Exporting Assembly using assembly coordinate

Recently I've had a problem with exporting iges (or step) from
Solidworks with the "save all components of an assembly in one file"
uncheckmarked.

I want to export all the parts of the assembly as separate iges files,
but the problem is that when exporting, SWX doesn't use the assembly
orgin, but rather each part's orgin. This make re-assembling the iges
parts into an assembly impossible.

This doesn't seem to be "design intent", but rather I would expect
(and need) to have SWX export all parts in the assembly using the
assembly orgin.

BTW, I've also tried creating a user coordinate, and exporting using
it, but to no avail, that doesn't work either.

 

Mark,

I've seen this at times but by the time I try and figure why or care to
know why, I move on or loose interest in the investigation.

I had thought the "flatten" option was somehow a trigger for having the
components use the default of selected coord system but ... nah, dat
ain't it... so,.. I dunno?

...

 

Mark,
when I tried it in SW2004, sp1, it worked correctly except for one tiny
little detail: all of the parts in subassemblies got placed in some wierd,
seemingly arbitrary orientation in the IGES.
If I 'dissolve' all subassemblies before exporting, the final IGES has all
the parts in the exact correct position, whether or not their origin aligns
with the assembly origin.

Its a pain to dissolve the subassemblies, and your problem may be diferent,
but this trick worked like a charm for me.
-Ed