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Issue importing ipt files from Inventor with the CAD module

Posted 22 janv. 2013, 13:42 UTC−5 CAD Import & LiveLink™ Products for CAD, Geometry Version 4.2a, Version 4.3a 2 Replies

Matthieu Dalban-Canassy
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Hi,
I can't seem to import a simple IPT cad file (that has a helix built in) from inventor, the import module gives me an error back saying:
Not a valid ENTITY type for this operation

- Detail: Internal_error_translating_CAD_model
- Detail: File version is not supported
- Filename:...

Is there any version limitation on inventor files or would that be something else?
Thanks in advance,
Matthieu
2 Replies Last Post 2 mai 2013, 16:40 UTC−4
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Etienne Buessler
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Posted: 1 decade ago 2 mai 2013, 10:34 UTC−4
Hi all,

Got the same problem than you, except this time it is for a .SLDASM file created with SolidWorks...

Could anyone help us ?

Thanks in advance,
Etienne
Hi all, Got the same problem than you, except this time it is for a .SLDASM file created with SolidWorks... Could anyone help us ? Thanks in advance, Etienne
Ivar KJELBERG COMSOL Multiphysics(r) fan, retired, former "Senior Expert" at CSEM SA (CH)
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Posted: 1 decade ago 2 mai 2013, 16:40 UTC−4
Hi

A torus and worse helix's are tricky geometries many kernels do a poor job generating them.
Have you tried to play with the kernel option (COMSOL or the CAD too one ?
Else is it possible to reconstruct the helix with COMSOL, you can make hybrid CAD, partly imported, partly reconstructed locally (at least that works OK for me in SolidWorks. But I have always been critical with Bezier curves and splines, these often translate badly into 3D surfaces when exporting (also between CAD systems I have noticed

Sometimes a SolidWorks file is read-in cleaner when saved as a Parasolid file (*.x_t) or when moving back in version ;)

--
Good luck
Ivar
Hi A torus and worse helix's are tricky geometries many kernels do a poor job generating them. Have you tried to play with the kernel option (COMSOL or the CAD too one ? Else is it possible to reconstruct the helix with COMSOL, you can make hybrid CAD, partly imported, partly reconstructed locally (at least that works OK for me in SolidWorks. But I have always been critical with Bezier curves and splines, these often translate badly into 3D surfaces when exporting (also between CAD systems I have noticed Sometimes a SolidWorks file is read-in cleaner when saved as a Parasolid file (*.x_t) or when moving back in version ;) -- Good luck Ivar

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