Cannot find Parasolid data in Solidedge file

[Murray Mold]

I have been using X3 since the release last Friday and today is the first time I've tried to open a solid and I get the error "Cannot find Parasolid data in Solidedge file" They will still open in X2 MR2 so I opened it and then saved it as a .mcx file and then opened it with X3.

Anyone else having this trouble?

Thanx

[Guest]

Did you install the newest translator from Mastercam.com?

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

JP,

What's newer than X3?

 

MurrayMold,

If it works in X2 MR2 it certainly should work in X3.

Is it a SolidEdge part or an assembly?

Do you know what version of SE it came from?

Even better...can you send it to me so you don't have to listen to my questions?

[Guest]

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JP,

What's newer than X3?

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Pete, I would have thought that the installation of the direct converter was what he needed to install.

 

mea culpa if I am in error on this

[Murray Mold]

Pete,

You have mail.

John,

I have not installed said translator. I will look now for it.

Thanks

[Murray Mold]

I have installed the SolidEdge translator and still it will not open .par files. I also thought X3 would open .prt files but I get "Incorrect access code" error.

 

Thanx again

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

.PRT files are either from Unigraphics or Pro/E.

Importing Pro/E files into Mastercam is an addin that you need to contact your reseller about. We pay royalties to PTC on it, so we cant just give it away.

There are some 3rd-party UG importers for Mastercam - I'd recommend the Verisurf one.

 

JP - The 'Direct' tool is only useful if you're inside SE trying to pass the part directly to MC. It's automatically installed with X3 (and, I believe, X2). He's apparently having trouble simply opening .PARs into Mastercam.

[Murray Mold]

I use SolidEdge to open .prt files and then save them as a .par, but I thought I read somewhere that X3 would open .prt files without purchasing a translator. Its no big deal about opening .prt files with X3, but I do need to open .par files like I was able to with X2.

I got the new SolidEdge with ST last week and just got done installing it. I have not tried to use the MasterCAM link through SolidEdge yet, but I will try it now.

[Murray Mold]

The MasterCAM Direct link in SolidEdge opens X2. I did a side by side install (X3 and X2)and I dont know how to modify (if it can be done) to direct the link to X3 instead of X2.

 

I will look into SE help and see if I can change the link to X3.

[Murray Mold]

I can open a .par file on a computer that does not have SolidEdge installed, so I think since X3 has the SolidWorks plugins it does not play well with SolidEdge.

Are there any SE users on here that have SE installed with X3 on the same computer?

[Gunnar]

I use SE and have also the same problems as you stated. I open the SE-files in X2MR1 and save them, and reopen them in X3 until a fix is released.

[Murray Mold]

I guess this needs to be reported as a bug. Thanks for the reply. I was just getting ready to pull my hair out......lol

[Murray Mold]

Gunnar,

I uninstalled X3, went into regedit and removed all traces of X3 and done a fresh install and now it will open .par files.

[Gunnar]

Thanks for that tip. I will try that later today. Hopefully it works here too. The downside of doing that is that I will have to do all the appearence stuff (RMB and so on, and all the MD) over again. I do not like the way you transit from one release to another. CNC should make the transition easier/better.

[CAM CRAZY]

I am having the same problem with solidworks today. I had to go into SW and save as a .iges to get it to work. has anyone found a fix to this or do I have to try the above mentioned solution???

[Gunnar]

Camcrazy.

Don´t use iges it´s an old way. Use parasolid instead. That is the native format of both SW, SolidEdge and Mastercam. Even if you don´t have solids in Mastercam it will work with parasolid. The file extension will be .X_T