Pro-E/UG to Solidworks Translation

[diamondcat]

We soon will be having a problem in that we will have too much Solidworks work in house for the amount of Solidworks people we have. At the same time, we will have Pro-E and UG people who do not have any work to do. My boss would like to have the Pro-E or UG people design the jobs, then when they are done, transfer them over to Solidworks. We have done some translation testing with some native UG files and so far no luck. How ever we try to bring the assemblies over (STEP, IGES, Parasolid, native UG etc.) they still come in as dumb solids and the assemblies loose all of their mates. I know we could then go in, use Featureworks to recreate the parts, and then remate everything, but the idea is not to have to do all that.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Maybe some purchasable translaters that would work?

Thanks

 

[SBaugh]

diamondcat,

I can't believe you live where you live and can't find any qualified Engineers/Designer when there are plenty of Engineers/Designers looking for a job. I would think some training would be required. I have never started a job and there not be some training involved especially if the job requires a new or possibly similar CAD system. Or if the I have used SW in the past that I have to learn new tools.

There are some colleages that teach SW, you might consider looking towards those schools for some talent. They need work when School is over and they will work for less then I would. IMO training could be justified when they take less wages then it would for someone like myself that is seasoned in CAD.

Best Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[Yogibear]

I've used these people before to do a bi-directional conversion between Catia and SW. I've also had them do SW to Pro-E with design tables. The cost isn't bad and they really listen to your needs and tell you what they can do.

Here's their web site

http://www.translationtech.com/

 

[CallofDuty]

Our company is limiting itself to one CAD package (Solid Works)and it's been nothing but trouble....we keep getting Pro E files we can't work with, and we don't have Feature Works!

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

So upgrade!! It's a darn sight cheaper to upgrade & get Feature Works than to get another MCAD system.


Helpful SW websites faq559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions faq559-1091

 

[SBaugh]

Your first post and you came in here to complain about SW?

Try getting the file in a different format and see if that helps...

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[CallofDuty]

I'm not complaining about SW.....I have 18 years experience with Unigraphics, 5 years of Solid Edge, and one year of SW. I also have Pro-E Wildfire 2 training. SW is the best and easiest CAD program by far. I was complaining about my
current employer (I am a contractor) using nothing SW, and not requiring their vendors to do the same.

I just upgraded our set-up to give me FeatureWorks, now I just have to find some info to read on it!

 

[SBaugh]

You should have posted this as a new post instead of dragging this old thread up. You could have used this thread as reference though.

See faq559-716

Featureworks:

Use the interactive portion of Featureworks, that will be the only way you will get your model to work.. Automatic only finds the basic stuff.


Did mean anything by my comment about you as a person and your history in CAD... other then it looked like you came here to complain about SW and the built in Translator.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[beachcomber]

For translation facilities have a look at Theorem Solutions web site at cadverter.com

bc

 

[davidinindy]

I didn't read this whole thread, but any intelligent and willing designers should be able to learn another CAD system easily. The last employer I worked for had 5-6 different CAD systems, and the employees with job security were the ones who knew all of them... I extended my employment a month or so when the SW work dried up because I knew Wildfire.
Some design houses have customers that want CAD data in their native format, so they own many CAD systems.

David