Importing Solidworks drawing

[serk_237]

I need help importing a solidworks drawing. It is probally something very simple that I am overlooking but I need some help. I am using V9.0. I did File/Converters/Parasolids but when it goes to bring the file in I get a message that there are no solids. I then tried to convert it to IGES that worked so I brought the file into Mastercam. The only problem I have is when I goto select features to machine Mastercam will not highlight the endpoints, centers, midpoints, etc. I am not sure if the engineers are not doing something correctly to the Solidworks file or I am just lost on how to import them.

Can anyone help me

Thanks,

Hopeless

[Jammer™]

Make sure you have "files of type" set to Solidworks Files (*.SLDPRT)

[Gorn]

With your software try saving out of solidworks as a parasolid. with the X_t extention. 9.1 SP2 with the dec 04 file converter update opens all current solidworks files in their format. 9.0 has a few bug that are tuff to work around.

[pete mcadams]

Solidworks drawings are for solidworks only use the part file(.SLDPRT) or save as a .dwg or .dfx for 2d.

Pete

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Serk_237,

 

Are they SolidWorks Drawing files (.SLDDRW) or Part files (.SLDPRT)? As Gorn suggests, V9.1SP2 will read SolidWorks parts from any version of SW. It will not read .SLDDRW files at all.

 

When you bring the IGES file into Mastercam (and can't pick endpts, midpts, etc.), what entities are they? Ue Screen/Statistics if you're not sure.

 

Pete Rimkus ("ProductDevelopmentGuy")

[Wally]

I do this every day. I agree with Gorn. Save out as a parisolid. Just double check the scale in SW and make sure it`s a 1:1.

[Gorn]

"It will not read .SLDDRW files at all."

 

My bad we deal in only 3D here. If they send me 2D I make 3D