iges export from meshed model in APDL may not work directly, what you can try is following Export the mesh using external model to Mechanical, (which you have already done) and now open the Mesh in SpaceClaim. You may need following setup:
The geometry in SpaceClaim will be faceted, and you may need some cleaning and/or rebuilding to do for the same.
-Aniket
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