Hakan has done a nice job in explaining how to
import Inventor and SolidWorks files into ABS and to make them
MvParts. Files like these can be a great source of new content.
Some more information:
Download a series of pump sizes and save them into
a blank ABS drawing. This then becomes the working file for a new
MvPart family when using the MvPartBuilder portion of Content
Builder. You can then turn all the blocks into MvParts in one walkthrough
of the wizard.
One caution - these files are meant for fabrication
and contain a lot of detail. The detail can lead to some pretty large
MvPart file sizes (that then go on to make ABS drawings larger). Much of
this detail is stuff that most MEP engineers may not need. You may
want to edit the blocks before making them MvParts, or, even better, edit them
in Inventor before saving them as *.sat.
I hope this helps!
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Hi!
I Tried the following and it seems to
work.
1. Download the .sat file
format.
2. Start ABS2004 (Start from scratch
dwg)
3. Use the import command and change to (ACIS
*.sat) and import the part
4. Rorate the part 90 deg around the x-axis
(applied to the part i tried, so that it got aligned right)
5. Block the part, with a useful name (size
etc) preferably with a "m" on the end for model block
6. Use Content Builder to create a
block-based part (Specify the Layerkeying, Generate the other blocks, Create
bmp, Place Connectors etc.)
7. Do a CatalogRegen, MvParts
HTH
/Hakan
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If the 3d files that you've download are
not in dwg format, I'm affraid that they are useless.
sp
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I
have downloaded 3D pumps from Armstrong's web site. What is the easiest
way of converting Armstrong's pumps to a ABM4 part that I can see in my
live section?
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