Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
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One of our customers has sent us a .MODEL file. We have no way to open this file. Does anyone know of a translater to translate this file to .IGES, STP or PARASOLID??? Or a link to a viewer.
Solid Edge V20





RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
Try adding it into a Product as an "existing component"
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Solid Edge V20
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
Regards
Fernando
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Solid Edge V20
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
Your "sales guy" was right - you really should know how to open that file. It is as easy as File -> Open.
That's assuming that you actually have Catia V5...
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RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
Sales guys right?? O please...lol
Anyways, we don't have Catia and we never needed to buy a translator for Catia in the 10-1/2 years I've been here. The sales guys just didn't want to listen to us very smart engineers.
Solid Edge V20
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
So what's the nature of your question, then?
Evidently, I must be as dense as your "sales guy", because I'm plenty confused.
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Catia Design|Catia Design News|Catia V5 blog
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
EWH - thanks for YOUR clarification - but I'm really wondering shy somebody would post a question on how to open a Catia file without Catia, when they've supposedly been doing it for 10+ years. Call it a need to satisfy my own curiosity, I suppose.
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Catia Design|Catia Design News|Catia V5 blog
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
In the 10-1/2 years i've been using our current cad system (Solid Edge) we never had a reason to buy a Catia translater for solid edge until maybe now. Clear??? :)
All i was trying to ask is, is there any other programs instead of Catia that can open a .MODEL file? We have now asked the customer for a IGES file, hopefully they'll send one.
Solid Edge V20
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
The TransMagic program contains a Catia kernel and is capable of translating many different CAD formats. Be aware that V4 tubing is a huge problem, so if the .model file contains tubing you may find yourself up some familiar creek without a paddle.
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Christian Bunes
http://www.plastal.com/
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
ht
NB: Can read SolidWorks but not write, but it may convert to Parasolid.
This may be a viable option for you guys since it allows you to convert many different formats without having to get licenses for every software your customer(s) prefer to work with.
Good luck anyways.
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Christian Bunes
http://www.plastal.com/
RE: Viewer or Translater for .MODEL file
I have encountered customer problems counter that of Christians however, in that many seem to insist on sending .cgr conversion files, which are lightweight files not supported by TransMagic.
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter