Importing ASSEMBLIES into UG?
Importing ASSEMBLIES into UG?
(OP)
We are sending one of our suppliers a Parasolid Assembly (from SolidWorks). Everytime it's imported into UG the parts come across as UNPARAMETERIZED FEATURES, and we lose all sense of part names and assembly structure.
I know UG can open a STEP 214 file and get the assembly structure, so my question is how do we make it do the same with a parasolid? I know the file can be opened in SolidEdge as an assembly, so I know the data is there.
And we know the Edge file could be opened in UG, but there has to be a switch in UG to make this work correctly. Parasolids is one of the most popular and efficient neutral formats in the world.
Thanks in advance for any help.





RE: Importing ASSEMBLIES into UG?
RE: Importing ASSEMBLIES into UG?
Unlike Solid Edge and Solid Works, UG does not apply templates when importing models (part, assembly, sheetmetal etc). All parasolid files therefore are treated as a single part, GTAC confirmed this.
In order to maintain the assembly structure, you may want to consider STEP. As I was reviewing Solid Works to be a potential stable mate to UG, I did not look at STEP. I ended up recommending Adoption of Solid Edge because UG can open Solid Edge assemblies directly and the parameters are retained through Associative Embedding.
James D. Rawlinson
Project Engineer/CAD Support specialist
Goodrich Hoist and Winch
Diamond Bar, CA