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[NL8]

Guys,

Need some help getting some data to a client. I've got a massive part file (68 Mb) that is a converted assembly. I need to get it ported into a format he can open with either Revit or ACAD 2010. Tried a .sat, he says that it appears to import but once complete is blank. Says that parasolid isn't an importable option. Any other ideas?

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 10 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

 

[JMirisola]

I've been on the opposite end, receiving .sat files from a Revit user. What I found worked is to break it down into smaller chunks and reassemble in SolidWorks. It was a 300,000 sq. ft. building, so it was a sizable file. I wonder if the reverse would work for you...

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Design Manager/Senior Designer
M9 Defense
My Blog

 

[ctopher]

Have you tried IGES?

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion

 

[rollupswx]

Vanilla AutoCAD does not have an IGES translator (don't know anything about Revit).

Autodesk products up to version 2010 will only read ACIS (*.sat) up to ACISv7 (SolidWorks exports by default to something like ACIS v18) set Options on save to v7 of ACIS.

 

[rollupswx]

Another option might be free Inventor Fusion which will read more filetypes (including STEP) than Vanilla AutoCAD and will save to dwg filetype.

http://labs.autodesk.com

 

[NL8]

Turns out rollupswx's solution was exactly what I was looking for. The system doesn't know what to do with a v19 kernel. Sent a v4 and all was good.

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 10 x64, SP 3.0
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600