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Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

(OP)
I had Export>Solidworks... in NX9

Did they remove that functionality and now want you to use the STEP or IGES?

Also, when you export one of these file types, which one will maintain the PMI for my vendor's use? He has solidworks, so I would like to make his life as easy as possible.

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

Are you sure about that? I just checked several of my versions of NX (my configurations include all options available in a normal install of NX) including NX 8.5, NX 9.0 and NX 10.0 and I don't see anything that could be seen as supporting the Exporting of Solidworks files. I checked both the File -> Export and the 'Save-As' approach.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

(OP)
Well maybe I'm just losing my mind about the Solidworks option. I thought it was one because I looked into this before. Either way, can you tell me which file will maintain PMI going to a Solidworks workstation?

Also, please correct me if I'm wrong on this, but from what I was told:

Was there or was there not a huge thing about solidworks and NX being written with the same code that was "stolen" from one or the other??

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

Quote (JMagnus)

Was there or was there not a huge thing about solidworks and NX being written with the same code that was "stolen" from one or the other??

SolidWorks uses (or used to use) the "Parasolid" geometry kernel. The parasolid kernel is licensed out to many developers and is used in various CAD/CAM applications. If I remember correctly, Dassault bought out SolidWorks and have recently reworked it to use their own geometry engine rather than parasolid. I'm sure it was properly licensed out to them, not "stolen", but they didn't like paying fees to a certain competitor.

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

(OP)
OK, and will the PMI go with the Parasolid option?

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

My understanding (and I'm not a translator expert) is that PMI can only be included with STEP and JT.

As for your question about Solidworks and NX, I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE MENTION ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES EVER!!!!

Now it is true that Dassault Systèmes, the developer of Solidworks (as well as Catia), licenses from us, Siemens PLM Software, several software 'toolkits', something that we refer to as 'MCAD Software Components', including Parasolid, which is used as a solid modeling kernel (note that several other companies also licence various 'MCAD Software Components' from us, see the link below for more information). But back to your question, ALL of these toolkits were acquired/developed legitimately by Siemens PLM Software over the course of many years.

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/produc...

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

(OP)
OK! cool!

The part about the MCAD was strictly just curiosity.

Last question about this is:

What is the difference between STEP 203 and STEP 214??

Are there any advantages for running one over the other??

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

The different STEP standards were developed with different industries in mind. Your best bet for a comprehensive discussion of this topic would be to do a Google search.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

Enter Export to Solidworks into your command finder.
It will give to the option to turn it on if (for whatever reason) it is turned off.

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

Are you sure? I don't get any hits on 'solidworks'.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

(OP)
yeah I got nothing coming up either...

but I'm telling ya, I SWEAR I saw it once upon a time...

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

They must have reset the Matrix...bigglasses

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

I see it under file open. But Not file saveas.

RE: Export to Solidworks seems to be gone in NX10?

The difference between STEP 203 and 214 is broadly 203=Aerospace, 214=Automotive. The geometry is written the same for both, so you don't generally see any conflicts even if you use the wrong translator. The differences (if I remember correctly) are about header information and some other peripheral data.

Going forward there is an amalgamated standard called STEP 242 which includes all options of both, plus a little bit more.

Chris Abbott
TEAM Engineering
www.team-eng.com

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