About Names

Below are listed the rules that apply to names.

This page discusses:

At Import

  • Whereas the path of an IGES file to import may contain non-ASCII characters, the name of the file itself must contain only ASCII characters.
  • Non ASCII characters in names of elements are replaced with 1-byte characters, either a similar one, e.g. a 'e' with an accent is replaced with a plain 'e' (with no accent), or by an em dash '_'.
  • If an IGES entity has a pointer to a "Property Name Entity", the value of this property will be assigned to the name of the 3DEXPERIENCE entity.
  • If the IGES entity has no pointer to a "Property Name Entity" and if its "Directory Entry" field #18 is not blank the 3DEXPERIENCE name will be computed by appending field #18 and #19 of the "Directory Entry".
  • If the entity has neither a "Property Pointer" nor a non-blank field #18 an automatic name will be generated.
  • Product Identification for Receiver (Global Section, Field #12) will be used as the Part Number in the Product Properties and as display and storage names.
    Note: If Global Section, Field #12 is not valued, the Part Number is the name of the IGES file.
  • If the To a Product Structure option is selected, the 308 and 408 IGES entities names are imported: If the names of the 308 entities are the same, the DE of these entities is added to the initial name.

At Export

  • Whereas the path of an IGES file to export may contain non-ASCII characters, the name of the file itself must contain only ASCII characters.
  • The name of the elements to export must be in ASCII format.
  • Surfaces exported from a V5 volume receive the name of the body that contains this volume. As a rule, objects of surface, curve or point type receive the name of the feature that aggregates them.
  • The Part Number of the product is exported as the product identification for Receiver.
  • The name of the author and of the organization can be exported to the Global Section of the IGES file.