Placing points on imported file hole centerlines
Placing points on imported file hole centerlines
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I'm working with a customer that uses UGII software and to be sure that there's no data loss in the translation to SolidWorks (I'm receiving an .iges file from the customer), I'm placing points at all entity intersections, endpoints, and hole centers of the .iges files I import into SolidWorks 2003. Then, I convert the .sldprt file with points back into .iges for a point placement comparison with the customer's original UG file. The problem I'm having is sketching points at hole centers in parts that cannot be recognized as sheet metal parts (where 3D sketch is the only sketch option available). The cursor doesn't change to reflect that it's in the vicinity of a hole center after touching the circle. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!






RE: Placing points on imported file hole centerlines
Also, UG sheetmetal has a tendency to skew hole axes when parts are unfolded/refolded. You end up with hole axes that were normal to the sheet face and then aren't anymore. Your caution is well warranted.
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RE: Placing points on imported file hole centerlines
RE: Placing points on imported file hole centerlines
RE: Placing points on imported file hole centerlines
BTW: I have even run FeatureWorks on some pretty complex parts from UG and made feature based models, then gone the rounds with this too and it works great.
RE: Placing points on imported file hole centerlines
The versions of parasolid in UG an SW are not always the same. Recently, I have been dealing with UG houses where our SW parasolid version was higher than UG's. If you have trouble, dial back the version of parasolid you are using in the "save as" options. Typically, parasolid v10.0 is sufficient.
We get UG files directly from GM and GM tier 1 suppliers. the results from parasolid are consistently better than those from direct UG. Assembly structure comes through better. Also, the UG import brings through a lot of disassociated construction geometry that has to be sorted.
Using the parasolid, we only get what we need, not all the extra junk.
RE: Placing points on imported file hole centerlines
Setting the UG import version and, as you correctly say, matching the Parasolid output version is working great for us.
I wonder why the difference?
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