Jeff Howard
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Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:27 am Post subject:
Re: Export techniques??? |
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Not something I'd paid much attention to, but it appears that....
..I assume the colors will have to be assigned at the part level; e.g. not
in the assembly. That's what I was working with, anyway (and using WF2).
..Of the available IGES export options:
...Flat - single part on import vs. assy, colors are translated (I was
reading back into Pro/E).
...All Levels - you get an assembly, but colors are lost.
...All Parts - you get the stuff to build an assy (they'll have to import
each prt iges) and colors are translated.
Maybe you can wrangle something useful out of that. (Guess they don't have
a STEP translator?)
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"Steve" <windsorcoke@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | How export an assembly and maintain the color of each individual
component of the assembly?
I already know how to maintain the levels.
I work in a mold shop and I have export iges files into mastercam for
the moldmakers so if they need more info than the drawings provide
they can access a data base. If I can provide colors to the different
components this will help them greatly! Any advice is greatly
appreciated!
This will get the shop guys off my back! BIG TIME!
Desperate in Minnesota!
P.S. I am using Wildfire 2.0 Mold Design on a Winows 2000 system |
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gari_baldi
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Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:24 am Post subject:
Re: Export techniques??? |
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Jeff Howard wrote:
| Quote: | Not something I'd paid much attention to, but it appears that....
.I assume the colors will have to be assigned at the part level; e.g. not
in the assembly. That's what I was working with, anyway (and using WF2).
.Of the available IGES export options:
..Flat - single part on import vs. assy, colors are translated (I was
reading back into Pro/E).
..All Levels - you get an assembly, but colors are lost.
..All Parts - you get the stuff to build an assy (they'll have to import
each prt iges) and colors are translated.
Maybe you can wrangle something useful out of that. (Guess they don't have
a STEP translator?)
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"Steve" <windsorcoke@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:k0lrs0925g5ukb1f765qq52qq3d81e20jd@4ax.com...
How export an assembly and maintain the color of each individual
component of the assembly?
I already know how to maintain the levels.
I work in a mold shop and I have export iges files into mastercam for
the moldmakers so if they need more info than the drawings provide
they can access a data base. If I can provide colors to the different
components this will help them greatly! Any advice is greatly
appreciated!
This will get the shop guys off my back! BIG TIME!
Desperate in Minnesota!
P.S. I am using Wildfire 2.0 Mold Design on a Winows 2000 system
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Steve,
ProE should export the colors associated with the model, assemblies
included. I would look at how Mastercam treats the import data, in
case someone missed a colors setting that may exist.
Also, if the shop guys are having trouble separating the various
parts in the assembly, you can also make sure you are using layers in
ProE. If you assign features to their own layers and also use the
following config pro option - intfl_out_auto_layers_id - ProE will
automatically number the layers during the export translation.
Once imported into Mastercam, the shop guys can choose which features
to see by turning layers on and off.
You can also chose this setting manually when exporting, btw.
I am assuming Mastercam recognizes layers.
hth,
<G>
P.S. If this message gets posted twice, blame my fat fingers.
I think my first attempt is somewhere in electron hell.
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