data exchange SolidWorks to pro/ENGINEER

Step files from SW import into Pro-E very well, but they will not get features. I know of no way to do this for them. I also might add that anybody who even asks you for this doesn't know what they are talking about. All companies have rules, but this is one that would require anybody working with that company to use Pro-E. That is unreasonable.

good luck,

jk

The easiest way, (without features) is the saveas a Proe prt file.

Check this pdf on references...

I personally have not seen or used a file translation package that can do this but you might try the above to see who, if anyone, is doing this?

Let us know if you do/can do this with one of the above?

Otherwise, if the geometry is simple, and your client has jumped onto WF 4.0,... they now have some sort of FeatureWorks (it maybe Feature Works?) functionality.

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Unreasonable?? Ever work for one of the big automotive companies at the tier one level? You have no option. Work with GM, use UG, work with DCX, use Catia. Unreasonable, maybe, but that is the way it is. I've never worked with a customer that said Pro-E or the highway, but there were several who pushed real hard for it.

I just completed a job for a client I started working for a little over a year ago. My first conversation with him involved him asking whether I used Pro-E and I said no. He began to end the conversdation because they are a Pro-E house, but I was able to convince him to try me once to see how things went. They were REALLY desperate for another source for 3-d mold designs and couldn't find any independent guys on Pro-E.

They were impressed with my quick turn-around and the quality of the data they got, so have turned into a good customer. I guess I'm saying not to give up right away when you hit some resistance from the Pro-E shops.

You're right, though, about dealing with the big guys. I'm enough of a prima-donna that whenever I run into that I just tell them it's a pity that they are not in a position to avail themselves of my superior services.

jk