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HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

(OP)
How can I open a unigraphics file in proe wildfire. it says use the 'unigraphics(.prt)' filter.
Where is it?
How do I do this?
Please help

Thanks
Aaron

RE: HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

You have to have UG loaded on the ame workstation.
You have to BUY a special translator from PTC, list price $9,500.
A STEP file or a parasolid export from UG will come in just as clean.
In fact the custom translator is doing a STEP output from UG in background and then importing that in to Pro/E. It takes a while because of the double processing.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
Sr IS Technologist
L-3 Communications

RE: HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

Hi Adsouza,

as far as I know, there is no interoperability and interchangeability between CAD software, So everytime when you want to open a file made with a different CAD you have first to creat on the native CAD software an export file like STP, IGS,  and after that to import it in ProE, for our situation. The problem is that the just imported feature will be on the new file something not to be modified, so any modification must be done on the original CAD, than export again and import again.
The file created on ProE with the imported feature in can be use for your purpose, like to add in assemblies, so on, or to be used as reference to create new geometry , but that it.

RE: HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

Depends on how you define interchangeability. Pro/E can 'open' a native UG or CATIA file, but it requires special translators from PTC. In the case of UG files, UG must also be loaded on the workstation.
UG NX4+ can 'open' a Pro/E file with a license and software, but Pro/E is not required to be on the workstation.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
Sr IS Technologist
L-3 Communications

RE: HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

$9500!!!    Just buy a copy of Solidworks for $4000...it can open native Pro/E, UG, Solidedge, among others. Then you can save it out to Pro/E format. At least then you'd have a copy of Solidworks should you need it.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2

RE: HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

Guess that's not too bad an idea if it's reliable.  Of course there is no associativity either way?  As there is with Interface (? ATB enabled?) for UG?  Or with SE / UG interop?  

RE: HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

The Pro/E option to open a UG file directly is nothing more than a glorified STEP translator. There is no bi-directional associativity.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
Sr IS Technologist
L-3 Communications

RE: HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

Sorry to keep questioning, Ben. Knowing only what I've read
and being confused by it I'm hoping you'll share some hands
on practical knowledge.

When you say "STEP"; that's to indicate features are not
translated? I'm assuming that when reading, writing,
importing, exporting native UG a gPlug type Parasolid <->
Granite neutral conversion is done?

Interface for Unigraphics with ATB
www.ptc.com/appserver/mkt/products/home.jsp?k=3451
?

Thanks in advance.

RE: HELP!! opening UNigraphics file in PRO E

I tested this over 2 years ago for my last employer, so maybe they have improved the interface. The PTC page would lead me to think that it has been improved.

When I tested it, it was faster and gave us better results to use STEP files for the transfer.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
Sr IS Technologist
L-3 Communications

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