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Solidworks Integration

Solidworks Integration

Solidworks Integration

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Hi all,

Any idea whether Patran 2004 can be integrated with Solidworks 2004? If so, how would one set this integration up?

Thanks,

RE: Solidworks Integration

Phoenix221,

Depends what you mean by integration...  I've only ever used Solidworks as a quick way for generating 3D geometry for meshing in Patran.  If that's all you want to do, then saving the Solidworks model as a parasolid (.xmt) and importing this parasolid into Patran has always been a robust way of going about this for me.

Hope this helps

GJS

RE: Solidworks Integration

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I will be doing most of my modeling in the Solidworks environment using surface features. Meshing/material/composite layer specifications in Patran...

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