Importing UG files into 3DVia Composer
Composer is an awesome tool and one of its greatest strenghts is its versatility across different platforms. Provided you have a license, you can import most cad packages. The list includes SOLIDWORKS (.sldprt, .sldasm) as well as:
– SMG
– CATIA
– 3DXML
– ACIS (.sat)
– IGES (.igs)
– STEP (.stp)
– VDA (.vda)
– Pro/E (.prt, .asm, .xpr, .xas)
– Universal 3D (.u3d)
– 3D Studio (.3ds)
– Stereo lithography (.stl)
– VRML 2.0 (.wrl)
– Alias Wavefront (.obj)
– XAML
Notice, there is no UGII on the list. Currently, Composer does not directly support this platform. There is however, a way still to import such file types should you ran across the need to. To do this, simply export the Unigraphics format into a neutral CAD format like ACIS, IGES, or STEP and then import that into Composer. Simple enough!
Brian Adika
Tech Analyst, CATI