Parasolid Import Options

The Parasolid reader uses the parasolid_reader.ini with the following available options:

@AttributesAsMetadata

Value	Description
on	Import all generic attributes (global and related to single entities) as metadata. <name>
off	Do not import generic attributes.
part	Import just the global attributes (the attributes related to the part as a whole) as metadata. <name>
entity	Import just the entity attributes (the attributes related to single entities) as metadata. <name>
%attribute1%attribute2%attribute3	Import specified generic attributes as metadata. The attribute names are listed, separated by a character that you choose, and inserted as the first element of the string. The example uses '%' as a separator. You can choose another character as a separator, in case one of the listed attribute names contains '%'. Engineering Solutions will recognize it as it is the first character of the string. <name>

@AvoidDisjointShells

Value	Description
on	Stitch disjoint sheet body surfaces together (default).
off	Do not stitch disjoint sheet body surfaces together.

@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.

@ColorsAsMetadata

Value	Description
integer	Read color attributes of geometric entities as metadata. COLOR_RGB
on	Read color attributes of geometric entities as metadata. COLOR_RGB
off	Do not read color attributes (default).

@DensityAsMetadata

Value

Description

Read density value as metadata (default).

DENSITY

off

Do not read density value.

@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).

@ExtractManifoldFromGeneralBody

Value	Description
on	Extract the manifold body from a Parasolid general body that is non-manifold and/or of mixed topological dimensionality (default).
off	Extract Parasolid general bodies as defined.

@ImportBlanked

Value	Description
on	Import entities that are hidden, blanked, or no show.
off	Do not import entities that are hidden, blanked, or no show (default).

@ImportForVisualizationOnly

Value

Description

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.

off

Import the model in the normal fashion (default).

@ImportFreeCurves

Value	Description
on	Import free curves (wireframe entities) into the model (default).
off	Do not import free curves.

@ImportFreePoints

Value	Description
on	Import free points into the model (default).
off	Do not import free points.

@MaterialName

Value	Description
string	Name of the CAD attribute containing the material name info of the current part. Default is "Material"; meaningful only if @AttributesAsMetadata = "part". It only generates temporary data used by the ExtAPI cadassm tool.

@MetadataPrefix

Value

Description

string

The string is prefixed to all metadata names. No prefix is used by default.

See CAD Metadata Naming for more details.

@OriginalIdAsMetadata

Value

Description

Import original CAD entity IDs as metadata.

ORIGINAL_ID

off

Do not import original CAD entity IDs as metadata (default).

@PartNumber

Value	Description
string	Name of the CAD attribute containing the part number info of the current part. Default is "PartNumber"; meaningful only if @AttributesAsMetadata = "part". It only generates temporary data used by the ExtAPI cadassm tool.

@ScaleFactor

Value

Description

double

Defines the model scaling factor during import.

Default is 1.0.

@SkipCreationOfSolid

Value	Description
on	Read surfaces, but do not create solid entities.
off	Create solid entities (default).

@SplitComponentsByBody

Value

Description

Create one HM component per third party body. There might be one or more third party bodies per third party component.

This option cannot be used when @ReadCompositeData is enabled, or in conjunction with @SplitComponentsByPart.

off

Do not consider the division of third party components into third party bodies while creating HM components (default).

@SplitPeriodicFaces

Value	Description
on	Split periodic surfaces to improve the quality and robustness of the import (default).
off	Import periodic surfaces as a single surface with a seam edge.

@StitchingAcrossBodies

Value	Description
on	Stitch surfaces belonging to different components.
off	Do not stitch surfaces belonging to different components (default).

@TagsAsMetadata

Value	Description
on	Create entity name as metadata (default). TAG
FromBody	Take entity from its parent body and create it as metadata. TAG
off	Do not read tags.

@ThicknessName

Value	Description
string	Name of the CAD attribute containing the thickness info of the current part. Default is "Thickness"; meaningful only if @AttributesAsMetadata = "part". It only generates temporary data used by the ExtAPI cadassm tool.

@UID

Value

Description

string

Name of the CAD attribute containing the UID info of the current part.

Default is "UID"; meaningful only if @AttributesAsMetadata = "part". It only generates temporary data used by the ExtAPI cadassm tool.

@UniqueIdAsMetadata

Value

Description

Create metadata to track the unique CAD ID (default).

When a Parasolid body is present in the Parasolid assembly, the Parasolid instance ID is appended to the ORIGINAL_ID using "-". For each assembly level, its instance ID will be appended in the same way.

For example:

No body entities present in the assembly: 20

Body entities present in a single level assembly: 1-20

Body entities present in a multiple level assembly: 1-4-2-20

The same identifier can be obtained for two entities when a single entity is split during import.

UNIQUE_ID

off

Do not create metadata to track the unique CAD ID.

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