Exporting Data to IGES 3D

You can export data to disk-based IGES files.

Before you begin:
  • Select the required options for IGES.

    For more information about their behavior, read the IGES 3D Concepts.

  • Check the standard you are using: The standard supported is IGES 5.3. It is year 2000-compliant.
    Tip: The IGES standard 5.3 is downloadable from http://www.uspro.org/documents/.
  1. 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.
  2. Select Share > Export.

    See Export for more information.

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

    • Only ASCII 1-byte characters are supported.
    • When the data size to export exceeds the limit allowed by IGES standard, export fails and an error message is displayed. Reduce the data size before starting export again.

    1. Select IGES 3D (*.igs) as the format.
    2. Click OK.

      Click Cancel to interrupt the transfer at any time. The current conversion operation is then interrupted (after the processing of the current independent entity) and the partial conversion already performed is saved in the IGES file.

    • A progress bar is displayed. A message is displayed when the export is completed.
    • See About Reports for more information about result check.

    Structures are exported as explained in About Structures.

    • Entities are exported as follows:
    Dassault Systèmes IGESNote
    null0
    circlecircular arc100See also About Exporting Curves and Surfaces.
    curve, line, circlecomposite curve102
    curveconic arc - ellipse104 form 1 See also About Exporting Curves and Surfaces.
    point, curvecopious data106 form 2
    planeunbounded plane108 form 0
    • Construction unbounded planes (supporting faces) are exported as type 108, forme 0.
    • Independent unbounded planes are not exported.
    See also About Exporting Curves and Surfaces.
    lineline110 form 0
    semi-bounded linesline110 form 1
    Unbounded linesline110 form 2
    pointpoint116A point belonging to a sketch is exported only if the sketch contains only points.
    surfaceruled surface118See also About Exporting Curves and Surfaces.
    surfacesurface of revolution120
    surfacetabulated cylinder122
    matrixtransformation matrix124
    curverational B-spline curve126
    surfacerational B-spline surface128
    surface boundarycurve on parametric surface142See also About Exporting Curves and Surfaces.
    surfacetrimmed (parametric) surface144
    solidmanifold solid B-rep object186 form 0See About Representation Mode of Solid-Shell, Surface and Wireframe.
    plane surface (support of face)plane surface190 form 0
    solid (closed) shellclosed shell514 form 1
    independent shellopen shell514 form 2
    face in a shellface510 form 1
    face looploop508 form 1
    list of loop edgesedge504 form 1
    list of start/end loop edges verticesvertex502 form 1
    long names (more than 8 characters)name property406 form 15
    colorcolor definition314 Overridden faces colors are supported.
    referencesubfigure definition308
    • 308/408/402 IGES entities are used to describe the product structure.
    • The geometric entities are placed in the 402 IGES entities.
    • 402 IGES entities are referenced by 308 IGES entities.
    • 308 IGES entities are referenced by 408 IGES entities.

    See also About the Structures.

    instance of referencesingular subfigure instance408
    3D shape representationassociativity instance402 forms 1,7,14,15