Dear all,
I had some success transferring geometries, generated with an advanced math software, to Inventor using IGES files containing Manifold Solid B-Rep Object Entities (Type 186) (see the specification IGES5-3_forDownload-1.pdf). Now I would like to include several Type 186 entities into a single IGES file and form the geometrical unit of these (and them), for which the IGES Boolean Tree Entity (Type 180) seems to exist. I'll do some trial-and-error testing, but it would be very helpful to have a (reliable) list of all IGES entities the Inventor IGES import function does or does not support (like these: Transcendata, MoldflowInsight). Unfortunately I could not find such a list anywhere.
Could someone from Autodesk provide such a list?
Another question: Are the IGES import/export functions of Inventor written by Autodesk (and/)or are third-party libraries used? If the latter, which ones?
Many thanks, Bob
Hello,
Trial-and-error tests showed that Inventor's IGES import filter does not support the Boolean Tree Entity (Type 180) – a pitty. If someone could post a list of all IGES entities the Inventor IGES import filter does or does not support, it would still be very helpful.
Thanks, Bob
Niels van der Veer
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