`
- `A5BBSSG9012U`
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