spaceclaim

walter

how can one upload a spaceclaim file 

cyclonewade

Hi Walter,

Technically, any file can be uploaded into Onshape, Onshape documents are awesome containers.  However, Onshape can upload and TRANSLATE a wide variety of  industry standard CAD formats.  The complete list resides here.

https://cad.onshape.com/help/#web-help/translation.htm?TocPath=Up%2FDownload%20and%20Translation|_____4

Unfortunately, SC does not appear to be a file format that Onshape can natively read.  Your next best option is to go with a "neutral" file format, such as parasolid, iges, acis or step.  Once the neutral file has been created from SC, upload and translate with Onshape.

Good Luck!

Wade

paul_chastell

I'd suggest trying ACIS first (.sat). It is the kernel used by spaceclaim and therefore will incur less loss in translation, as a single hop from ACIS to Parasolid. Or, if their Parasolid export is better than our Acis import, Parasolid export from spaceclaim may work better. Anyone have specific experience of whether either is better?

onshaper

As a general rule I use DXF for flats, STEP for 3d solids, and STL for tessellated surfaces!

cyclonewade

Hi Walter,

Technically, any file can be uploaded into Onshape, Onshape documents are awesome containers.  However, Onshape can upload and TRANSLATE a wide variety of  industry standard CAD formats.  The complete list resides here.

https://cad.onshape.com/help/#web-help/translation.htm?TocPath=Up%2FDownload%20and%20Translation|_____4

Unfortunately, SC does not appear to be a file format that Onshape can natively read.  Your next best option is to go with a "neutral" file format, such as parasolid, iges, acis or step.  Once the neutral file has been created from SC, upload and translate with Onshape.

Good Luck!

Wade

paul_chastell

I'd suggest trying ACIS first (.sat). It is the kernel used by spaceclaim and therefore will incur less loss in translation, as a single hop from ACIS to Parasolid. Or, if their Parasolid export is better than our Acis import, Parasolid export from spaceclaim may work better. Anyone have specific experience of whether either is better?

walter

thanks wade  new to the file formats , what is the best file format to change spaceclaim
file to , that will work good in onshape?

cyclonewade

Spaceclaim is built on ACIS kernel and Onshape is built on parasolid. I'd try one these formats first. 

Wade

cyclonewade

Paul Chastell said:

I'd suggest trying ACIS first (.sat). It is the kernel used by spaceclaim and therefore will incur less loss in translation, as a single hop from ACIS to Parasolid. Or, if their Parasolid export is better than our Acis import, Parasolid export from spaceclaim may work better. Anyone have specific experience of whether either is better?

Chicken or the Egg?  I don't have specific experience but I agree with your thoughts. 

3dcad

I've always got best results with step. While there has been no problems importing from Geomagic to Ons with ACIS format..

Recently tried to export parasolid from Ons to Keyshot and it failed to open, tried step and it was good.

daryntaylor

Just out of interest, I tried uploading a file into OnS today that was originally modelled in Inventor, but then saved down to both parasolid and step formats. Both uploads worked, but after translation it seemed that the step file best managed to keep most of the original information intact, such as part names and colours.  

onshaper

As a general rule I use DXF for flats, STEP for 3d solids, and STL for tessellated surfaces!