Intergraph Import Options

The Intergraph reader uses the intergraph_reader.ini file with the following available options:

@AssignPropertiesToComponents

Value	Description
on	Assign properties to the corresponding component (for components which have more than one property, properties are not assigned).
off	Do not assign properties to components (default).

@CleanupTol

Value

Description

double

A negative value (default) means to use the auto cleanup tolerance. A value greater than the calculated auto cleanup tolerance means to use that specific tolerance.

Refer to the CAD Cleanup Tolerance section.

@CreateMetadataForStiffenerNormals

Value	Description
on	Attach some metadata with info about normals to stiffener/beam/ER systems (see Intergraph Metadata Suppport).
off	Do not attach metadata with info about normals to stiffeners/beam/ER systems (default).

@CreateMultipleComponentsForLinearMembers

Value	Description
on	Create one component for each member part (default).
off	Group member parts belonging to the same member system based on thickness and diameter (that is, just one component is created for each set of data).

@CreateMultipleComponentsForStiffeners

Value	Description
on	Create one or more components for each stiffener/beam/ER geometry (one for each property; that is, if we have flange and web, then two different properties and components are created) (default).
off	Group stiffener/beam/ER geometries belonging to the same root stiffener/beam/ER system based on their properties (that is, just one component is created for each set of property data).

@DoNotMergeEdges

Value	Description
on	Preserve the original geometry edges, instead of merging them together during the import cleanup phase.
off	Merge edges together during the import cleanup phase (default).

@ImportCompartments

Value	Description
on	Import both compartments in the IGES files, and compartments defined by “Faces”. The former by importing the geometry, the latter just by creating a metadata (see Intergraph Metadata Suppport); also reference planes are created, because they can be referenced by compartments.
off	Do not import any compartments (default).

@ImportIGESCompartments

Value	Description
on	Import compartments in the IGES files.
off	Do not import any compartments in the IGES files (default).

@ImportPlateSystemMetadata

Value	Description
on	Create physical properties assigned in the XML to plate systems and bracket children as metadata.
off	Do not import physical properties assigned in the XML to plate systems and bracket children (default).

@ImportStiffenerMidSurfaces

Value	Description
on	Create stiffener/beam/ER midsurfaces (instead of solid geometry) in both global and local analysis; also create landing curves in global analysis.
off	Create stiffener/beam/ER solid geometry in local analysis, and landing curves in global analysis (default).

@ImportTopologicalProperties

Value	Description
on	Do not import topological property (default).
off	Create reference planes and sketch contours, and attach metadata to the systems which own these properties (see Intergraph Metadata Suppport).

@MetadataPrefix

Value

Description

string

Prefix the string to all metadata names. By default, no prefix is used.

See CAD Metadata Naming for more details.

@PropertyName

Value	Description
string	Name of the properties created in HyperMesh. It can contain “special” strings that will be replaced with their meaning: <COMPONENT_NAME> is the name of the component to which the property is associated, <PROPERTY_CARD_NAME> is the name of the property card.

@ScaleFactor

Value

Description

double

Defines the model scaling factor during import.

Default is 1.0.

@Solver

Value	Description
string	Use to choose the solver for which materials and properties are created; currently this string can be “nastran” or “ansys”; the default solver is Nastran.

@StiffenerJustCurves

Value	Description
on	Create only landing curves for stiffeners.
off	Create the complete stiffener geometry (default).