IGES Reader

Read color attributes of geometric entities as metadata.

COLOR_RGB

Import the model for visualization purposes only.

This skips many of the import steps (cleanup, stitching, solid creation, and so on) to provide a faster import. The resulting model may not be suitable for other uses.

Enables the specification of layer numbers to import, in order to skip unwanted layers.

To specify layer groupings, enter  a hyphen between the beginning and ending values of the desired group.  Groups are separated by commas.

Example:  @ImportLayers = "1,2-5,100-200"

Meaningful if @CreationType = “TreeOfComponents”.

Meaningful if @CreationType = “TreeOfComponents”.

Meaningful if @CreationType = “TreeOfComponents”.

LAYER

LEGACY_HIERARCHY

See CAD Metadata Naming for more details.

Meaningful if @CreationType = “TreeOfComponents”.

Read group ID and name as metadata.

This is useful for special cases where the group ID and name have special meaning, such as to indicate a property ID and name. This applies to IGES entity type #402, form number #7.

GROUP_ID

GROUP_NAME

INDEPENDENT

PHYSICALLY_DEPENDENT

LOGICALLY_DEPENDENT

Enable the import of three types of independent entities.

Use a semicolon to separate multiple values. When more than one value is used, both independent and logically dependent entities are treated as independent. Generally, this option should only be used for a particular vendor that marks some entities as dependent when they are imported. The reader imports the entities according to the value specified in the file. The default is INDEPENDENT.

Default is 1.0.

Import the model without computing connectivity. The surfaces will not be connected.

This option speeds up import, but may not be suitable for any other purpose than visualization.

Specific entity types, or even subtypes (that is entity types with specific form numbers) that should be skipped during import.

The list of types uses semicolons as separators.

Example: @SkipEntities = "ENTTYPE1;ENTTYPE2.FORM2"

Read tags of supported entities as metadata (default).

TAG

Entities referenced by an entity type #402 from #16 are transformed from 2D local space into 3D absolute space.

Early IGES files from SolidWorks require such an operation.

Attempt to create the boundary definition using 2D or 3D curves, based on the preferred representation provided by entity type #142.

This option can be overridden by either @TrimRevolvedWithModelSpaceCurves = on or @TrimWithModelSpaceCurves = on.

Use vendor information to search the global section of the file to determine if it is from a particular vendor. Each vendor name is separated by semicolons and all spaces in the vendor name must be replaced by an underscore.

Example: @vendors = "vendor1;vendor2;vendor3"

After a vendor has been added to the list, options for that particular vendor can be specified. If a file is recognized as coming from a particular vendor, settings for that vendor take priority over "general" settings.

Example: @<vendor>.<option> = "<value>"

lines

surfs

Three RGB values, ranging from 0 to 255, indicating the color of the entity in the CAD model.

Generated when @ColorsAsMetadata = on

The IGES entity type #402, form number #7 group name as read from the CAD model, if one exists.

Generated when @PropertyAsGroup = ManageCorrectOnly

• points
• lines
• surfs
• solids

Generated when @LayerAsMetadata=on

• points
• lines
• surfs

Generated when @LegacyHierarchyAsMetadata=on

• 1 = inches
• 2 = millimeters
• 4 = feet
• 5 = miles
• 6 = meters
• 7 = kilometers
• 8 = mils
• 9 = microns
• 10 = centimeters
• 11 = microinches
• 12 = decimeters
• 13 = yards

This is always generated.

points

lines

surfs

The tag (name) of the entity as read from the CAD model, if one exists.

Generated when @TagsAsMetadata = on