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12-Amethyst
April 7, 2015
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Solidify?

  • April 7, 2015
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I'm on WF5 M080, I received an IGS file which imported into ProE with no problem. However, when you change it to wireframe, it looks like a bunch of curves and surfaces. Is there a method where I can convert them into solids? I'm not familiar with surfacing so I am reaching out to you gurus.

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Calvin

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scooke1-Visitor
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April 8, 2015
We are mould designers and virtually all our work requires to import the
model of what is to be tooled up, from another CAD system, and most often it
means repairing the imported data.



All of Chris' comments below are extremely important and will save hours of
time not having to fix data as it will come in cleaner if you follow his
advice.



However I have to disagree with Chris' comment about import data doctor in
Creo 2. The user interface is vastly improved but it is a very different
way of working from WF2 so shifting from WF2 into Creo you must do some
training and you can find some basic resources online. There is a very good
PTC document called "Getting started with Creo Parametric Import DataDoctor
1.0"; a pdf just over 100 pages which demonstrates the power of this module.
I just wish they produced the next one "Intermediate IDD" to complete the
process. Since we have got to grips with IDD in Creo2 it has saved us
hundreds of hours in repair time. It has a particularly useful Trouble
shooter initialised by Geom Checks inside IDD which filters and sorts by
severity all the problems in the data and then takes you directly to the
problem. No more searching for that tiny pink gap in a 1 000 surfaces. (Big
help for your colour blindness Bob, but you can still use pre wildfire
colour scheme too.)



Best regards



Steve




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mganzer1-Visitor
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April 8, 2015

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If you have a chance stop by.


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BobSchwerdlin1-Visitor
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April 8, 2015
Steve,

I have also used IDD's Trouble Shooter to locate problem areas. Like you stated, when you select any single item in the list that pops up, it takes you directly to the problem in your model -very helpful. I have also seen the pdf that PTC put's out for usage of IDD. It seems to cover everything.

Bob
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ptc-19327451-Visitor
1-Visitor
April 8, 2015
Thanks for the update info for IDD. I will take another look at IDD. I remember watching a PTC video on the IDD updates back when they first made the UI changes, but I havn't seen any announcements since. What's the best way of keeping in the loop with respect to these tutorial updates?

Christopher F. Gosnell

FPD Company
124 Hidden Valley Road
McMurray, PA 15317
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