Exporting to Solidworks

[Speedy]

How do I export from Pro-E (Wildfire 2.0) to Solidworks (unknown edition).

We have Pro-e in house but one of our sub-contractors has Solidworks.

Do I use "IGES" format?

Thanks in advance

Speedy

 

[reseller]

Hi Speedy

I'm new to this, but as the name suggests I am a reseller. This is something we come across every day as you can imagine, until the CAD vendors decide to play nice and share relevant information the IGES, or STEP is the best way forward for now. There are some translators out there, but they are generally very expensive, and unless you are communication 100's of parts not really worth investing in.

I would be interested to know if anyone knows of any other reccomendations or short cuts though, just for personal interest.

Cheers, and good luck

Reseller (UK)

 

[Heckler]

The current SolidWorks version can open Pro/E files directly but no parametic data is usable. I'm not sure if WF can save as Parasolid which is SWx kernal

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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[jeff4136]

General suggestion: avoid IGES unless you are familiar with data type compatiblity for both systems or have some particular need to translate something other methods don't support (pretty rare for mechanical apps).

Some good info, much of which is applicable no matter how the transfer is accomplished.

http://www.prostep.org/en/services/bp/cadkombi/

http://www.prostep.org/en/services/bp/cad/

 

[cadcamguy]

I also understand that 2.0 can export direct to SW, if not go Step over Iges

Look and see what file options you have on the drop down menu from Save-as

 

[dgallup]

I have tested Solidworks ability to open a Pro/E part and it is far from satisfactory. Some solid features come through, others do not. Some are reduced to the 2D section used to create the feature, some don't come through at all. Really of no use. Pro/E can write out an ACIS file (*.sat) but I could not open it in Solidworks. I agree that STEP is your best bet at the moment. As long as the data translation is all down stream it works fine.