CONVERTING PRO E TO SOLID WORKS

[LovinLife]

Can pro e 2001 be transferred to solid works 2003 and vise-versa. Have pro e 2001 at one station and solid works 2003 at another. Thanks for all help.

 

[looslib]

You need to use a STEP or IGES file.

2001 was not able to export a Parasolid file.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

 

[mjcole]

I know Solid Works has the option to open Pro/E parts in it's Open Part dialog but you need to purchase a license from Solid Works for it to actually open the Part.

I know this cause I was told so when I tried it. I'm not sure if it retains the features but with the SW feature recognition tool you could rebuild the features if neccesary. It probably works better than using a neutral file.

Michael

 

[looslib]

Not sure this is still true since Pro/E started encrypting their files.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

 

[TSTUEBER]

SolidWorks 2005 can open Wildfire 2.0 *.prt files and you have the choice of bringing in the feature tree or a "dumb solid". It is hit and miss as I have seen it. Some times the neutral files just are still the best thing out there.