How can I resolve assembly recognition issues in ANSYS Workbench 12?

In summary, the conversation discusses issues with importing an assembly of parts from Catia to ANSYS for static analysis. The first problem is that ANSYS does not recognize some of the parts when they are imported as "igs" files. The second problem is that when attempting to create the missing parts in ANSYS, the software automatically merges all contact surfaces together. The solution may be to check the Geometry importing option in workbench and obtain a CAD Interface License for Catia. Alternatively, the model could be created as a beam and shell model in ANSYS Traditional to avoid any geometry issues.
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there is an assembly of parts which i want to do static analyse on. i make the parts in cataia and import them as ''igs'' into workbench.problem 1: there are near 7 parts in my assembly which when gets into ansys , ansys doesn't recognize some of them and doesn't show them but it recognize the other parts as solids1,2,3... what can i do if i want the whole assembly in ansys ?
problem 2: instead of importing the whole , after importing some of the parts i tried to make the other parts by its geometry feature but after making the part and pressing generate ansys automatically turns the whole assembly as one parts , i mean it doesn't know the contact sufaces anymore , it automatically merge the whole contact surfaces together . what can i do?> this are the assembly pls take a lokk
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check your Geometry importing option in workbench, make sure that u r checked correct importing option. me too had the same problem, sometime it shows more surface in the assembly.
 
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IGS format is always a 50/50 gamble. In order to do this correctly you need a CAD Interface License for Catia.
 
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In looking at the model, I am assuming that it has no internal parts and therefore, could have been done as a simple beam and shell model in ANSYS Traditional and you would have no problems with geometry since you could have created it all in ANSYS.
 

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