CATIA V5 to SE V19
CATIA V5 to SE V19
(OP)
Hello!. I am new there, so please be kind...
I have SE V19 (I have ST but I use V19 for now).
I have customer who has CATIA V5 R18 model. SE can read V4, but not V5.
My question is what is best way to read V5 into SE?
I googled one company "RadialSoft" who sells Add-in converter soft.
Is this software good? or any other recommendation.
T.I.A.
I have SE V19 (I have ST but I use V19 for now).
I have customer who has CATIA V5 R18 model. SE can read V4, but not V5.
My question is what is best way to read V5 into SE?
I googled one company "RadialSoft" who sells Add-in converter soft.
Is this software good? or any other recommendation.
T.I.A.





RE: CATIA V5 to SE V19
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RE: CATIA V5 to SE V19
If I could ask customer to convert to STEP or IGES, I would ask them. However, we have no choice to do so.
It is like asking Boeing to do our favor. Our customer is just one of vendors of Boeing.
Therefore it is much easy for us to read CATIA V5 files.
It is not practical to install CATIA at our office. Since we have SE, our best option is to read CATIA file into SE.
RE: CATIA V5 to SE V19
We have SE V20 at our office and use the Siemens SE to Catia V5 bi-directional Translator.
We deal wih all of the Major aircraft OEM's, including the authority on Catia:)
I have successfully exchanged .catpart files with our customers and have read in .catpart (V5) and .model (V4) with great success.
Be sure htey are providing a .catpart file, as .catproduct does not necess' contain all the files needed.
In my opinion do NOT try radialsoft, we had(have) it, it is not installed anymore. Results with Siemens translator was MUCh better with same cost. :)
RE: CATIA V5 to SE V19
OK, I see it. Siemens is selling Add-on converter. How could I miss this...
Anyway, I will ask reseller for this add-on.
Thank you for your info!
You guys are quick and great!
RE: CATIA V5 to SE V19
You could try Theorem Solutions in UK - www.cadverter.com
I have dealt with them for a Catia V4 translation and they were very helpfull. They will verify and provide images of the conversion so you don't pay for a load of crap, and give you the price before you buy the data.
bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.
RE: CATIA V5 to SE V19
If I remember correctly, I once downloaded a Catia V5 small assembly from Solidworks's 3DContentCentral, and opened it in V20 without problem. Of course the model probably wasn't modeled in Catia originally.
You can have both version on the same computer (V19 and ST). Do a search on this forum, it's been already discussed.
Unless you need to translate the files back and forth with your customer...
Please take into account that I am only a CAD enthousiast, with some knowledge of SE, interest in other packages but not much else experience.
RE: CATIA V5 to SE V19
I'm on V20 at work and the File > Open dialog lists V5 .Catpart (parts) and .Catproduct (assembly) files, so they should open directly.
bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.
RE: CATIA V5 to SE V19
I had ST, but I haven't using it since it was too much for me to handle. So, I really didn't check that ST (or V20) can read V5.
Well, result on ST wasn't good. I could read V5, but not as good as I hoped. I tried on RadialSoft, it was much better than ST. Still, not perfect.
I got approval to get CATIA translator from Siemens, So, I will let you know the result.
Thank you very much!!!!