SeymourDumore
Diamond
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2005
- Location
- CT
Guys
I guess the time has come that I need to get solid models from one of my customers rather than a blueprint for some of the pretty complex parts.
Till now it wasn't a necessity, but now we're asked to make some of the really complex housings. I tend to get smarter but much much clumsier with age, so in order to avoid the stupid thick-finger and dyslexic mistakes, I've asked them to send a solid model along with the print. Reluctantly, they've agreed. They use Pro/E, while I have Solidworks.
Can someone recommend the best all-around export method for translation?
I did get the model in Iges format. Pretty much everything was there but the threaded holes had to be eliminated and a couple surfaces welded.
They've also tried to send native Pro/E as Solidworks supposed to be able to import it, but it keeps showing "incomplete section" during the import.
After looking at the file itself, it was only about 2KB, so I'm guessing they have sent something bogus.
Anyway, rather new to the 3D translation realm ( green as Shiit to be accurate ), I would like to find out if one format is better than the other from your experience.
Thanks
I guess the time has come that I need to get solid models from one of my customers rather than a blueprint for some of the pretty complex parts.
Till now it wasn't a necessity, but now we're asked to make some of the really complex housings. I tend to get smarter but much much clumsier with age, so in order to avoid the stupid thick-finger and dyslexic mistakes, I've asked them to send a solid model along with the print. Reluctantly, they've agreed. They use Pro/E, while I have Solidworks.
Can someone recommend the best all-around export method for translation?
I did get the model in Iges format. Pretty much everything was there but the threaded holes had to be eliminated and a couple surfaces welded.
They've also tried to send native Pro/E as Solidworks supposed to be able to import it, but it keeps showing "incomplete section" during the import.
After looking at the file itself, it was only about 2KB, so I'm guessing they have sent something bogus.
Anyway, rather new to the 3D translation realm ( green as Shiit to be accurate ), I would like to find out if one format is better than the other from your experience.
Thanks