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February 26, 2008
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Solidwork Import

  • February 26, 2008
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Anyone know if Pro-E Wildfire 2.0 can open Solidwork files? .SLDPRT


Douglas Bowles/Sr. Mechanical Designer
[DKBowles & Assoc. Inc.]

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    February 26, 2008
    Douglas,



    Pro-E Wildfire 2.0 cannot read or open a SW file, unless the file is
    exported first as a Pro-E file ("dumb" solid with coordinate system, and
    datum planes). SW can also export the assembly file as a Pro-E assembly.



    However, especially with injection-molded parts, I have found it is better
    to save the SW file as a STEP file before importing into Pro-E. Sometimes
    this files exported from SolidWorks as a Pro-E file come in as a surface
    model, and require the geometry to be healed before it can be converted into
    a solid model. An eDrawings file can be exported from SW if you need to read
    a drawing with dimensions and tolerances.



    I have heard that Pro-E Wildfire 4.0 can read SW files, and even recreate a
    feature-based history from the SW file. If this is true, I would be
    interested in hearing the results from another Pro-E user who has performed
    this test, as I do not yet have Pro-E WF 4.0.



    Chris



    Pro-E Wildfire 3.0 & 2.0

    SolidWorks 2007