Solid Edge Etch import into Onshape

bryan_lagrange

If you use the Etch command in Solid Edge and then export the file as a .x_t file, go to options and check off export solids, sheet, and wires. When you import the .x_t file into Onshape, the geometry that you created in the etch command on Solid Edge will show up in the Onshape document.

Pretty cool.

Just wanted to share that with the community

philip_thomas

Ok, that IS cool!

brucebartlett

I am not familiar with the etch command in Solid Edge but I am imagining this would add part numbers, etc for laser etch?

Is this a feature Onshape should have? Sounds like it a different Parasolid feature to the std solid, sheet and wire frame.

bryan_lagrange

The etch command in Solid Edge allows you to convert sketch entities into geometry that is carried to the flat pattern of a part and to the drawing environment. When you save the flat as a .dxf,directly from the 3D model, you can set the etch layer color to the color you want the .dxf to have. This is useful for CAM software that uses colors of a .dxf to differentiate if the geometry is a cut through, etch, or bend.

And yes I use the etch command for part numbers.

It would be a great feature for Onshape to have.....along with Single Line Font.

brucebartlett

bryan_lagrange said:

The etch command in Solid Edge allows you to convert sketch entities into geometry that is carried to the flat pattern of a part and to the drawing environment. When you save the flat as a .dxf,directly from the 3D model, you can set the etch layer color to the color you want the .dxf to have. This is useful for CAM software that uses colors of a .dxf to differentiate if the geometry is a cut through, etch, or bend.

And yes I use the etch command for part numbers.

It would be a great feature for Onshape to have.....along with Single Line Font.

This is something we have been talking about for a long time now. I am sure there are many requests out there to be voted on.
@philip_thomas it would be really really cool to get this into Onshape to save using a dwg edit to add after export
 

philip_thomas

@brucebartlett - please make sure that you have submitted specific tickets - one request per ticket.
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