Interfaces

This page deals with the following products:


CATIA-CADAM Interface (CC1) - P1

General Issues

Installation of 64 bit version

A CATIA_CC1_64bits version was included with Release 19 Service Pack 5. Normal configured licenses cannot be used to install it. In order to install the 64 bit version you need a separate CC1 license. The installation procedure is standard - select CC1 in the list.

Open Issues

None

 

Documentation

None

 


IGES Interface (IG1, MIG) - P1

General Issues

None
 

Open Issues

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Documentation

IGES 2D: Semantic and Structured Export: texts
All texts are exported and mapped automatically with the 2D IGES corresponding font. If a character cannot be mapped into an IGES font then it is replaced by the substitution character @.
By-pass: Use the DXF interface that allows to export all the unicode characters, unlike IGES that allows only a small number of character sets.
IGES 2D: Import
Whereas the path of an IGES file to import may contain non-ASCII characters, the name of the file itself must contain only ASCII characters.
IGES 2D: Export
Whereas the name of an exported IGES file may contain non-ASCII characters, we recommend that you use only ASCII characters (you could not re-import a file with non-ASCII characters in its name).
Settings Option Join
Select the option Join surfaces of the model if you want to join the surfaces of your IGES model into a shell.   
If this option is active, the software will try to knit the surfaces from an importable file into a shell, even if the file contains Groups (402), with the merging tolerance, i.e. the input file resolution (from field #19 of the file Global section), limited between the modeler tolerance and 100 x the modeler tolerance. The modeler tolerance depends on the current session scale.
IGES 3D: Export
  1. Open the CATPart or CATProduct document to be saved in IGES format.
    For a CATProduct, there is one conversion operation for each CATPart document referenced by the product.
  2. Select the File > Save As... command.
    The Save As dialog box is displayed.
  3. Specify the name of the document in the File name:  field.
  4. Set the .igs extension in the Save as type field.
  5. Click the Save button to confirm the operation.
    A progress bar is displayed for each conversion operation.
    You can use the Cancel button to interrupt the transfer at any time.
    The current conversion operation is then interrupted (after the processing of the current independent entity) and the partial conversion already performed is saved in the IGES file.
IGES 3D: Import
  1. Select the .igs file of your choice and click Open.
    A progress bar is displayed.

    You can use the Cancel button to interrupt the transfer at any time.
    The conversion is then interrupted (after the processing of the current independent entity) and the partial conversion already performed is displayed in the V5 session.

 
copious data are imported as follows:
106 forms 1-3
cloud of points
106 forms 11-13, 63
curve (polyline)
The generic display name of such elements in V5 can be Geometrical Element

 


STEP Core Interface (ST1, MST) - P1

General Issues

None
 

Open Issues

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Documentation

STEP import
  1. Select the .stp or .step file of your choice (MoldedPart.stp, in our example) and click Open.
     
    A progress bar is displayed.

    You can use the Cancel button to interrupt the transfer at any time.
    The conversion is then interrupted (after the processing of the current independent entity) and the partial conversion already performed is displayed in the V5 session.

STEP Export
  1. Click the Save button to confirm the operation.
    For a CATProduct, there is one conversion operation for each CATPart document referenced by the product.
    A progress bar is displayed for each conversion operation.

    You can use the Cancel button to interrupt the transfer at any time.
    The current conversion operation is then interrupted (after the processing of the current independent entity) and the partial conversion already performed is saved in the STEP file.


STRIM/STYLER To CATIA Interface (STC) - P2

General Issues

None

Open Issues

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Documentation

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DXF/DWG Interfaces

General Issues

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Open Issues

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Documentation

Import: mtext

Changing fonts, changing attributes and
line break are not taken into account.
Text alignment is not taken into account.

How to control the way polylines with adjustable width are imported?
  • Those polylines can be imported as lines and arcs or as area fills depending on the value of  CreateAreaFill  and  MinThicknessForAreaFill in the  ThickPolylineMapping standard.
     
  • When the width of the polyline is not null:
    • CreateAreaFill=yes authorizes the area fill creation. In this case, if width is greater than the value of MinThicknessForAreaFill, an area fill that represents the exact geometry of the thick polyline is created.
    • CreateAreaFill=No, or if width is lower than the value of MinThicknessForAreaFill, the lines and arcs are created with a line thickness mapped from the polyline width.

    The value taken for the width is the greater one of startWidth or endWidth for each segment of the polyline.
    The report file indicates how the thick polylines are mapped.

    Limitations:

    • When an area fill is created, the linetype of the polyline is not taken into account. This applies only when the width is greater than the value of MinThicknessForAreaFill given in the DXF standard.
    • When no area fill is created, in the case of polyline with constant width, arcs or lines will be created for each segment, but no V5 polyline.
What About the Elements You Export?

Both export options:

  • If the sheet to export contains no geometry, or only non supported entities, no DXF/DWG file is generated.
  • The visual clipping of views is not yet supported.
  • The point of view (camera) of the model is not exported.