Exporting Data to IGES 2D

You can export the data contained in a drawing representation into a disk based IGES 2D file.

Before you begin: Check you are using the supported IGES 5.3 standard.
  1. In the IGES 2D section of the Preferences, select the required options

    For more information about their behavior, read the IGES 2D Concepts.

  2. Save all data in session and go to the tab containing the data to export.
    1. If unsaved data exist, a message is displayed. Follow the instructions it provides.
  3. Select Share > Export.

    See Export for more information.

    A file selection dialog box is displayed.
  4. Go to the directory where you want to export the file.
    1. Key in the name of the file to create in Filename.

      Whereas the name of an exported IGES file may contain non-ASCII characters, we recommend that you use only ASCII characters (you could not re-import a file with non-ASCII characters in its name).

    2. Select IGES2D (*.ig2) as the format.
    3. Click OK.
    • A message is displayed when the export is completed.
    • The export unit depends on the current unit of the session:
      • If the current unit belongs to the metric system (millimeter, centimeter, meter, ...) the export unit is the millimeter.
      • If the current unit belongs to the Anglo-Saxon system (inch, foot, ...) the export unit is the inch.
    • Entities are exported as follows:
    Dassault Systèmes2D IGES
    ElementSut-TypeGraphic exportStructured and semantic export
    Structures
    sheet One 2D IGES file per sheet.
    views interactive view The structure is not exported.
    Note: Raster views are not supported.
    		The structure is not exported.
    generative view The structure is not exported. All the geometric entities of the view are gathered into a single subfigure. The above applies to CGR, approximate, exact views. Note that raster views are not supported.
    detail (component)Details are retrieved through their Dittos. A Detail not referenced by a Ditto is thus lost, a Detail referenced by several Dittos is duplicated in subfigures. The entities included in a Detail are not structured into subfigures.
    ditto (instance) The graphical representation of each Ditto is exported to a subfigure.
    Attributes
    unit The unit of the output file depends on the session current units.
    show/noshow Only visible elements are exported.
    pick/nopick NoPick ignored.
    line type Automatic mapping:
    • Line types lower than 8 are converted to standard line types with their graphic representation.
    • Line types greater than or equal to 8 are converted to line type with a name containing the line type number, but with a continuous graphic representation.
    line thickness Automatic mapping.
    marker type Ignored.
    color Automatic color.
    construction elementNot exportedAutomatic mapping but construction element attributes not kept.
    text attributes font Exported implicitly through the graphic representation of text. Only the contour of characters is exported. Default mapping.
    bold, italic Not supported.
    underlined Text + line.
    space (x-scale) Space.
    height Height.
    justification Justification.
    flip Flip.
    frame Text + geometry.
    layer Not supported.Layer.
    Annotations
    dimension linear
    circular angular curvilinea r
    axis line The geometrical basic elements of each drawing representation are exported. If the drawing representation includes filled areas, only the contour is exported. See About Export Mode.
    center line
    thread
    welding symbol
    coordinate dimension
    balloon
    datum target
    datum feature
    GDT
    roughness symbol
    table
    leader
    arrow
    callout
    text
    area fill hatching pattern The geometrical basic elements of each drawing representation are exported. The geometrical elements making the hatches are gathered into a subfigure.
    dotting pattern
    image pattern Only the contour of the hatches is exported. Only the contour of the hatches is exported into a subfigure.
    coloring pattern Only the contour of the hatches is exported. Only the contour of the hatches is exported into a subfigure.
    Geometry
    curve point POINT (116)
    line LINE (110)
    polyline 2D POLYLINE (106)
    circle CIRCLE (100)
    arc ARC (100)
    spline 2D POLYLINE (106)
    NURBS 2D POLYLINE (106)
    ellipse 2D POLYLINE OR ELLIPSE (104)
    hyperbola 2D POLYLINE (106)
    parabola 2D POLYLINE (106)
    constraints Not supported.
    Miscellaneous
    OLE link Not supported.
    picture (bitmap...)Not supported.