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Subject: Re: IGES Import on HP-UX 11.0: defeaturing vs. non defeatu ring
Author: Thomas Kipf
Date: 2001-08-01 09:42:00Bogdan, Markus,
thank You for Your help.
Yes, the arfill command does work after the topology repair session. It
helped me in fixing one of the volumes.
Markus, as far as the price of CADfix is concernd, You are absolutely
right. However, we can't blame FEGS for the chronic weakness of the
EURO :-).
Kind regards
Tom
On 1 Aug, Bogdan Balasa wrote:
> Usually this kind of error is associated with a bad IGES file. I would
> suggest to try using a different workstation, some times it works, or to try
> to repair the IGES in a CAD code (Pro/E does a goof job most of the times)
> or CADFIX, with works great in 90% of the cases.
> Of course the best solution will be to go back to the designer and ask him
> to provide a better quality IGES file. If he will be able to regenerate his
> part with an accuracy lower than 0.001 will work out great.
> What I have used to do, I always asked the CAD guy to read first the IGES
> back in the CAD and see the quality.
> If the CAD geometry is bad, then you should try CADFIX anyway.
> Also, as far as I know ARFILL is an ANSYS command, available in the IGES
> database, when imported with the defeaturing option on, so it might be
> useful.
> Hope this helps.
> Kind regards.
> Bogdan Balasa
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