resolving import errors

I should also mention that I had thought that if I deleted the faces that caused the problem, or made anther feature that absorbed the problem area, the error warning would go away - but it does not.

Daniel

Here is kind of a broad outline on how to approach this:

1. Have the IGES healed by a service bureau like Capvidia or purchase the software to do this.

1. Use the manual method.

Turn on Verification on Rebuild in Tools/Optiions/System/Performance Run Tools/Check to verify the geometry is good or not Run import diagnostics

Find the problem areas * Fix the problem areas **

• Finding problem areas a. Create a cut feature and slice the part in half b. Find the half with the error c. Repeat a & b till the error is located d. Fix the problem **

** Fixing errors There are many tools to do this. Delete and replace faces. Atomic Bomb of Fillets etc.

If you are able to communicate with the parties sending the files, try this...

Have the person translating from Pro/E change the tolerance type from "relative" to "absolute". This will result in a better IGES or STEP file.

Pro/E defaults to a tolerance scheme called "relative", where edge tolerances are adjusted based on the average feature size of the model. This can cause problems if the model has small features attached to large faces. It also causes problems with creation of IGES, STEP, etc.

With "absolute" tolerance, the user must enter a value for precision for the model generation. Typically, setting this to .0005 inch is sufficient. It also has the effect of producing much cleaner IGES and STEP output.

There is a KB article on this.

ha ha... good one :-)

d is the hard one.

Yes, I have done this to one part that imported as a single imported solid. However, if I make a cut or feature that absorbs the problem area, the imported solid in the FM continues to show the yellow error flag. My goal is to eliminate that too. it seems strange to me that the flag remains after eliminating the error area.

As the for part that imported as 600 unique surfaces... too much of a pain to deal with.

I am asking for my client to check that and resend the files if the setting is not set to "absolute" or 0.005mm (slightly tighter than your spec.)

As I said, it is only the complex sheet metal parts, and not the complex plastic or other parts that are giving problems. Hope this solves it. In this case it is not a crisis, and these are not critical parts for my work, but I prefer to have a complete and correct assembly for my documentation.

Thanks for the tip,

Daniel

Thats a good idea and will work for the one part that is a single body. However, the 600 surfaces...well... I'll give it a try.

Cheers, Daniel