You must have the Smart Interop Publisher MCAD module installed with Smart Interop Publisher to translate MCAD source files. Contact your Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence representative for more information on the MCAD module.
For MCAD assembly (.asm) files, you can select and then translate one or more sub-assembly files. The following third-party software applications can export MCAD assembly source files:
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CATIA (.CATPart and .CATProduct) - default and custom property mapping files are available for CATIA files. Document level (part and assembly) and Instance level user-defined properties are supported. Feature or body level user-defined properties are not supported. See Use custom mapping.
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CREO Parametric (.prt, .prt.*, .asm, .asm.*)
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SolidWorks (.sldprt, sldasm)
For a complete list of supported MCAD applications, see Supported 3D Model Formats.
Requirements or Considerations
Make sure the individual sub-assembly files are in the same folder as the main assembly file.
Custom Mapping (Optional)
Use a hyphen (-) instead of a colon (:) when you enter any custom property names that
originally have a colon in front of the name. This is because Smart Interop Publisher removes a colon in the front of a property name during translation and replaces it
with a hyphen. For example, if you enter :Status, the resulting translation displays -Status.
Translation
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Click the Smart Interop Publisher icon on your desktop
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Click Start > All Programs > Intergraph Smart Interop Publisher. -
If you are not in the Projects View, click Projects.
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Select or create a project to use in the grid.
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Right-click the project, and then select Settings Menu > Project Settings Command.
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Use the default settings, or make any required changes.
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For Target Applications, select the Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence applications and third-party format to use. If you select a third-party format, verify that you have the required license. For example, you must have an IFC license to use the Industry Foundation Classes target.
Selecting only the target applications you require can produce a faster translation
time. Smart Interop Publisher only generates files required for the selected target.
(Optional) Right-click the project, and then select the Translation Settings Command. Smart Interop Publisher displays the Translation Settings Dialog.
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Click New in the Select or Create Settings Group list, and type the name to use.
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Edit the Default translation settings group.
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Use the Mechanical CAD Options to defeature blends, chamfers, and holes. This simplifies the graphics and make the resulting Smart Model faster to open in target applications. In the figure below, Blends have been selected for defeaturing.
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Click Save when you have finished defining translation settings.
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Click Models to go back to the Models View.
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On the Source Files Grid, click Add
, and then select the MCAD assembly .asm file to translate. The added file displays
in the grid.
You can only translate one MCAD assembly file at a time.
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Select the source file, and then click Translate
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On the Translate Source File Dialog, type a name and location for the Smart Model.
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If you defined translation settings, select the Settings Group you defined earlier, or use the Default group.
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Click the Part Assembly Tab to see the part sub-assembly files contained in the assembly file as shown below.in the following example.
Smart Interop Publisher shades the sub-assembly files that are not in the source folder.
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You can translate all the part sub-assembly files or select specific files. To filter the tree view display, type numbers, letters, or parts of file names in the Search box. When you type an entry in the Search box, the Include/Exclude options display to further refine your search.
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Click Translate.
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Open the Smart Models you created in the Intergraph target applications: