Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
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For various reasons we are considering switching from Catia V5 to Solidworks 2012. We have been told that SW now has a translater that will do a decent job of converting. I've done some searching, but haven't been able to find anything to say whether or not this is really the case. Most of the info I find is older versions of each software package.
I'm hoping to get some files sent off to a rep to convert, but would like some feedback from those who have actually been through this.
thanks!
I'm hoping to get some files sent off to a rep to convert, but would like some feedback from those who have actually been through this.
thanks!






RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
I believe the following link shows the simplest method.
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RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
Try Sycode.....
http://www.sycode.com/index.htm
They have translators for Catia v5 to SolidWorks.
It will still be a dumb solid.
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RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
Cheers,
Anna
Anna Wood
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RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
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RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
Yes. I'm in manufacturing. I do all the tooling design (among other things). Because design needed it, everyone was forced to use it. Seems the only ones still using Catia are our design guys, but some of them have even gone to SW.
Catia maybe be great for surface modeling, but I spend more time fighting it, and looking for work arounds than actually working.
I'm hoping to get some files off to the SW vendor and see what he can do with them.
RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
I dont know the size of the parts you want to translate byt remember that opening an engineblock from catia in solidworks will result in 20-50 000 surfaces that will practically kill sw and make it unusable. sofar we have had no luck converting this kind of geometry to sw with good results. If you make simple things and need to convert 20 faces you migt be ok.
RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
You can both import and export Catia at all levels, as well as other formats.
We have found it works just as well, but not perfectly, as stand alone translators that cost far more money and you get Inventor LT thrown in, not that we use it, but I guess it might have a use one day.
With a 30 day free trial what have you got to lose?
RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
Are you using SW? If so, and you're bringing Catia files in, what are you sending them to SW as?
I don't care who makes it or sells it. I need something that works. Cost is a concern, but not the biggest.
tummen,
Most of the parts I would be translating are quite simple. However, they can be rather complex with assemblies with upwards of 50 parts.
However, in a worst case, I can design new tooling in SW, and redraw anything necessary from old Catia drawings.
RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
Most of our work is automotive tooling design so are usually only bringing in one part, but with a lot of surfacing to it, we then save and import as a step file from LT.
We actually purchased LT just for the Catia translators and find they work better than anything apart from Transmagic but that was rather costly.
RE: Catia V5 into Solidworks 2012
The most annoying of these foibles is CATIA's tendency to call surfaces "parallel" or "perpendicular" when they are not. CATIA will accept surfaces as parallel when normals are out of parallel by .000001°. That angle is 100 times greater than SolidWorks allows for parallel condition.