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Looking for a little bit of help please. I have been handed an igs file, which has come from a CMM. It's got a variety of points, vectors, surfaces etc in it. When I load it in, I get the vectors and surfaces but no points? Tried it in the likes of Catia and we get the points showing, does ViaCAD not like the points? Cheers
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They should be there, of course - Try double-clicking the select tool icon - to select all ... do they show up when selected ? (V/C shows points in different ways - depending on how it's set in the Inspector (display style) - it's worth a fiddle with that. - Try pressing the 'e' key for zoom extents - do they show up ? Perhaps they've been scaled wrong and they're 100x too small etc - Try show all / check for hidden layers (shouldn't really matter on newly imported igs) If all fails -- download FreeCAD and use that as a stepping stone - it usually finds the missing bit : P Then send the file to Tim - obviously points not showing up is not right
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Yeah they show up in freecad, I have that on a virtual pc I sometimes use, but there's definitely nothing in VC. I've attached it here, if any Shark users could try it out please?
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If I open it as a TXT file - it's Spatial InterOp data - so I'd say it's an error in VC !?
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Just tried another one, straight out of Catia, exported to igs, hundreds of points in there, and VC loads sweet FA :-)
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And if you send a STP file - are the points present ?
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I'll try a step as soon as I can, need to adjust the Catia license to pick up the stp license and I'll try it then.
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Cant get anything over than some lines coming in, really doesn't like points. freecad is opening it all fine
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Looks like its a new build issue. I can import the iges in V9. I have attached the V9 file.
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V8 finds the points too. Some time back, someone complained that his Microscribe didn't work, and Tim responded that he'd get it sorted, but I don't see the 3D digitiser toolbar in Shark V10 build 1354 at all now. Related somehow? A clear fail, whatever the reasons.
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Getting quite familiar with this bug report form now :-) Cheers Everyone for the help, I'll get it reported and hope it gets sorted out for the next release. Cheers
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