Importing parasolid model into NX from Creo/ProE - how to change ProE 'split cylinders' into holes?

[Terrencio]

Howdy,

Those of you who have worked with Creo/ProE know that the software splits hole cylinders into two half-cylinders - which I despise. I often need to bring native Creo/ProE parts into NX. In Creo, I usually export the model as either a STEP or Parasolid model, then import into NX. When I import a STEP model into NX, the import menu has the 'Optimize' option that can be checked; this resolves holes that in ProE are two half-cylinders into a single hole cylinder. I prefer importing Parasolid, since that's Siemens's format, BUT I cannot find a way to easily modify the ProE half-cylinders into a single cylinder - NX doesn't have an 'Optimize' option on import like it does for a STEP model.

I know that I can go hole-by-hole and use Synchronous Modeling 'Delete Face' or 'Optimize' to fix this. Is there an easier, 'global' way to do it for all of the holes in a part, so that I don't have to manually click dozens of holes in a model?

Thanks in advance for any help provided!

 

[jerry1423]

After you bring the Parasolid in
Insert -> Syncronous Modeling -> Optimize -> Optimize face
select all faces with rectangle around the entire model

I know this isn't quite the global way of doing it you might have been looking for, but you do not have to select each face one by one, just select all of them with a rectangle.
I think you can select the faces of more than one model with a single rectangle.

Jerry J.
UGV5-NX1884

 

[NutAce]

The NX installation has a translator for ProE... did you try this?

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX12 / TC11

 

[3DDave]

"Opitmize"? Does no one use a spelling checker?

 

[Terrencio]

@jerry1423 - THANKS, that worked, that is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I appreciate it!!!

@NutAce - thanks for info about the ProE/Creo translator. We've had situations where it didn't translate the model correctly, so we stopped using it. Now we usually open a native ProE/Creo part in Creo and output it as a STEP or Parasolid.

@3DDave, I don't know what you're talking about... I searched the page for the misspelt "Opitmize" but yours was the only post it showed up in.

¡Muchas gracias!

 

[cowski]

I searched the page for the misspelt "Opitmize" but yours was the only post it showed up in.

It didnt' show up because it is in an image (check the screenshot posted by NutAce). Good catch, 3DDave.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[NutAce]

"Opitmize"? Does no one use a spelling checker?

Lol. yes that one has been there for a looooong time already.

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX12 / TC11

 

[Terrencio]

Thanks for explaining that, I hadn't seen it!