Geometry Import Settings
Options for defining treatment of geometry before import.
To access these settings, on the menu bar click .
- Face faceting parameters
- SimSolid uses lightweight facets to represent part faces. Assembly, part names, and hierarchy are retained. Default facet settings should be sufficient for most geometries, but adjustments can be made.
- Units for dimensionless CAD files
- Select the units from the dropdown for dimensionless CAD files CAD reader.
- CAD reader
- Parasolid, Parasolid + spatial and legacy readers are supported.
- Parasolid – Uses inspire reader, which has a third-party reader from CoreTechnologie(CT) and converts them to Parasolid libraries. For Parasolid files, it reads and tessellates using Parasolid libraries directly and for all other formats it reads using CT reader and tessellates using Parasolid engine.
- Parasolid + spatial – It is recommended to use this when working with CATIA files. It uses spatial for reading and tessellation for CATIA files and the above mentioned Parasolid reader for all other file formats.
- Legacy – The legacy reader uses CT reader to read the CAD and tessellate the geometry.
- Import Geometry Type
- Solids and skins, solids only, and skins only options are supported.
- Solids and skins – This is the default option. Imports surface CAD parts, if present in an assembly, along with solid parts. SimSolid brings in watertight solids only. It does try to repair small gaps but will ignore solids geometries with large openings.
- Solids only – Imports solid parts only. Skins are ignored. SimSolid brings in watertight solids only. It does try to repair small gaps, but will ignore geometries with large openings.
- Skins only – Solid parts are ignored. Any skins including surface CAD parts and parts with missing surfaces are also imported as skins.
Note: Except for plugin files and STL formats, SimSolid can import skins from assemblies or as part files by all CAD formats currently in use. - Import materials
- SimSolid will attempt to look for and read
any part metadata attribute that contains the material property name
string. If this name string matches an existing name in the SimSolid material database, the corresponding
SimSolid material properties will be
applied. If it is not found, SimSolid will
notify the user that material properties cannot be
applied.Note: SimSolid does not support the general imprint of CAD Material property data. The Import materials option will not work with all CAD files, as SimSolid currently supports CATIA, NX, and JT only. See the Define Custom Material Database topic for information on how to duplicate material property definitions present in the CAD system.
- Custom metadata attributes
- You can list any custom metadata attributes desired in the text box. SimSolid will search in the order listed and these values will take precedence over any internal default values.