logo
NOTICE:  This is the new PunchCAD forum. You should have received an email with your new password around August 27, 2014. If you did not, or would like it reset, simply use the Lost Password feature, and enter Answer as the security answer.
Welcome Guest! To enable all features please Login or Register.

Notification

Icon
Error
CADexchanger (#3826)
Options
Go to last post Go to first unread
Previous Topic Next Topic
mikeschn  
#1 Posted : Friday, June 24, 2011 5:58:41 PM(UTC)
mikeschn

Rank: Senior Member

Joined: 8/21/2007(UTC)
Posts: 284

Thanks: 5 times
Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)
Originally Posted by: zumer Go to Quoted Post
Mike, there's a beta available at the self-explanatory cadexchanger.com that might be of help....


Zumer,

I tried it today. It imported the parasolid okay. But when it exported the Acis SAT it converted everything to surfaces. Not a good situation. UserPostedImage

Do you know if there is a way to keep everything as solids?

Mike...
ViaCAD Pro 12 on Windows; Viacad Pro 14 on Mac
Back to top
zumer  
#2 Posted : Friday, June 24, 2011 6:23:15 PM(UTC)
zumer

Rank: Senior Member

Joined: 11/4/2007(UTC)
Posts: 515

Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)
No, but I'm a brute force, straight-line-between-two-points kinda guy, and sight unseen, I'd try using ACIS' tolerance in Shark and stitching the surfaces back together. The cadexchanger admin people are soliciting problem scenarios to improve the app, too, so it's worthwhile asking them, too. You could try exporting them as STEP, as Tim suggests elsewhere.

murray
Back to top
mikeschn  
#3 Posted : Saturday, June 25, 2011 6:51:29 AM(UTC)
mikeschn

Rank: Senior Member

Joined: 8/21/2007(UTC)
Posts: 284

Thanks: 5 times
Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)
Originally Posted by: zumer Go to Quoted Post
You could try exporting them as STEP, as Tim suggests elsewhere.

murray


That would mean going into work on a Saturday, and spending all day importing all the parasolids back into NX, and then out as STEP. :(

I do have one other option I can try. I can try a parasolid import into Alibre, and then a SAT export out of Alibre. I'll let you know what happens.

Mike...
ViaCAD Pro 12 on Windows; Viacad Pro 14 on Mac
Back to top
zumer  
#4 Posted : Saturday, June 25, 2011 10:09:27 AM(UTC)
zumer

Rank: Senior Member

Joined: 11/4/2007(UTC)
Posts: 515

Was thanked: 1 time(s) in 1 post(s)
I meant using the CAD exchanger to go from Parasolid to STEP. Shark works with STEP imports pretty much the same as designated .sat solids in my experience.
Back to top
mikeschn  
#5 Posted : Saturday, June 25, 2011 10:40:16 AM(UTC)
mikeschn

Rank: Senior Member

Joined: 8/21/2007(UTC)
Posts: 284

Thanks: 5 times
Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s)
Originally Posted by: zumer Go to Quoted Post
I meant using the CAD exchanger to go from Parasolid to STEP. Shark works with STEP imports pretty much the same as designated .sat solids in my experience.


Ah, now I understand. I'll give that a try!

Mike...
ViaCAD Pro 12 on Windows; Viacad Pro 14 on Mac
Back to top
Users browsing this topic
Guest (2)
Forum Jump  
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.

Powered by YAF.NET 2.1.2 | YAF.NET © 2003-2024, Yet Another Forum.NET