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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. Subassemblies 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.

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.

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