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New surface problem

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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 01:11 AM
‎03-03-2003 01:11 AM

New surface problem

I have posted in CF a typical surface that we get from a customer. It's a
surface that I converted directly from CATIA through a translation utility. The
utility has surface repair tools, and I ran this part on the most intensive
repair mode. I am not concerned with the actual thickness of the part but I need
to be able to show this in an .idw. If anyone can find any way of doing this,
and show me how, I would be very grateful. Thanks.

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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 01:23 AM
‎03-03-2003 01:23 AM

Looking at the file now but from now on please zip up large files. This was
a 6MB+ file!!!

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"Dave J" wrote in message
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> I have posted in CF a typical surface that we get from a customer. It's a
> surface that I converted directly from CATIA through a translation
utility. The
> utility has surface repair tools, and I ran this part on the most
intensive
> repair mode. I am not concerned with the actual thickness of the part but
I need
> to be able to show this in an .idw. If anyone can find any way of doing
this,
> and show me how, I would be very grateful. Thanks.
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 01:28 AM
‎03-03-2003 01:28 AM

Any way you can get your customer to send you a solid STEP file instead of surface data?

MechMan
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 01:34 AM
‎03-03-2003 01:34 AM

Dave,

Can you smash out to Autocad and then insert into idw.?
Not sure if this will work for you.
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 01:58 AM
‎03-03-2003 01:58 AM

Yes, I'm sorry about file size. I usually zip them, but was in a hurry and
forgot.

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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 01:58 AM
‎03-03-2003 01:58 AM

This needs to be addressed along with showing a part that is nothing but a
sketch in an IDW. I can't seem to get this to work. Possibly you could
thicken it in MDT easier but I'm having a heck of a time getting it to
thicken.

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> Yes, I'm sorry about file size. I usually zip them, but was in a hurry and
> forgot.
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 01:59 AM
‎03-03-2003 01:59 AM

No, I can not. Even if I did, they would be exporting it from CATIA, so I don't
see how it would help. This is an native as I can get it.

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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 03:08 AM
‎03-03-2003 03:08 AM

Dave,
Please post the *.igs file to CF so I can examine the surfaces with the MDT module of Inventor Series.
And BTW CATIA will do solids, from what I can see in your Inventor file this is a surface with no thickness. If it had been converted into IGES from a CATIA solid there would be sides and top and bottom.
J.D.
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 03:17 AM
‎03-03-2003 03:17 AM

...sigh....
I need to clarify a bit...this was a CATIA assembly machine, and this surface
was a part in the assembly as a surface. It never was a CATIA solid. There is no
.igs file, since it was imbedded in the CATIA file. I don't know if our customer
received the file or designed the part themselves, but this is what I have to
work with. What I can do is export the file from CATIA to an .igs, .stp or .sat.

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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 03:36 AM
‎03-03-2003 03:36 AM

dave, post the file that you imported into IV if you can.

i cant seem to get an iges out of this from IV

thanks


Matt
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 03:37 AM
‎03-03-2003 03:37 AM

.igs, .stp or .sat?

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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 03:42 AM
‎03-03-2003 03:42 AM

>It never was a CATIA solid.


...sigh...
Isn't that what I just said?

>There is no .igs file

Then Dave, how did you get it into Inventor?
You must have opened an IGIS file, No?

J.D.
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 03:55 AM
‎03-03-2003 03:55 AM

upload the iges.

Matt
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 04:12 AM
‎03-03-2003 04:12 AM

No. I used a conversion utility to import a CATIA file and export directly to
SAT. I don't know what format the original surface was. I can assume it was
iges, but it's just an assumption. Anyway, I am posting the .iges export from
TransMagic (that's my utility.) under Surface problem. (I'm hoping people stay
away from my other post...I messed that one up. Forgot to zip.

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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 05:00 AM
‎03-03-2003 05:00 AM

Use the amthicken command in MDT module of Inventor Series.
Then amcombine the solids. Open in Inventor to finish conversion. I had no trouble converting the surfaces to solids. All-in-all these are great surfaces compared to most I see. The problem should be entirely repairable. If you can't figure it out in MDT module let me know. I suspect someone will finish out the problem as a challenge and post by morning.
J.D.
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Anonymous
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‎03-03-2003 11:40 PM
‎03-03-2003 11:40 PM

See CF. Of course this part would not have constant thickness if stamped from sheetmetal.
J.D.
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Anonymous
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‎03-04-2003 12:38 AM
‎03-04-2003 12:38 AM

Thanks, JD

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