Each reader reads the CAD file and sends the geometry information to Engineering Solutions. When a CAD file is read, a .msg file is created (or appended to) in the current working directory. For example, the file iges_reader.msg is created for the IGES reader. Three types of messages appear in the .msg file:
• | info: includes information about the file being read. |
• | warning: indicates that data was modified. |
• | error: indicates when a geometric entity could not be created. |
These files can be useful for debugging errors found during import. Refer to CAD Import Difficulties for other suggestions.
For CATIA and JT formats, those files (respectively ct_raedr.msg and jt_reader.msg) will contain detailed information about imported assembly files.