Importing CAD with Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI)

[liamhand]

Is there a way that PowerShape can show Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) when it is part of an imported CAD model, below is just a basic example of PMI (taken from the web). Quite a few of our customers do not supply 2D drawings. The PMI shows a lot of important information that 3D CAD alone cannot show.

Thanks in advance.

[Jonathan.Artiss-DSI]

Can you upload a project for us? 

There are some setting in the Autodesk manufacturing tool that allow the import of Annotation. Depending on the type of model import, it could be possible. 

[liamhand]

Hi Jonathan

Thank you for the suggestion. It is a .CATPart model. I can view the PMI in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro, but none of the PMI comes through into PowerShape. 

The only CAD we have with embedded PMI are customers' so I am not able to share them.

Could you tell me any more about the "setting in the Autodesk manufacturing tool" please?

[Jonathan.Artiss-DSI]

@liamhand 

Its not that simple to explain, if you send me the project I will see if it can be done. If It can, I will break it down to a point where you only need to place a new resource file into a user defined location to allow you to process annotation. 

[liamhand]

Hi Jonathan

I have checked with my BDMs and I am afraid I cannot send you the file.

Thank you for the offer though.

Maybe it is time we changed our CAD software.

Regards

Liam.

[Jonathan.Artiss-DSI]

Hey @liamhand 

Sorry to hear that you cant share the file. I was looking online and couldn't find a sample to test. If you stumble across one that you can share, let me know. Or even if you or someone else could create a simple model with some annotation and export as a catpart, we should be able to get this tested. 

[liamhand]

Hi Jonathan

I have found a "MBE PMI Validation and Conformance Testing Project" online, from NIST, with a step file that replicates the issue I have.

I will attach screenshots of the CAD file in Powershape and in Adobe, along with the step file.

I hope this will be enough to resolve the issue.

Kind regards

Liam

[Jonathan.Artiss-DSI]

@liamhand 

Sorry for the delay, 

Can you zip and upload the part again? Something is causing it to crash my exchange and it will not load into PowerShape.

[liamhand]

Hi Jonathan

No problem. Just glad you are trying to help.

I have used WINRAR, hope this is ok.

Thank you.

[Jonathan.Artiss-DSI]

@liamhand 

I keep getting a polyline error in PowerShape and Exchange crashes every time I import. 

Does this import for you? What version of PowerShape and Exchange are you running? 2020?

[liamhand]

Hi Jonathan

I am using 2019 for both Shape and Exchange.

I have attached a screenshot.

[liamhand]

Hi Jonathan

Did you have any success with the CAD import?

Thanks

Liam