Pro/ENGINEER Files
The Pro/ENGINEER translator imports and exports Pro/ENGINEER® files.
Pro/ENGINEER accepts only ASCII characters
in its file names. When you save a SolidWorks document as a Pro/ENGINEER
file, any non-ASCII characters are replaced by an underscore (_).
Importing Pro/ENGINEER Files into SolidWorks
The Pro/ENGINEER translator imports Pro/ENGINEER part or assembly files
as SolidWorks part or assembly documents. The attributes, features, sketches,
and dimensions of the Pro/ENGINEER part are imported. If all of the features
in the file are not supported, you can choose to import the file as either
a solid body or a surface model. The Pro/ENGINEER translator supports
import of free curves, wireframes, and surface data.
When importing an assembly, you can control how to import individual
components. Sub-assemblies are supported as well.
To import assembly constraints, select Import
component constraints in the translator options dialog box. Pro/ENGINEER
constraints are translated into SolidWorks assembly mates. All the basic
mate types, plus Pro/ENGINEER Point on
Surface, Point on Edge,
and Edge on Surface constraints
are supported. Pro/ENGINEER
high level motion constraints such as Gear
mates and non-default refplanes, refpoints, and refaxes are not supported.
If a model uses Pro/ENGINEER family table instances, the XPR and XAS
accelerator instance files must be included for correct results.
You can import Pro/ENGINEER surface-trim and surface-extend features
into SolidWorks. These features are read in from the Pro/ENGINEER file
and mapped to SolidWorks.
Version Information - Versions
17 through 2001 of Pro/ENGINEER and Wildfire versions 1 - 4 are supported.
Import of assembly features is not supported.
Exporting SolidWorks Documents as Pro/ENGINEER Files
The Pro/ENGINEER translator exports part or assembly documents as Pro/ENGINEER
part or assembly files. SolidWorks exports solids and surfaces only, not
feature data.
Version Information - The exported
files are saved as Pro/ENGINEER version 20 files.
Related Topics
Importing
Pro/ENGINEER Part Files
Importing
Pro/ENGINEER Assembly Files
Exporting
Documents as Pro/ENGINEER Files