Hi Thomas, i will give it a try. Exchange formats always cause pain, especially when they are continuously evolving. I will let you know, what results i had with AP203 using the svn-snapshot.
Thanks a lot! Regards JC Thomas Paviot schrieb: > Hello Marco, > > Of course I agree with you. I should have said : "Under > the assumption that the vendors implement the standard and strictly > comply with it, [blabla]". I confess it's a strong assumption! But > necessary for anyone believing in the STEP standard and its potential > to save time and money. There's still a huge amount of work to be > achieved, but let's keep optimistic. > > All the best, > > Thomas > > 2010/10/11 M. Nawijn <naw...@gmail.com <mailto:naw...@gmail.com>> > > Hello Thomas, > > I must agree with you that in general STEP would be the preferred > option > to exchange geometry. I have had this kind of discussion many > times. There > are however some subtleties. One is that it the enriched semantics > of STEP is > of no use when the target application does not support it. This is > still the case with > many industry standard FEA programs for example. > > In the end it really depends on the quality of the exporters and > importers. We have > had examples of very complex CAD (single part) models that provided a > better quality > for meshing purposes when imported through IGES than through STEP. > > Kind regards, > > Marco > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Thomas Paviot <tpav...@gmail.com > <mailto:tpav...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Jens, > > By default, pythonOCC exports STEP files using the AP214 schema. > After you > > export the step file with Abaqus, the schema used is not the > AP214 anymore > > but the AP203 : when dealing with standard files import/export > issues, the > > problems may arise from the exporter and/or the importer, and > it's not > > obvious to find out the responsible of the issue. Using the same > STEP schema > > for import/export ensures the semantics consistency of the > exchange process. > > Is there any option, in Abaqus, to use the AP214 instead of the > AP203? > > If you use the latest pythonOCC release (0.4), you can't change > the default > > behavior (AP214) of the STEP exporter. However, the latest > revision of the > > svn trunk makes it possible (see this > > > discussion: > http://www.mail-archive.com/pythonocc-users@gna.org/msg01462.html). > > At last, I'm not sure whether or not the exchanges based upon > the IGES > > standard are still a good way to proceed. I would say 'no', > since the STEP > > scope is much wider than the IGES one (which is only intended to > geometry) > > and, as a consequence, more suitable for industrial processes. > > > > Regards, > > Thomas > > > > 2010/10/11 Jens Cornelis <jens.corne...@iwm.fraunhofer.de > <mailto:jens.corne...@iwm.fraunhofer.de>> > >> > >> Hi Jelle, hi Thomas, > >> > >> btw: exporting the same shape to a IGES file and imorting in Abaqus > >> works fine. Abaqus imports it as a solid, just as expected. The > issue is > >> only when exporting to STEP (the preferred file format.) > >> > >> Maybe this information is somehow interesting for you? > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> JC > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pythonocc-users mailing list > >> Pythonocc-users@gna.org <mailto:Pythonocc-users@gna.org> > >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/pythonocc-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pythonocc-users mailing list > > Pythonocc-users@gna.org <mailto:Pythonocc-users@gna.org> > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/pythonocc-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonocc-users mailing list > Pythonocc-users@gna.org <mailto:Pythonocc-users@gna.org> > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/pythonocc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonocc-users mailing list > Pythonocc-users@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/pythonocc-users > -- Jens Cornelis Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Werkstoffmechanik IWM Woehlerstr. 11 79108 Freiburg Telefon +49 761 5142-280 Fax +49 761 5142-110 jens.corne...@iwm.fraunhofer.de www.iwm.fraunhofer.de _______________________________________________ Pythonocc-users mailing list Pythonocc-users@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/pythonocc-users
