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Import multi-body parasolid as assembly?

  • August 16, 2012
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Hi all,

Is there any way to import a multi-body parasolid as an assembly? I can import it as a single part but I would like to manipulate the bodies as assembly instances.


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Best answer by TomD.inPDX

You might need to do this manually.

I have an X_T file (attached) that was exported from Creo 2.0 part file and when I imported it, it asked if I wanted it to be an assembly or a part. It came in fine as an assembly. This may not be the case with all exports by other platforms, or if the schema has some built in restrictions. I am using the default parasolid options.

Otherwise -

Can you delete the various bodies in the part and save them as unique parts with single bodies? Then you can re-assemble them using a common origin.

As a side note, I use to manipulate VRML files for minimal file size and remove any overlapping "surfaces". It was a lot of work, but the results were fantastic. If you learned how to manipulate the Parasolid files, maybe you could force an assembly before importing. X_T files are reasonably well formatted ASCII files.

Does anyone know what the various values of INTF3D_PARASOLID_EXPORT_SCHEMA actually mean?

edit: attached original PRT file

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TomD.inPDX17-PeridotAnswer
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August 16, 2012

You might need to do this manually.

I have an X_T file (attached) that was exported from Creo 2.0 part file and when I imported it, it asked if I wanted it to be an assembly or a part. It came in fine as an assembly. This may not be the case with all exports by other platforms, or if the schema has some built in restrictions. I am using the default parasolid options.

Otherwise -

Can you delete the various bodies in the part and save them as unique parts with single bodies? Then you can re-assemble them using a common origin.

As a side note, I use to manipulate VRML files for minimal file size and remove any overlapping "surfaces". It was a lot of work, but the results were fantastic. If you learned how to manipulate the Parasolid files, maybe you could force an assembly before importing. X_T files are reasonably well formatted ASCII files.

Does anyone know what the various values of INTF3D_PARASOLID_EXPORT_SCHEMA actually mean?

edit: attached original PRT file

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rpreliasco1-VisitorAuthor
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August 20, 2012

Thanks for the test file. My problem was that i was creating a part first then trying to import the the parasolid file into it. The correct way is to simply open the parasolid file (file - open), and it will open correctly.

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