1. A method comprising: providing a geometric model formatted for use in a geometric modeling environment; providing a translator to export the geometric model into a neutral data format; presenting to users a first option and a second option to select; if the first option is selected, setting, using a processor, the translator to treat subassemblies in the geometric model, when exporting the geometric model into the neutral data format, as rigid or flexible based on a setting of each individual subassembly in the geometric modeling environment; and if the second option is selected, setting, using the processor, the translator to treat the subassembly in the geometric model, when exporting the geometric model into the neutral data format, as flexible regardless of the setting of each individual subassembly in the geometric modeling environment.