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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Posts
    30

    BobCad to iges

    Hello CNCzoners
    I'm fairly new to BobCad but have used it mostly succesfully for a year now.
    Current version is 20.5.
    My dilema is this... I need to send an iges file to a designer using SolidWorks. I have 2d cad data and have made a 3d solid from BobCad.
    Saving the files as .iges will be viewable to a solidworks program ?
    How many lines should I make the solid.. 10, 50 or more? Does this matter to Solidworks? The part is small roughly 3/8 X 2 X 4. Why isn't iges a part of the allowable upload formats?

    diemaker

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Posts
    449
    The number of interior lines is only data used by BobCAd, so that is unimportant. You should have little trouble with the IGES export, but you may want to also try STEP (which is a more standard format).

    Regards

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    71

    Cool another option

    is .sat. It is the internal kernel for most cadsystems out there. It is made by Dassault who is also the maker of Solidworks.

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