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IGES export entity conversion
The following table shows how entities are converted when you export IGES data:
Entity Type
Entity Name
form
Modeling Entity
100
Circular Arc
-
Edge (Circle)
102
Composite Curve
0,1,2,3
Edge
104
Conic Arc
-
Edge (Ellipse)
108
Plane
0
Surface (Plane)
1
Surface (Plane)
110
Line
-
Edge (Line)
112
Parametric Spline Curve
-
Edge (Nurbs)
114
Parametric SplineSurface
-
Surface
116
Point
-
Vertex
124
Transformation Matrix
-
-
126
Rational B-Spline Curve
-
Edge
128
Rational B-Spline Surface
0,1,2,3,4,5
Surface
(bspline = form 0
plane = form 1,
cylinder = form 2,
cone = form 3,
sphere = form 4,
torus = form 5)
142
Curve on Surface
-
Edge
144
Trimmed Surface
-
Face
186
Manifold Solid B-Rep Object
-
Solid
308
Subfigure Definition
-
Part/Assembly
408
Subfigure Instance
-
Part/Assembly Instance
502
Vertex List
-
Vertices
504
Edge List
-
Edges
508
Loop
-
Loop
510
Face
-
Face
514
Shell
-
Shell