Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by RCDLtd

  1. RCDLtd

    Problems importing data

    Do you know how the original drawing was deleted? ie. via I-DEAS or at OS level
  2. RCDLtd

    Finding Files

    There are many good reasons to use "I-DEAS Library Data" export, found under File -> Export. And there's also good reasons to not use Model Files to Export and Import data. To uphold the Master Model principal and retain associativity between different versions of the same data I'd recommend...
  3. RCDLtd

    Colors in I-DEAS

    It's a macro that is "run" once you have started I-DEAS so you can store it anywhere you have access to from your I-DEAS session. I'd suggest your home directory. Then start up I-DEAS and with a model file open select File, Program Files, Run and then browse for the stored file.
  4. RCDLtd

    TDM

    Reference Specific is looking at that explicit version of the part. Reference Latest looks at the series of the part so that if an updated version appears on the TDM you have an option to update to it.
  5. RCDLtd

    re-order features in history tree

    The drawback of relfecting 2D is that the constraints are not reflected as well so the result is non-constrained. Would it not be easier to Sketch half, Extrude/Sweep/Loft/etc. half and then reflect in 3D so that everything is constrained?
  6. RCDLtd

    re-order features in history tree

    You have to use the menus to get to the Reorder Feature operation as it is not avaialable in the icons. Select the feature you wish to "move" and with the menus on (Ctrl+M) select Modify, Special Techniques, Reorder Feature. Alternatively you can type the mnemonic:- /mo spe reo In the prompt...
  7. RCDLtd

    Solidworks to I-Deas

    My knowledge of Feature Based Translators is limited, however from what I have seen of them they will not give you a result that is the equivalent of modelling the part in the receiving system. The translator does attempt to rebuild each feature in the history of the model, but each time there...
  8. RCDLtd

    Solidworks to I-Deas

    I-DEAS doesn't use the Parasolid Kernel, so I'm afraid you're left with Neutral file format translators which will leave you with an Orphan solid/surface in I-DEAS. Does the client stipulate they must receive back a history supported model(s)? If so you really ony have one option.
  9. RCDLtd

    I-DEAS does not support spaces in filenames.

    It's not just the package filename that must be free of spaces but also the Directory path to where the Package file is sitting on you HD. ie. if it's in "My Documents" it won't work.
  10. RCDLtd

    Tif's into drafting side

    Unfortunately not, I-DEAS cannot import a raster file. I suggest you request a vector format file from your customer, ie. DXF or DWG
  11. RCDLtd

    How to clean symbols or extract a selection from a drawing? (novice)

    Within Master Drafting there's a 2D Clean option in the file menu and under that you'll find Purge Symbol. To move geometry from one Drawing to another the easiest way is via a symbol. Define Symbol Select Entities (max 10,000) Define Origin Name Symbol Export Symbol Into New Drawing and...
  12. RCDLtd

    Import mf1 files from other PC

    To determine if the problem is with I-DEAS or the receiving system try re-importing the DXF into I-DEAS, if it come in then the DXF is OK, just not compatible with the receiving system. If that's the case then play with the export settings to try and get a file that works for the other system...
  13. RCDLtd

    Import mf1 files from other PC

    Using the Master Drafting Workbench Get the Drawing file from the "Bin" on to the Workbench so that you can see the Drawing in the Graphics Window File -> Export -> DXF Note what Directory the File is being written into, select OK. Go find the file.
  14. RCDLtd

    Import mf1 files from other PC

    If the machine they were created on was a PC also running I-DEAS 11NX then you should just be able to select the *.mf1 when as you Model File when you start I-DEAS or Open Model File.
  15. RCDLtd

    I-DEAS NX11 Slow

    Are you experiencing performance issues with other installed software? If no then not likeley to be a Hardware issue. Are you sure you have a real performance issue rather than a perceived one? Are you able to do some timing comparissons for the same operations between your machine and another...
See more

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top