What system are you getting the file from?
What format do you bring it into Mastercam in (IGES, SWorks, Inventor).
You said you have gaps in your solidmodel. That's not possible. A Solid model is solid. If your converting the solid to surfaces, you could have gaps.
ProE makes the biggest gaps. It has to do with the tolerances.
Did you and your partner bring in the same file, in the same format and have different gaps. Always check and compare the same, same. Different files, different sizes, different tolerances = Different gaps.
Mike Mattera
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