modeling - scaling on export

[gmatelich]

IGES allows you to select the units (inch or mm) as an option on export, but DOES NOT export assemblies.

STEP and SAT allow you to export assemblies, but DOES NOT have a units option.

This leaves me stuck when trying to work witn other software, in this case Algor FEA. Either I have to export each individual component using IGES-inch, or I can export my assembly using STEP or SAT, but then need to scale may parts in ALGOR since they come in scaled 25.4 larger than I want.

I checked out pkehoe's scale macro but it only does one part at a time, not a whole assembly.

I would be happy if either IGES would export assemblies, or STEP and SAT allowed me to set me units at export. Obviously both is best.

[Thom Ivancso]

I have created a Lisp routine building off the information provided by pkehoe's scale macro :) Thanks.

This routine allows the user to pick a single part or multiple parts and or an assembly and then change the scale.

:eek: NOTE: If you have an assembly or assemblies that contain shared parts, it would be best to do a selection list and pick all the non-shared parts first and then pick the parent of the shared part(s), end the list and then do the scaling. If you select the shared parts and the parents it will scale all the shared parts by the number of shared parts you have thus making a lot of really tiny parts or really huge ones. I am trying to write a way around this and will let you know if I come up with one.


Cheers
Thom

[gmatelich]

I get the attached error when I try to scale an assembly. Three parts in the assembly, no shares.

[Thom Ivancso]

Sorry I sent the wrong attachment uploaded my test copy and not the production one. I have attached the right one now I do applogize for that.


Cheers
Thom