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IGESFiles(*.igs,*.iges)
TheIGEStranslatorcanimportandexportIGESsurfacesandBREPsolids.
TheseIGESentitytypesaresupportedforimportandexport,exceptwherenoted.
IGESEntityType

EntityName

514

ShellEntity

510

FaceEntity

508

LoopEntity

504

EdgeEntity

502

VertexEntity

416

Externalreferenceentity

408

Singularsubfigureinstanceentity

406Form12

Externalreferencefile

402Form7

Groupentity

314

Groupentity

308

Subfiguredefinitionentity

198

ToroidalSurface

196

SphericalSurface

194

RightCircularConicalSurface

192

RightCircularCylindricalSurface

190

RightCircularCylindricalSurface

186

ManifoldSolidBRepObjectEntity

144

Trimmed(parametric)surface

143Importonly

BoundedSurface

142

Curveonaparametricsurface

140Importonly

Offsetsurface

128

RationalBsplinesurface

126

RationalBsplinecurve

124

Transformationmatrixentity

123

Directionentity

IGESEntityType

EntityName

122

Tabulatedcylinder

120

Surfaceofrevolution

118Importonly

Ruledsurface

116

Point

114Importonly

Parametricsplinesurface

112

Parametricsplinecurve

110

Line

108

Plane

106form12Importonly CopiousData3DPiecewiselinearcurve
106form11Importonly CopiousData2DPiecewiselinearcurve
104Importonly

Conicarc

102

Compositecurve

100

Circulararc

Import
Ifthereiswireframegeometryinanimportedfile,thesoftwarereadstheIGESdataandformscurvesfortheIGESwireframeentities.The2Dgeometryisimportedintoa
sketchratherthanimportedasreferencecurves.
IfyouwantthesoftwaretotrytoformasolidfromimportedIGESdata,exportthesolidorsurfacesfromthesourcesystemastrimmedsurfaces(Entitytype144)oras
untrimmedsurfaces(Entitytypes128,122,120,118,114).Also,setthenumberofsignificantdigits(precision)ashighaspossibletoensureaccuratetranslation.
Youcanimport3DcurvesinanIGESfileas3Dsketchentities.IntheImportOptionsdialogbox,selecttheFreepoint/curveentitiescheckboxandclickImportas
sketch(es).
TheIGEStranslatorsupportscolorswhenyouimportcurves.
YoucanselectthelevelstoimportforIGESfilesthatcontainmultiplelevels.SelecttheShowIGESlevelsoptionintheImportOptionsdialogboxtodisplaytheIGESIn
Surfaces,Curves,andLevelsdialogbox.
Whenimportedsurfacedataisnotsmooth,SolidWorkstriestorepairthesurfaces.

Export
TheIGEStranslatorexportsSolidWorkspartandassemblydocumentsasIGESfiles.PartsandsurfacesexportedtoIGESformatretaintheirpartorsurfacecolor,andare
displayedincolorwheninShadedmode.
YoucanexportbothsurfacesandsolidsinthesameIGESfile.
IfyouexportaSolidWorksassemblydocumentthathashiddenorsuppressedcomponentstoIGESformat,adialogboxappearsaskingifyouwanttoresolvethese
components.
ClickYes,andallthecomponents,includingthehiddenorsuppressedones,areexported.
ClickNo,andthehiddenorsuppressedcomponentsarenotexported.

TheIGEStranslatorsupportslayerswhenyouexportanassemblydocumentasanIGESfile.IntheExportOptionsdialogbox,youmustsettheSurface
representation/SystempreferencetoMASTERCAM.TheassemblycomponentsintheIGESfileappearonlayersthatyoucanturnonandoffinMastercam,orin
otherapplications.

CONTENTS
IGESExportOptions
YoucansettheexportoptionswhenyouexportSolidWorkspartorassemblydocumentsasIGESfiles.
IGESLevels
IftherearecurvesintheIGESfileoriftherearedifferentlevels(orlayers)intheIGESfile,theIGESInSurfaces,Curves,andLevelsdialogboxappears.Levelsare
sometimesusedbyothersystemstoseparateassemblycomponentsortoseparateIGESentitytypes.
IGES3DCurves

IGESExportOptions
YoucansettheexportoptionswhenyouexportSolidWorkspartorassemblydocumentsasIGESfiles.
TheIGEStranslatorsupportslayerswhenyouexportanassemblydocumentasanIGESfile.YoumustsettheSurfacerepresentation/Systempreferenceexport
optiontoMASTERCAM.TheassemblycomponentsintheIGESfileappearonlayersthatyoucanturnonandoffinMastercam,orinotherapplications.

TosettheIGESexportoptions:
1.ClickFile>SaveAs.
2.SelectIGES(*.igs)forSaveastype,thenclickOptions.
3.Selectfromtheoptionsdescribedbelow,thenclickOK.
Option

Description

Solid/Surface
features

Outputas
IGES
Exportsthedataassolidorsurfaceentities.SelectTrimmedSurface(type144)toconvertthefacesofthepart,assembly,
solid/surface ortheselectedsurfacestotrimmedsurfacesintheIGESfile.SelectManifoldSolid(type186)toexportboundary
entities
representation(BREP)datatotheIGESfile.YoucanalsoselectBoundedSurface(type143).
IGES
Wireframe
(3Dcurves)

Convertsthesolidbodytoa3DwireframerepresentationintheIGESfile.Unlikesurfacesorfaces,youcannotexport
individuallyselectedmodeledgestoanIGESfile.SelecteitherBSplines(Entitytype126)orParametricSplines(Entity
type112)dependingontheentitytypesrequiredbythetargetsystem.Formoreinformation,seetheIGES3DCurvestable.

Ifyouselectbothoftheaboveoptions,themodelisexportedasbothtrimmedsurfacesand3Dcurves.
WhenyouexportanassemblyasseparatefilesinALIASIGES,theorigininthepartfilesisatthecoordinatesoftheassemblyorigin.
Surfacerepresentation/SystempreferenceTheIGESentitytypesthatcomposethetrimmedsurfacesdependontheexportformatchosen.
TheSurfacerepresentationtableshowstheIGESentitytypesthatcomposethetrimmedsurfaces.
Export3D
Curve
features

Includes3Dcurvefeaturesintheexportedfile.

Exportsketch Includessketchentitiesintheexportedfile.All2Dand3Dsketchentitiesareincluded.
entities
Usehightrim Exportsusinghightrimcurveaccuracythefilesizeislargerthanifthecheckboxiscleared.ThissettingaffectsfilesexportedbothwithTrimmed
curve
surfacesandwith3Dcurves.HightrimcurveaccuracycansometimeshelpifthetargetsystemhastroubleimportingtheIGESfile,orcannotknit
accuracy
thesurfacesintoausefulsolid.
IGES
assembly
structure

Saveall
Savesallassemblycomponents,subassemblies,andsubassemblycomponentsinonefile.Otherwise,theassemblycomponentsand
components thesubassemblycomponentsaresavedasindividualIGESfilesinthesamedirectory.
ofan
assemblyin
onefile
(assemblies
only)
Flatten
Flattenstheassemblytoonelevelofonlypartbodies.Aflattenedfilecontainsatoplevelassemblyandaseriesofpartsthatcontain
assembly
importedfeatures.
hierarchy
(assemblies
only)

Output
coordinate
system

Selectacoordinatesystemtoapplyforexport.Ifyouselectdefault,notransformationmatrixisapplied.

4.ClickSavetoexportthedocument.

IGESLevels
IftherearecurvesintheIGESfileoriftherearedifferentlevels(orlayers)intheIGESfile,theIGESInSurfaces,Curves,andLevelsdialogboxappears.Levelsare
sometimesusedbyothersystemstoseparateassemblycomponentsortoseparateIGESentitytypes.

Toselectthedesiredentitiesandlevels:
1.SelectIncludesurfacestoimportanysurfacesinthefile,ifapplicable.
2.SelectIncludecurvestoimportanycurvesinthefile,ifapplicable.
3.Selectthelevelstoinclude:
Option

Description

Includealllevels Alllevelsareimportedtolevelzero.
Includelevels

Onlythespecifiedlevelsareimportedtolevelzero.

4.ClickOKtoexittheIGESInSurfaces,Curves,andLevelsdialogboxorclickCanceltoaborttheimportprocess.

IGES3DCurves
Typeof3DCurve

ExportedIGESEntityTypes

Bsplines(entity126)

126,110,102*,100

Parametricsplines(entity112) 112,110,102*,100