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‘importing files’

How To Avoid Corn Mash and Open Unigraphics (UG/NX) Files in Pro/E

09 Jul, 2010 by Josh Mings in CAD
3D Human CAD Models

I’ll tell you right now, when you can’t open 3D files from another system in your favorite modeling program, it’s like spooning soggy corn chips into your mouth… corn chips made of FIRE… and HATE.

Fortunately, there are some smart people who know the tricks. Example? Opening a UG/NX file in Pro/E may make you feel like jamming a massive scoop down your gullet, but it’s really as simple as adding a file type to the Wildfire options. After that, you’ll be smoothing that corn mash all over your coworkers desk, laughing as you open file, upon file upon file.

Here’s the step-by-step process to go about getting your UG files into Pro/E.

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Group Melee! How To Convert Imported Geometry to Sheet Metal Parts in SolidWorks *Solved!*

18 Jun, 2009 by Josh Mings in CAD

Attack I say! Attack and plunder the riches… of … imported… geometry and… stuff. Ok, battle faces everyone, we’re on a warpath today, a warpath to create usable 3D geometric data from imported files.

It’s an interesting issue submitted by a user tired of recreating sheet metal part when he already has a 3D .IGES model, just so he can have a usable flat pattern. Normally, this is easy. You think, “Oh, a simple sheet metal bracket, just use an Insert Bend feature and grab a snack.” But what if it has features that can not be recognized in the process?

That, feature-based fans, is a whole different monster waiting to be slayed. Are you up for it? How would you suggest approaching this problem?

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