I'm looking for a reliable way to create a Part from an Assembly.
For context: Many downloaded vendor files come into NX as assemblies, sometimes with many parts. To avoid keeping copies of all these part files it is most convenient to convert each of the parts into a "dumb solid" within a single part file.
I've found that with some of these assemblies I can export to an IGES or STEP file, then import that file to get this result. Often though, the resulting file either retains each part as a separate file, or the entire assembly is nothing but "dumb" surface bodies.
Has anyone discovered a method to reliably convert assemblies into parts made up of solids?