Help needed converting .mcx-8 file

[crdafoe]

I need assistance converting a Mastercam X8 with Verisurf, .mcx-8 file, to a SolidWorks .sldprt file.  I'm hoping someone with Mastercam X8 or above with the Solidworks plugin can do this?  It is a small file (375 Kb), that Verisurf used to take measurements of an engine block.  When using Mastercam to save the file as .iges or .stp, and then trying to open that file in Solidworks 2015, it displays a bunch of errors and won't display the part in Solidworks.  I"m hoping that if the file is saved in MasterCam (using the Solidworks plugin) to a Solidworks .sldprt file, then that will remedy the issue.

 

Please contact me at [email protected] if you're able to assist, and i'll email you the file.

 

Thanks very much

Chris Dafoe (newbie)

[email protected] 

[Guest]

You cannot save an .mcx file as an sldprt....

 

You can save it as one of several other formats, x_t, stp and others that can be read into Solidworks...

[crdafoe]

You cannot save an .mcx file as an sldprt....

 

You can save it as one of several other formats, x_t, stp and others that can be read into Solidworks...

I've tried that and unfortunately have not gotten good results.  The guy who did the measuring saved the file as a .igs and a .stp, and both of them will load into Solidworks, but it only displays some of the part, and throws a bunch of errors about missing data.  Interestingly, if the same files are opened in Rhino 3D, everything shows up properly.  I tried re-saving it in Rhino and then opening in Solidworks, but the result doesn't change.

 

Frustrating that a native Solidworks file can be opened in Mastercam, but not vice-versa.  Any suggestions?

 

Thank you for the assistance

[#Rekd™]

Can you share the file?

[crdafoe]

Sure thing, here is a folder with the original .mcx-8 file and it also saved as an .igs and .stp

 

NC_block.zip

[#Rekd™]

I opened you file in Mastercam and then I opened the stp file in NX and it looks identical. It might be a Solidworks issue, are you using a newer version of Solidworks?

[crdafoe]

It's SolidWorks 2015. I'll post a screenshot later today of what it looks like.

 

Thanks for helping!

 

Chris

[#Rekd™]

This is what it looks like in NX.

 

[crdafoe]

Here is what it looks like in SW 2015

 

 

 

Perhaps you could export it out of NX as a Parasolid?

[#Rekd™]

Parasolid will only export the sheet body's (solids) and surfaces, your splines and points will not export.

[crdafoe]

That's the issue I'm having now as you can see. Wonder why SW can't recognize all of the lines and points of the intake ports and bolt holes?

[#Rekd™]

Is there an option when opening the file? There is in Mastercam and NX when opening stp files. It gives you the option of what to import in the file, solids, surfaces etc.

[crdafoe]

No, all it asks is if I want to run Import Diagnostics on the part.  If I choose Yes, then it displays what the screenshot shows and on the side pane reads "Repair faulty faces and gaps".  If I choose the "Attempt to heal all" option, it just errors out and says "Gaps between faces could not be repaired".  

[#Rekd™]

I will export some files from. NX tomorrow for you to try.

[crdafoe]

Thanks!

[#Rekd™]

Here are the exported files.

 

 

NX_Exports.zip

[crdafoe]

Thanks, I'll give them a try tomorrow

[MotorCityMinion]

Before you actually select the file to open in SW, there should be an options tab to the right. This allows importing curves as 3d entities or a sketch.

[twulfe]

I have an old MC X8 program, but currently using MC 23.  I'm being told that MC 23 will not open nor read the program.  Can anyone confirm this is true or not?

[JoshC]

On 1/3/2023 at 5:15 PM, twulfe said:

I have an old MC X8 program, but currently using MC 23.  I'm being told that MC 23 will not open nor read the program.  Can anyone confirm this is true or not?

that  file will open in mastercam 2023, All X releases can be opened in 2023, its just the V releases that can not