How Do i Import a SAT ACIS Version 1.7 format

[seanl]

I am trying to import SAT in ACIS Version 1.7 format

Can anyone advise how to do this. 

[ekinsb]

Are you sure it's version 1.7?  The latest version of the SAT format that Fusion supports is SAT 7, which is a very old version now.  You can see some of the release dates for various SAT versions on the ACIS Wiki page.

[seanl]

Hi Brian

Thanks for your reply it does say on the website version 1.7 website is http://www.steelweb.info for steel sections in SAT format when I download it is in a text format. how do I get the model into Fusion.

Regards

Sean

[ekinsb]

You're right.  I think it is SAT version 1.7 and since Fusion supports version 7 and earlier it seems to be OK.  I saved one of the files and was able to use the "New Design from File" command inside Fusion to read it into a new file.  I'm also able to use the API to either create a new file using the SAT file or to create a new component into an existing design.  Here's the code I used to test it.

def run(context):
    ui = None
    try:
        app = adsk.core.Application.get()
        ui  = app.userInterface
        
        # Get import manager
        importManager = app.importManager
        
        # Get SAT import options
        satFileName = 'C:/Temp/Beam.sat'
        satOptions = importManager.createSATImportOptions(satFileName)
        satOptions.isViewFit = False
        
        # Get active design
        product = app.activeProduct
        design = adsk.fusion.Design.cast(product)
        
        # Get root component
        rootComp = design.rootComponent
        
        # Import SAT file to root component
        importManager.importToTarget(satOptions, rootComp)
        
        # Import SAT to a new design.
        importManager.importToNewDocument(satOptions)
    except:
        if ui:
            ui.messageBox('Failed:\n{}'.format(traceback.format_exc()))