.prt files wont open

[Texas_Drafter]

we are running proe wildfire 2.0. we recently purchased another company and are trying to integrate their files. they have a huge amount of files with extensions .prt, .drw, .mdf that we cant open. the company did not have any proe software on their computers. is there another program that uses those extensions or is there some kind of viewer i can download to open them. i have searched on teh internet and cant find anything. any help is appreciated. thanks.

 

[garymig]

You sure there not just a newer release of pro/e?

 

[dr_gallup]

do they have the numeric extension? part_name.prt.xx

 

[Texas_Drafter]

none of the computers we looked on had proe on them. no they just have part_num.prt

 

[FireWild]

Years ago Solid Works used just a (.PRT) and (.DRW) file extension now it's (.SLDPRT) & (SLDDRW) I also think Unigraphicsuses the (.PRT) file extension.

 

[jarhakka]

Some more info about .prt and .drw file extensions:


http://www.file-extensions.org/prt-file-extension
http://www.file-extensions.org/drw-file-extension

and

http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/prt
http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/drw

It seems that various programs have used and still use those extensions.

Pro/ENGINEER uses those too, but it adds number in each save at the end, like:
.prt.1, .prt.2, .prt.3, etc.
.drw.1, .drw.2, .drw.3, etc.
Edited by: jarhakka

 

[looslib]

File extensions .prt and .mdf are used by Unigraphics. The .mdf was the NC post-processor file for their GPM system. It was replaced about 12 years ago by UG-Post.

 

[kenppy]

Copt off one of your prt files and change the extension to txt and open in notepad. Chances are you will see a header that will show all the metadata for the file.

Hope this helps.

 

[harichennai]

could be Unigraphics NX, for the .prt.


Or it could even be Pro/E newer release than your company uses.


In such case you can use PTC's GCRI (Granite Cross release Interoperability) to open (not edit) the new version files of Pro/E.


However, the best option is to buy / upgrade to a newer release of Pro/E.


WF4 is stable and quite latest.

 

[kenppy]

post some small file here and let's see if we can id it.

 

[Texas_Drafter]

we figured out the files are for IDEAS. we could not get the program open for a while but then we created a small network with all their computers and suddenly everything worked. we are able to open them now. thanks so much for everybodys help.

 

[kstick1961]

*.prt and *.drw files were the old CADKEY system. Not sure what happened after they became KUBOTEK...don't know if this helps...

 

[tomhartman]

first things first... Are there any spaces in the part file
name? If so, rename the part without spaces.