Hello
I am a Solidworks 2013 itilizer. I have a project that was drawn on Pro Engineer when opening on solidworks this puts me that the part is Imported and I only end up with the outline of the part, I lose all the drawing dimensions of the part. In the assemblies I also lose all the constraints. Could someone enlighten me on the format in which to register the parts from Pro Engineer to get the dimensions?
Thank you.
MOREL François.
Hello
Simply impossible.
What you can recover are volumes or surfaces, but forget about dimensions, constraints, functions and even more so dimensions...
Thomas
Thank you for this answer which on the one hand solved my question but which now poses a real problem for me for the modification of this chassis which is composed of 350 elements.
You're welcome.
Apart from recovering everything in volume and then redrawing only the parts to be modified, I don't really see how you could do it...
Thomas
Hello François,
Quick question, what format do you get from ProE?
Cédric.
See this link for compatible files
http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/~ctorrie/QUAD_ETM/MPL/SW-ProE-Ansys_Compatible_file_types.pdf
@ + ;-)
If your starting file is clean enough, to avoid rebuilding everything you can use the 'automatic function recognition' function
It saves you a little time.
Cedric.
See also this link
http://blog.capinc.com/2010/10/proe/
@+ ;-)
See also this link
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/Pro_ENGINEER_files.htm
@+ ;-)
The problem is that if he wants to modify a dimension in a sketch it remains impossible.
Unless SW during the reconversion recreates modifiable sketches, personally not tested, but on simple parts can be.
The Pro/ENGINEER converter exports Pro/ENGINEER part and assembly documents as SolidWorks part or assembly documents. During this process, the attributes, features, sketches, and dimensions of the Pro/ENGINEER part are imported. If not all of the features in the file are supported, you can choose to import the file as a density body or polygon model. The Pro/ENGINEER converter supports the import of free curves, wireframes, and polygon data.
Here is what I read on the link below
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/Pro_ENGINEER_files.htm
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With FeatureWorks, as Cédric says, SolidWorks will try to recognize functions, and therefore, there will be sketches.
From there, you can dimension and modify pieces.
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/fworks/t_recognizing_features_automatically.htm
So nothing is impossible. It's just, depending on the pieces (and shapes), more or less difficult :-)
Oh Ok I didn't think that the conversion was so advanced and precise.
Good news for our friend evo!
Indeed I just opened a Pro E part that had a *.prt.1 format and I was able to import the functions and some dimensions of the part. It's still light but it's better than nothing. I put the document as an attachment below.
Yes, it's a tool that I use and enjoy a lot.
It limits the damage (in terms of rebuilds) and works quite well I must say!
Glad I was able to help you (a little);)
Cédric.
Hello
FYI, don't focus on the number after the .prt or .asm. Pro/e keeps all versions of a file by incrementing this number with each save. When exporting to a new folder, the account starts again at 1.