Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
(OP)
It has come up at my company that we need to decide on a solid format for PLM. Our parent company uses SAT files, but due to some known version issues I would like to use parasolid or IGES. Any arguments for/against the above?






RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
Against ... Not all programs can read/translate Parasolid. SAT might be the more universal format.
RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
The SAT format is to the ACIS geometry engine as the Parasolid formats (x_t or x_b) are to the Parasolid engine. Both can be read by most of the programs which use either engines.
RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
Except, I would move the 3rd to the beginning and swap 2 & 3.
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Apr 30, 2008)
RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
thanks,
Tom
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RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
Below is additional info:
http://www.cati.com/articles/article4_6a.htm
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Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Apr 30, 2008)
RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES
If you are doing data xchange with products that do not use either the Parasolid or ACIS kernel, STEP might work best since it is a neutral format. IGES is another neutral format, but STEP is much more robust than IGES.
RE: Parasolid vs SAT vs IGES