Importing other file types

[maestro]

I recently received some files from one of our designers at our corporate office that were modeled in ProE. These consist of a model of the finished part and a model of the forging from which this part is to be machined from. The models I have received are iges and step files. The finished part file comes into MC as a very nice solid with no problems. The model of the forging however comes in as sufaces OK, bit any atempt to import the step file in as a solid or convert from sufaces to a solid once in MC results in a sheet solid with missing faces and gaps. I have looked though all of my config settings along with the options when chosing the file to open with no luck. Th only other cad software I have access to is Catia V5, but I am not very experianced with it. It seems to import into this OK, but any attempt to export back out and into MC pretty much gets me the same result. Just wondering if anyone might have any ideas to resolve this. I may end up going back to the designer who did these files and see if there is anything he can do in ProE to help out.

[gcode]

email me the file..

I'll see what SolidWorks can do

[maestro]

On the way.

[Kannon]

I believe some of the blend tools in Pro E dont get recognized correctly in Mastercam..

 

is your Pro E designer using any of the blend tools in Pro E?

 

Thats were I would start.

[gcode]

Of all the major cad systmes I have the most trouble with ProE files

This one came in with some missing corner fillets.

I changed some import settings in SolidWorks

imported and let Import Diagnostics do its magic.

SolidWorks is worth the price for its translation

capablilities alone.

[Guest SAIPEM]

Get a copy of Rhino 3D.

 

www.rhino3d.com

 

It's worth every dime for the translators alone but it great for cleaning up neutral file formats.

 

It will also export ParaSolid and Mastercam can open its *.3DM file directly.

 

Send me a copy of the problem file or post it to the FTP area and I can clean it up for you so it closes.

[gcode]

Solidworks fixed it in about 5 seconds

No talent required

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No talent required

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g, are you saying that a 6 year old can do it?

 

wow, you got 13,000 posts

[gcode]

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wow, you got 13,000 posts

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13,000 posts and $2 will buy a cup of coffee

[Redfire427]

Our engineers design with ProE and this is a common problem. From what I have researched, ProE is not capable of building a proper parasolid so the import into Mastercam is not great. We import ProE files directly into Mastercam as we have a ProE converter licence and if their is problems, we have the engineers output a step file. Lately, we have been checking files with Solidworks for errors. I think our company will be making the transition from ProE to Solidworks this summer to help correct this issue. Solidworks to Mastercam is a dream.

[Odell]

We use Keycreator and we do not have any problem with files from any other program except Catia. Pro-E and Solidworks files do not create any issues to us at all. As for converting of creating files for Mastercam....Never a problem!