file converter settings

[Tim Pruett]

Could someone post a screen shot of their "settings, configuration, converters" page that works good. It seems like I always have trouble converting parasolid files. I always get some faces missing or some fillets missing or screwed up. I'm getting these from my solidworks guy. Thanks

 

Tim

[Thad]

I open SW files almost daily with no problems.

[Tim Pruett]

I can't open solidworks files. He saves them as parasolids then I open those.

I will try your settings

[Tim Pruett]

I tried your settings, still no good. Man this is frustrating. Cimitron converts it fine.

[Thad]

You should be able to open native SW files. :headscratch:

[Thad]

Can you attach the troublesome file?

[Tim Pruett]

are you talking about the .sldprt files?

 

How do I attach the file? sorry I don't remember how. never mind I figured it out

[Tim Pruett]

well I thought I figured it out. I can't see the attachment on my edited post.

 

Also whenever I try to open a .sldprt file it says it can't find the parasolid data in solidworks file.

 

 

I can't get the file to attach. It keeps saying "you aren't permitted to upload this kind of file"

[Thad]

are you talking about the .sldprt files?

 

 

Yes.

[Thad]

 

 

I can't get the file to attach. It keeps saying "you aren't permitted to upload this kind of file"

 

Zip it, then attach it.

[Guest]

I can't open solidworks files. He saves them as parasolids then I open those.

I will try your settings

 

Curious as to why?

 

You have the ability to open SW2016 with Update 3 in X9

[Thad]

 

 

Also whenever I try to open a .sldprt file it says it can't find the parasolid data in solidworks file.

 

 

Maybe this will help.

 

http://www.emastercam.com/board/topic/87156-cannot-find-parasolid-data-in-solidworks-file/

[htm01]

have your sw guy roll back a couple x_t versions and see if that helps,i left mine at 15.1 and don't have any trouble bringing them in

[Tim Pruett]

John, I would rather open his native solidworks files but I keep getting the error it can't find the parasolid data. I have the latest update in mastercam x9

 

I had his save the file as a step and and iges and I get the same result. Part of the fillets are missing and really screwed up.

[Colin Gilchrist]

Tim,

 

Your customer has a file with a serious error in it. Try having them rebuild the file inside Solidworks. Did you read the other thread where it talked about "Configurations"?

[Tim Pruett]

I tried opening several .sldprt files. even from a few years ago. I get the same error. I then tried using the wire guys seat of mastercam to open a couple of .sldprt files and it crashed both times. This shouldn't be this difficult. I read the other thread and I got really confused. Could you explain exactly what I need to do to fix this problem. I use to be able to open his .sldprt files no problem. Not sure what went wrong. Thanks for the help

[Tim Pruett]

Ok I right clicked on the CMD.exe file and clicked run as admin.

 

this is what is there

 

C:windows/Syswow64>

 

what do I type in?

[Tim Pruett]

ok, I talked to my reseller and he told me how to do the reregistry thing. I did it and It said it worked but now when I try to open a .sldprt file, mastercam crashes.

Any more ideas. My reseller must've went to lunch. lol

[Allan]

Can you zip up the file and attach it here?

[Tim Pruett]

Just done a go to meeting with my reseller he got the same crash I was getting. I emailed him the .sldprt file in question. He's gonna call me back once he gets the file.

[Tim Pruett]

The only way that I know how to zip a file is out of mastercam once I've already opened it. Can you explain how to zip it otherwise.

never mind I figured it out. Wow finally worked. Please delete that once you've tried it. Thanks.

EJECTORX .zip

[Thad]

Crashed MC here too.

[Tim Pruett]

interesting, I wonder why. What could I tell the solidworks guy to do different?

[John@WMM]

In your system configurations settings on the solid import/attempt to heal solids during import? If I had that checked Mastercam would crash on some files...

[Thad]

interesting, I wonder why. What could I tell the solidworks guy to do different?

 

Not sure. If I open a .sldprt file in notepad, for example, There's a bunch of gibberish, but I can also read some english text, mentioning SW. I see nothing like that in your file. Don't know what to tell you.