To save a DWG or DXF
file
- Choose File > Export > Active As
❒.
or
- File > Save As
❒.
- From the File Formats menu,
choose DWG or DXF.
You are presented with
two options.
- Set the options as desired, and click Save.
Options
- Want curves
-
If this option is ON,
the curves are exported, otherwise they are ignored.
- Split surface at internal discontinuity
-
If Split Surfaces at
internal discontinuities is ON and a surface has G1 discontinuities,
it will be divided at each G1 discontinuity break.
To open the History
Access window
- Choose the History Access menu
item from the second section of the icon panel.
- You are prompted to select the entity
for which you want information. Select the model on the workbench,
and in the Access window select the orphan node of the part.
NoteBefore
importing the new Alias model, the Orphan Node of the original
model is selected (active) for the replace routine to be used.
Next, you will import
the Alias wire file model which represents the changes that
are required to be incorporated.
- Choose File > Import.
From the File Import list, choose Freeform Surfacing.
- A popup window displays.
Choose ALIAS. The
File Name Input window appears.
Either:
- type the fully qualified path name of
the file you want to import in the Free form Surfacing
file name field.
- select the directory mask button (labeled
above) to use a file lister from which you can select the file you
want to import:
- Choose OK.
The I-DEAS List window
displays the import progress and the new model is imported on top
of the original geometry.
- Once the model has been imported, if
necessary, position the stitched geometry where you want it in relation
to the existing part in I-DEAS Master Series.
- Ensure that the orphan node of the original
model is still active, and then choose Modify Entity.
NoteYou must be able
to stitch together this surface geometry once it is in I-DEAS Master
Series to ensure its status as either a closed or open solid.
NoteFor
information on creating and confirming stitched geometry, see the
Creating a Solid section.
- A popup menu is displayed. Choose Replace
Feature.
You
are prompted to select the geometry that will be used to replace
the original feature.
- Once you select the feature, you are
prompted whether or not you want to control the associativity of
mapping the old and new geometry.
If you choose Yes, the
screen splits into two areas. You are prompted to map the original
geometry to the geometry of the newly imported model.
- When the mapping has been completed,
click the Update icon from the second
section of the icon panel.
The original feature is replaced by the imported
geometry and a new feature exists with all the nodes acting upon
the new Orphan Node.
