# Import step assembly with its compound

**URL:** <https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/import-step-assembly-with-its-compound/2853>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [July 16, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/import-step-assembly-with-its-compound/2853 "2025-07-16T13:09:55Z")\
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You may e.g. want to mesh the parts with other hex meshing techniques that don’t support compounds (unlike transfinite mesh). Also, compound creation may fail in some cases: [Deformation in 2 or more bodies - #10 by Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/deformation-in-2-or-more-bodies/524/10)

But it would just need a setting in Tools → Settings like other import options.

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