Solidworks Integration

[phoenix221]

Hi all,

Any idea whether Patran 2004 can be integrated with Solidworks 2004? If so, how would one set this integration up?

Thanks,

 

[GJS]

Phoenix221,

Depends what you mean by integration... I've only ever used Solidworks as a quick way for generating 3D geometry for meshing in Patran. If that's all you want to do, then saving the Solidworks model as a parasolid (.xmt) and importing this parasolid into Patran has always been a robust way of going about this for me.

Hope this helps

GJS

 

[phoenix221]

I will be doing most of my modeling in the Solidworks environment using surface features. Meshing/material/composite layer specifications in Patran...