Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
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SWX 2009
My customer sent me an assembly of a pump that has many pieces that are not mated. The assembly is drawn 25.4 times too big so I need to scale it down. I saved it as a part file and inside this new part file is a bunch of solids and surfaces. I tried to use the scale command and it will only allow me to select three of the surfaces to scale so I need to find another option. There was another thread on here talking about saving the assembly out in another format to then bring it in again as a dumb solid.
So I want to know what is the best file type to save the original assembly out as (iges, parasolid etc.) so that I can bring it back into SWX and get a single part with a single dumb solid within it. Do I have to bring it into another software before bringing back to SWX? I have Pro-E and MDT available.
Thanks
My customer sent me an assembly of a pump that has many pieces that are not mated. The assembly is drawn 25.4 times too big so I need to scale it down. I saved it as a part file and inside this new part file is a bunch of solids and surfaces. I tried to use the scale command and it will only allow me to select three of the surfaces to scale so I need to find another option. There was another thread on here talking about saving the assembly out in another format to then bring it in again as a dumb solid.
So I want to know what is the best file type to save the original assembly out as (iges, parasolid etc.) so that I can bring it back into SWX and get a single part with a single dumb solid within it. Do I have to bring it into another software before bringing back to SWX? I have Pro-E and MDT available.
Thanks






RE: Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
Obviously 25.4 is just a metric/imperial mismatch. Can the customer resend the file(s) in the correct units? Can you adjust the import options?
RE: Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
RE: Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
RE: Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
RE: Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
Open the part and add a scale feature.
Eric
RE: Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
The one thing you would want is the original file (That you said you can't get) because when importing a file in (varying on the type) you can adjust the units upon import.
Sounds to me like they imported the dumb assembly under the wrong units and that is why its 25.4 off.
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RE: Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
RE: Best software/file type to use to make a dumb solid to scale
Thanks for the help.