IGES

Access: Click the or icon, or select File / Import / From File or File / Export / To File from the main menu. The Import or export dialog is displayed. Select IGES Files from the Files of Type field.

IGES, the Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, defines a neutral data format that enables the digital exchange of information between CAD/CAM systems.

The databases of CAD/CAM systems from different vendors are often incompatible with one another. For example, an arc on one system may be defined by its center, its diameter start angle and end angle, while on another system an arc may be defined by a center point, start point and end point. IGES solves this problem by providing a common format for the digital exchange of database information that is independent of all CAD/CAM systems.

Translators convert a proprietary internal database format into a neutral IGES format and from the IGES format into another vendor's internal database. These translators (pre- and post-processors), are normally supplied as part of a vendor's product.

For additional information regarding IGES, see the IGES File Format.

Click the icon, or select File / Import from the main menu. The Import dialog is displayed. Select IGES Files from the Files of Type field.

See IGES Import.

Click the icon, or select File / Export from the main menu. The Export dialog is displayed. Select IGES Files from the Files of Type field.

See IGES Export.

IGES

Import and export files in the IGES format (*.igs or *.iges) to/from Cimatron E.

Part files, including geometric entities, dimensions and kinds of annotation, levels, views, masters and their instances, may all be transferred between Cimatron E and other systems in the IGES format, approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (N.I.S.T.) of the U.S. Department of Commerce.