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Entities and attributes supported for export
The following table shows the entities and attributes that are supported for export to other CAD systems.
Assembly structure
shared parts
Coordinate Systems
3D notes
Element Attributes (color, transparency, density)
CATIA V4
supported (Detail/Ditto)
supported (Detail/Ditto)
supported
supported
part (base & instance), face, edge
Creo Parametric
supported
supported
supported
supported
assembly, container, part (base & instance), face, edge
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From Creo Elements/Direct to Creo Parametric:
• Mass, volume, and density attributes are also exported.
• Instance and Model names for .pkg and .SD files are exported as attributes when you save them as .neu files.
• For Sheet Metal parts, thickness and material attributes are also exported.
I-DEAS
supported
supported
supported
supported
face, edge
Unigraphics
supported
supported
supported
supported
part (base & instance), face, edge
Unigraphics Parasolid
supported
supported
not supported
not supported
face
SolidWorks Parasolid
supported
supported
not supported
not supported
face
SolidEdge Parasolid
supported
supported
not supported
not supported
face
Autodesk Inventor
supported
supported
not supported
not supported
part , face, edge
SAT
not supported
not supported
not supported
not supported
part (base), face, edge
STEP AP214/AP203
supported
supported
not supported
supported
part (base), face, edge
IGES
supported
supported
not supported
not supported
part (base), face, edge
XVL
supported
supported
not supported
supported as polylines (strokes)
supported
IsoDraw
supported
supported
not supported
not supported
Model shape and color
Creo View MCAD
supported
supported
not supported
supported
part (base and instance), face
Granite
supported
supported
not supported
supported
part (base and instance), face
Selective instance handling
Selective instances are unique to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling and not generally supported by other CAD systems. To keep selective instances in exported models, the assembly structure in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling has to be modified.
When you export to IGES or native formats, you must disable the part and assembly sharing and recreate the shared parts with exclusive geometry. You can do this by typing the lisp function enable-sharing-on-export with a nil argument in the Creo Elements/Direct Modeling command input line.
Two instance for the selective instance may be written out, giving you a hidden default instance in the receiving system as well.
When you export to STEP, shared parts are retained, except when you have selective instances. The assembly in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling is temporarily modified, but the original state of the model is reestablished after the export is finished. The exported STEP model will have a normal assembly with sharing, but no selective instances. The model size will increase.
Restrictions for specific CAD formats
I-DEAS
• Wireframe Import is only supported for models, written out in the non IDI Mode of the I-DEAS Export Translator.
• The model references of 3D Dimensions and GD&T data is only available in non IDI Export Mode of the I-DEAS translator.
• The import of GD&T data is only supported with real model references, thus in non IDI mode only.
SAT
• No concept of transformation applied to geometric elements.
Creo View MCAD
While exporting to Creo View MCAD, the following structural difference may appear:
• Workplane sets are not exported.
• Simplified parts or assemblies are exported as normal parts or assemblies.
• Containers are exported as assemblies.
• Each docuplane that is exported (as a *.pvz file), is mapped to a corresponding view state that is created in Creo View MCAD. The name of the view state is the combination of the prefix of the docuplane set name and the name of the exported docuplane.
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• For each exported docuplane that contains annotations in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, a layer, which has the same name as the docuplane is created in Creo View MCAD. This layer contains all the annotations of the exported docuplane.
• The display of annotations in Creo View MCAD is controlled by layer visibility. Select a layer to view all annotations for the corresponding docuplane. The annotations (with all the text) are properly visible in Creo View MCAD.
• A free layer (under the view state “Default View”) is created in Creo View MCAD, which contains all free annotations that do not belong to any docuplane in Creo Elements /Direct Modeling. This layer is active by default for all views.
• Creo Elements/Direct workplanes with 2D geometry are exported as parts with 3D wire body.
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Creo View MCAD has a different color priority than Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. In Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, the face color has the highest priority, while in Creo View MCAD; the color of the part instance has the highest priority.
Granite
• Workplanes and workplane sets are not exported.
• Coordinate systems are not exported.
• Each docuplane that is exported (as a neutral file), is mapped to a corresponding combination state that is created in Creo Parametric. The name of the combination state is same as the name of the exported docuplane.
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• The combination state in Creo Parametric contains the view orientation and annotations for the corresponding docuplane in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
• An additional active combination state named ALL_IMPORTED_ANNOTATIONS , which contains all the annotations of a model, is created in Creo Parametric. For example, for a part P1, a combination state called ALL_IMPORTED_ANNOTATIONS contains all the annotations of P1.
• A combination state named FREE (PartName_FREE), which contains all free annotations that do not belong to any docuplane in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, is created in Creo Parametric. For example, for a part P1, a combination state called P1_FREE contains all “free” annotations of P1.
• Simplified parts or assemblies are exported as normal parts or assemblies.
• Containers below parts are not exported.