Dave, Have Pro/E designer put these setting in their 'config.pro' file.
iges_out_all_srfs_as 128 iges_out_spl_srfs_as_128 YES IGES_OUT_TRIM_XYZ NO IGES_OUT_TRM_SRFS_AS_143 YES We use Pro/E, Pro/NC and SmartCAM, these config options works well with SC. Chinh > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Hayden > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 7:50 AM > To: SMARTCAM > Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Re: RS-232 port > > > Hello, > Are there some "ideal" and generic IGES export settings for > Pro/Engineer > that create files that are truly useable by SmartCAM and/or > other Computer > Aided Manufacturing systems? What are your experiences with > Pro/Engineer > IGES files? > > I hope you may be able to point me in the right direction. I > am trying to > find ways to export Pro/Engineer files in an IGES format that > is useable to > a variety of CAM systems. The Design side of our company > uses Pro/E for > new product designs. On the manufacturing side we use a couple of CAM > systems to create CNC programs for our machines. Primarily > we use SmartCAM > V9x - V11x. The shops we sub contract to may use any number > of other CAM > systems like MasterCAM, Unigraphics, DP Esprit, NCL and so on. > > The problems we have been seeing include: > multiple entities and surfaces > garbage around the origin point like the axis lines, unnecessary > planes, etc > excessive construction geometry like surfaces used to create model > surfaces but having no further use for drafting or manufacturing > > To manufacture our parts all of this junk geometry needs to > be removed and > manipulated by the CNC programmer which could result in > moving away from > the original design intent. > > David S. Hayden > Manager of Production Support > Elliott Turbomachinery CO Inc., Ebara Group > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
