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How to change units in a prt file
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How to change units in a prt file

How to change units in a prt file

(OP)
I'm new to UG and did a model in inches instead of mm.  Is there an easy way to change that?

RE: How to change units in a prt file

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I got this directly from "Gateway". You must open a command prompt window (PROGRAM-UNIGRAPHICS-UNIGRAPHICS TOOLS-COMMAND PROMPT).

At the operating system prompt, type:

ug_convert_part -mm|-in -[o s u uo x y] [-o <dirname>] <part_name>|-d <dirname>

Options in brackets are not required. Options separated by the pipe character `|' mean that you must provide either the option before the pipe or the option after the pipe, but not both. The first set of options, -mm | -in, denotes the units you are converting to, and are not optional. You must either use -mm to convert to millimeters or -in to convert to inches.
d
 Sets current directory as the source
 
-d <dirname>
 Sets the directory <dirname> as the source
 
-in
 Converts to inch units
 
-mm
 Converts to metric units
 
-o <dirname>
 Sets the directory <dirname> as the destination
 
-s
 Traverses subdirectories
 
-u
 Converts UDFs (user defined features)
 
-uo
 Converts only UDFs (user defined features)
 
-x
 Exports the annotated expressions to a <filename>.exp_txt file
 
-y
 Converts entire assembly
 


RE: How to change units in a prt file

Lawrence Morauski wrote a program called Convert Part, which is freely available I beleive on the UGS bulitin board (newsgroup). You can also get it here http://www.vickers.de/ugconv.htm.
It is an excelent tool.

-Derek
DL Engineering Services

specializing in CAD Design Consultation Services
www.dl-engineering.com

RE: How to change units in a prt file

(OP)
The converter worked great.  Now everything is in the correct units, just 25.4 times bigger than I want it!!

Thanks to both and Mr. Morauski!

RE: How to change units in a prt file

Troach,
     I found the same dilemma!  However, I am working with unparameterized features.  In my case I was able to select all, use TRANSFORM-->SCALE and then scale it back the 25.4.  Worked like a charm.  Don't know what you would do for parametric features unless you wanted to go to EXPRESSIONS and scale each expression by 25.4??  

Good luck.

RE: How to change units in a prt file

hmm, the link to UGCONV tool (http://www.vickers.de/ugconv.htm) doesn't seem to work.  Can anyone share the tool, or point out another location to get it?

Thanks!

RE: How to change units in a prt file

...nevermind the above post.  Link is actually working.

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