Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
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Hi, everyone.
I have an IGES file of a CFD mesh containing many lines and points, and a STP file containing the outer graphics created by their boundary. I was wondering if there was anyway in SolidWorks to either:
a) From the imported IGES file with all the lines and points, extract the boundary of all of them as a surface, such that I can edit it in SolidWorks (i.e. make cuts, extrudes, etc.).
b) From the imported STP graphics file, create a surface that can be edited in SolidWorks, as currently it cannot be.
Thanks for all your help!
I have an IGES file of a CFD mesh containing many lines and points, and a STP file containing the outer graphics created by their boundary. I was wondering if there was anyway in SolidWorks to either:
a) From the imported IGES file with all the lines and points, extract the boundary of all of them as a surface, such that I can edit it in SolidWorks (i.e. make cuts, extrudes, etc.).
b) From the imported STP graphics file, create a surface that can be edited in SolidWorks, as currently it cannot be.
Thanks for all your help!






RE: Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
First thing you could try is, go to open the file and in the open dialog box, choose IGES as filetype, select your file, then click on "options".
There you can mess around with some controls.
Second thing, if you have Solidworks Premium, you can use "ScanTo3D" that does a fair job of making surfaces out of your mesh data, and eventually into a watertight solid in the end.
CSWP-Surf
RE: Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
My heart jumped when I saw ScanTo3D in SolidWorks! However, it gave me an error saying that no surfaces exist? Is there something else I need to do, did I choose the wrong Scanto3D option, or can I not use this function?
RE: Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
RE: Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
CSWP-Surf
RE: Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
Also, I usually get a message before importing that, "This file contains free curves/points which are not desired according to the import options. Do you wish to import them anyway?". Clicking yes leads to all the curves. Clicking no imports nothing.
RE: Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
RE: Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
Perhaps wireframe is all that is in the file. Can you zip and attach the iges file here and I can check in some other programs.
RE: Converting IGES Mesh and/or STP Graphics to a Surface
Anyone have any good ideas on importing, or software that translates iges to SolidWorks somehow?