About Exporting to IGES
Before you export data to IGES files, determine which entities the receiving system can receive, then use the appropriate configuration file options to export that data type. You can export multi-sheet drawings as a single IGES file.
You can export drawings to the IGES format using the following
File >
Save As commands:
• Save a Copy • 
Quick Export • 
Export If you have set the
preferred_export_format configuration option or the
Preferred deliverable for export 2D data exchange setting in the
Creo Parametric Options dialog box to
iges, you can use the
File >
Save As >
Quick Export command to directly export the drawings to the IGES format. IGES is also the default format of
Quick Export if you clicked
File >
Save As >
Export and selected IGES as the file preference for export on the
Export Setup tab.
With the
File >
Save As >
Export command, you can preview the drawings and their export settings before you export them to the IGES format. If the drawings do not suit your requirements, you can modify the export settings of the drawings before their export.
When you use the
File >
Save As >
Save a Copy command, the options on the
Export Environment for IGES dialog box depend on the configuration options that you have set. These option settings are saved automatically when you export the drawing to the IGES format.
The log file created during the export has details about the export such as the IGES version, the configuration options and their values, and so on. You can view and verify the information, edit, and save the log file after the export.
The log file is created in the same directory as the target *.iges file and is named:
• igesout.log.#—For a drawing file
• <name>_out.log.#—For a part or assembly file
You can create multiple IGES files in a single session using Creo Distributed Batch.
|  IGES does not support all the special characters that Creo supports. Therefore, when you export to the IGES file, some characters are not visible. When you export special symbols that are not supported by IGES, the receiving system draws these symbols as strokes. For example, clipped dimensions with two arrowheads are exported with only one arrowhead. |
IGES Version in Output Files
The header of an IGES file contains the code for IGES version 5.2. If the receiving system does not accept 5.2, you can edit the header so that it contains the most recent version of IGES the receiving system accepts (for example, 4.0). The receiving system can then read all of the file.