3 Replies Latest reply on Dec 23, 2009 12:42 PM by Lenny Bucholz

Display dimensions of an imported Catia file

Charly Meyer Dec 21, 2009 5:41 AM

I wonder if it possible to display the dimensions of an imported solid.

I exported a CATIA file in iges then converted it in STEP with ProE and finally imported it with Solidworks. The result is a clean imported body. If I don't use ProE to do the conversion, Solidworks can't find a solid body but just a collection of surfaces.

For example how do I get the radius of a circle arc?

Thanks

Charly

Re: Display dimensions of an imported Catia file

Deepak Gupta Dec 21, 2009 6:01 AM (in response to Charly Meyer)

Use measure tool

OR start a new sketch and using convert entities, get the edge and draw an arc onto that to match the radius.
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Re: Display dimensions of an imported Catia file

1-O0LIKS Dec 21, 2009 7:13 AM (in response to Charly Meyer)

click dimension and select the arc, the dimension is displayd and stays vissible in the screen
of if you have sw professional you can try to use feature works
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Re: Display dimensions of an imported Catia file

Lenny Bucholz Dec 23, 2009 12:42 PM (in response to Charly Meyer)

no its a dumb solid. you will have to use the measure function in SW. or make a drawing and snap your own dims to it.

try the sat export from Catia, iges isn't the best anymore into SW. does your seat of Catia have parasolids? which is the best into SW.
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