Has anyone converted files from CATIA to SW2001+ or newer? If yes, how well did it work? I would like to maintain the assembly data from CATIA to do exploded views in SW and would appreciate any experiences you all have had.
NC
Has anyone converted files from CATIA to SW2001+ or newer? If yes, how well did it work? I would like to maintain the assembly data from CATIA to do exploded views in SW and would appreciate any experiences you all have had.
NC
You will have no associativity OR interoperability. Revision & version control issues as well.
Pain in the A** if you ask me. Cans of worms in cans of worms.
Jamnot,
Ver4 (UNIX) or version 5 ? Helluva big difference.
Version 5 can be read in as a STEP AP214 assembly, If your client has the STEP tran$$$lator. I have heard that they bundle it with some of their pricier configs.
The parts will (should) read into an assembly with the correct spatial relationships, but no mates. They will be dumb solids.
Version 4 doesn't have any translation options (that actually work) for moder CAD systems. Your best bet here would be a third party translator, or a service bureau.
Regards
Mark
There is a 3rd party translator that I have used successfuly. Can't rememba what it was called, but it worked well. Gave you dumb solids, but (4 the models I had) featureworks fixed that.
Hi,
Look at the info here;
bitching at Dassault, then...
no it's definitely not. The 2 software have not much in common (except the owner), not even the kernel (Parasolid / ACIS)!
What we need is a standard, non-properietary format to represent the /feature) structure of a design, not its resulting geometry as STEP or IGES. Join me in the
Philippe Guglielmetti -
I can help you. We have the only Gold partner product called FormatWorks
for translation/repair/healing for SolidWorks. With this product gettting
CATIA into SolidWorks is not a problem.
Sincerely,
Lyle Fischer Technical Marketing Director Capvidia
Cliff,
Here are a few distinctive features of FormatWorks:
Lyle
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