Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
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Help! I need to import all kinds of parts, actually IGES files, and look them over all together. Is there a way to import or open these en masse? I have tried SolidWorks, ProE Wildfire, and Rhinoceros.
Along with the .igs files i recieved some .log files that show up as belonging to ProE but i cant open them. I dont know what the limit is to how much info you can open at once. Does anyone know of a way?
thanks,
srkangas
Along with the .igs files i recieved some .log files that show up as belonging to ProE but i cant open them. I dont know what the limit is to how much info you can open at once. Does anyone know of a way?
thanks,
srkangas






RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
Perhaps the person who exports the files can do so in a similar assembly way?
Not sure if that's what you're hoping for.
Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC
http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
I have an extremely large assembly with multiple subs in Pro/E and have exported the upper level assembly to Step. Then import it to SolidWorks and it works without any problems placing parts where they belong. Sounds like to me the person just exported piece parts.
One more thing, are you prompted to open parts or assemblies?
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
there are identical files with the .igs and the .out.log.1 extensions.
for example there would be both
frog.igs
and
frog.out.log.1
in the same folder and nothing else
the out.log.1 files are called ProE versioned files
I don't know which point you are talking about being prompted at... When I hit open I can pick assembly or part or whatever, and I select iges.
thanks for the input guys
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
How do you make an assembly without adding each part one by one?
thanks
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
to check these one at a time.
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
As Heckler said, it sounds like you have just piece parts, but try importing/opening the largest iges file in hopes that it is the main assy.
If they are all piece parts you may be SOL ... unless you can rebuild the assy yourself.
Dont worry about the out.log.1 files ... they are just a log file created by Pro/E to show what happened during the iges export.
Good Luck.
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
scott
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
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RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
Yes, you can select a group of part files to import/open, but they will be opened sequentially, not all at the same time & they will not build themselves into an assy ... which is what srkangas was hoping for.
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?
Should work
Daniel
RE: Can multiple parts be imported at once (50-100 parts)?