Hi Jeremy,
I am not knowledgeable about how to do this, but something just occured to me. Before you import it, can you remove anythinhg that isn't the part, transfer just the part over, then go back to solidworks and transfer anything that isn't a part into a different file, then change the layers to whatever color you want, then merge the two files together in smartcam?
I know, this is probably not what you want, but it just may work for you.
Rick
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From: Jeremy Noland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:51 AM
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Subject: [mfg-smartcam] IMPORTING DRAWINGS FROM SOLIDWORKS.
Hi All,
I was wondering if anybody else has this problem or has found a way around this issue. When I import a drawing from Solidworks that has your part's on a fixture with clamps, component, the tombstone etc. it import's every thing on one layer with one color and it is very hard to turn anything off or on to see definition of the part. But I need that stuff in there to check clearance and what not. My question Is, Is there a way to get SmartCam to read part's as different layers by color or is there something in Solidworks I'm not doing right? Am I just stuck with everything being on one layer and having to go in and make my own layer's after importing?
On some of these 4th axis jobs with multiple part's and side's it can get very confusing and time consuming.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Jeremy
Jeremy Noland
CNC Programmer / Prototype
20522 Builders Street
Bend, Oregon 97701
(541)330-2149
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