mechanical desktop 6 conversion

[Oppiz]

I've been converting Mechanical desktop version 4 with no problem. Now I need to convert a Mechanical desktop 6, but when I hit convert it just sits there. Help!!

 

[ 07-16-2003, 01:09 PM: Message edited by: OPPIZ ]

[Jean-Simon]

What version of Mastercam do you have?

[Oppiz]

version 9.1

[G Caputo]

What extension is the file? Is it an .Ipt?

[Oppiz]

dwg ext.

[G Caputo]

All I get from our engineers is .ipt and they work fine. I just tried an older .dwg (not sure what release) and it came in fine also. If you want, I can try and convert it.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

IPT is Inventor NOT MDT. This was covered a bit ago. Do a search for Mechanical Desktop and you shoudl find it.

[Greg Williams]

To convert .IPT or Inventer files you need to install design tracker form the CD

[G Caputo]

James,

You got me thinking on this one... I understand that an inventor file is an .ipt extension, I just thought that since MTD & Inventor were made by Autodesk it would read them in just like a .dwg file from autocad. My bad. I tried to pull in a MTD 2004 .dwg (MTD 2004 is the realease that comes with Inventor 7) and it did not come in, but I was able to save from MTD 2004 to a 2000 .dxf and they come in. Learn something new everyday.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

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I just thought that since MTD & Inventor were made by Autodesk it would read them in just like a .dwg file from autocad.

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Yeah, you would think wouldn't you. Software is so crazy like that sometimes.

[Thad]

OPPIZ,

 

Have you applied all patches? Some of these deal with converters.

 

Most of the files we get are dwg from MDT 5 or 6 and they import with no problem. Now the designs that are contained in those dwg files....that's a whole 'nother story!

 

Thad

 

[ 07-16-2003, 09:55 PM: Message edited by: Thad ]

[Rick Damiani]

To read MDT 2004 files, you'll need to apply SP1 to MCAM V9.1. I don't recomend using the AutoCAD 2000 DXF format for MDT files, as that conversion is unsupported by Autodesk and may fail to produce a valid part file. i.e. it's likely to bite you in the butt when you need it the most.

 

[ 07-16-2003, 10:51 PM: Message edited by: Rick Damiani ]

[Oppiz]

Sorry I haven't replied to this topic. I've been on a much needed vacation.

The problem was I somehow lost the patch for DWGs. Reloaded it everything seems to work fine.

Thanks to all

[John Q]

It depends on whether your mechanical desktop file is a 2D, 3D solid, or a surface file. If it is a solid you need to use the step translator in

mechanical desktop 6.0 to get it into mastercam.

If it is one of mechanical desktops NURB surface models you need an IGES file. If it is a autocad 2-D file then it should come in with no problem.

But MC will bring it in if you get the right file type form mechanical

[Rick Damiani]

Actually, if you have the appropriate patches applied to MasterCAM, the .DWG translator will handle MDT surfaces, solids, and 'standard' 2D stuff just fine. No additional conversions necessary. STEP is certanly a viable option for the solids (if you really want to do that) but IGES is only a good idea if you are working with a part file. If you have inadvertetnly created a single-part assembly file (as I see lots of people do) the IGES translation will have the boundry curves offset from the surfaces by some apperently random distance.

 

IGES should generally be your last option, used only when nothing else works.