Engineering Solutions

CATIA Reader Support

CATIA Reader Support

Previous topic Next topic No expanding text in this topic  

CATIA Reader Support

Previous topic Next topic JavaScript is required for expanding text JavaScript is required for the print function  

CATIA v5 Reader

The CATIA v5 reader supports .CatProduct, .CatPart and .cgr files.  The following entities are supported by the CATIA v5 reader:

Free points
Free curves
Surfaces
Quilt bodies
Solid bodies
Facets/triangles
Infinite planes
Coordinate systems
Publications
Composite data
Parts (.CatPart)
Assemblies (.CatProduct)

 

Entities that are part of other entities are not created as independent entities.

Entities with non-Latin characters in their names are supported.

CATIA models are stored in millimeter scale, therefore an appropriate scale factor is required to use other unit systems.

 

CATIA v4 Reader

The CATIA v4 reader supports both .model and .exp files.  The following entities are supported by the CATIA v4 reader:

Point (type 1)
Line segment (type 2)
Parametric curve (type 3)
Conics (types 20-23)
Composite curve (type 24)
Parametric surface (type 5)
Face (type 6)
Volume (type 7)
Coordinate system (type 8)
Skin (type 13)
Mock-up solids (type 17-1)
Exact solids (type 17-2)
Ditto (type 28)

 

CATIA v6 Reader

The CATIA V6 reader supports .3dxml, .3DRep, and .PLMBriefcase files. The following entities are supported by the CATIA v6 reader:

Free points
Free curves
Surfaces
Quilt bodies
Solid bodies
Facets/triangles
Infinite planes
Coordinate systems
Publications
Composite data
Parts (.3dxml)
Assemblies (.3dxml)

 

Entities that are part of other entities are not created as independent entities.

Entities with non-Latin characters in their names are supported.

CATIA models are stored in millimeter scale, therefore an appropriate scale factor is required to use other unit systems.

 

See Also:

CAD Reader Support

CATIA Import Options