10-06-2006, 14:29
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
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Re: Import/Export in Solidworks
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Originally Posted by M. Krass
I typically import files into Solidworks formatted as IGES (*.igs) and Solidworks is able to discern the individual features and operations used to make the part. STEP formatted files do not do this and instead are made up of three quarters of a bajillion surfaces. This uses more resources and is a pain to work with, in my mind.
Do those of you that typically use STEP formatted files experience that same behavior?
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Madison - Thanks - That is good info for me to have - However, I remain curious - Are you perhaps the person willing to export the CMU library in a format that IronCAD can import? STEP is one of the importable formats. I can catalog the rest if it makes sense to do so.
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