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Requires the CATIA Loader licence (EN000-T) |
The CATIA V4 loader provides the ability to load CATIA model (*.model) and export (*.exp) files from CATIA V4 into EdgeCAM.
(You can open CATIA V5 files directly using EdgeCAM Solid Machinist.)
To import CATIA model or export files into EdgeCAM, use the Open
(File menu) command and set the Files
of Type parameter to CATIA Model
Files (*.model) or CATIA Export
Files (*.exp).
Entities supported in the CATIA V4 Loader
When opening a CATIA V4 file you can specify the entity types that you want to load (by default all types are selected):
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CATIA Entity |
EdgeCAM Entity |
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Point |
Point |
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Line |
Line |
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Circle |
Arc |
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Ellipse |
Ellipse |
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Parabola/Hyperbola |
Nurbs Curve |
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Curve |
Nurbs Curve |
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Composite Curve |
Nurbs Curve |
|
Surface |
Nurbs Surface |
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Face |
Trimmed Surface |
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Volume/Skin/Exact Solids/Skd |
Trimmed Surfaces |
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Mockup Solids/Polyhedral Surface |
Wire Frame/Trimmed Surfaces |
Layers from CATIA V4
EdgeCAM entities will be created on the same layer as the original CATIA entities.
Whilst CATIA has numbered layers, EdgeCAM supports named layers. Thus, equivalent layers will be created in EdgeCAM for those used in the CATIA file, for example
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CATIA Layer |
EdgeCAM layer |
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5 |
“layer 5” |
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123 |
“layer123” |