Specify alt CSYS for EMN/EMP import

[telecomguy]

I have some components that were downloaded and/or generated without ECAD interface in mind. The default coordinate system is not located/oriented properly. So I have added an additional CSYS that matches our Mentor database components. The export from ProE to Mentor works great because I can select the alternate CSYS during the export process.

But when the CAD guys send me an EMN/EMP export from Mentor and I pull it into ProE the parts get placed based on the original default CSYS and not my alternate CSYS.

How/where do I specify the mapping (I intentionally used that word because that's where I would expect to do it) to my new CSYS? Or is it one of those 'magic name' situations where I need to rename my CSYS to some special name that is not documented anywhere but the import process knows about?

Thanks,
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[hydromech]

When you insert the component into the assembly using the c-sys, you have to select the particular c-sys that you want to use in the assembly and on the component.

If you are using the default position, it will be the default c-sys on the component, not your alternative c-sys.

 

[telecomguy]

Thank you for your response. Maybe it has to do with how I import the files. First I import the EMP (parts) file which generates all the parts in session. Then I import the EMN as an assembly. The parts get auto-placed based on the input from the EMN (which comes out of Mentor). Because I have an ecad_hint.map file, it replaces the connectors, LEDs, etc. with my ProE models but it is using those default CSYS to locate rather than my alternate CSYS.

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