Native Derived Output Support

This section provides details on the types of derived outputs supported by Solid Edge. The CAD tool supports the generation of these types of derived outputs.

By default, the integration supports the checkin of the following native derived outputs for parts, assemblies and drawings:

Part, Sheetmetal:

  • PREVIEW as JPG
  • PARASOLID
  • PARASOLID BINARY
  • IGES
  • STEP
  • ACIS
  • STL
  • PRODUCTVISION_DOC
  • XGL
  • EMS
  • PDF

Assembly, Weldment:

  • PREVIEW as JPG
  • PARASOLID
  • IGES
  • STEP
  • ACIS
  • PRODUCTVISION_DOC
  • XGL

Drawing:

  • PREVIEW as JPG
  • DWG
  • DXF
  • DGN

The Integration uses the native CAD Tool APIs to generate these files for the selected cad model during checkin based on user preferences. The files will be generated in the same location as the assembly/part/drawing file.

In case of configurations for assemblies and parts, the derived output files will be generated for the active configuration and will be checked in the family object.

The Connector for Solid Edge Server Installer makes the following changes to add support for derived outputs.

  • Each derived output type will be defined with a type-name and add them to the "MCADInteg-BusTypeMapping" attribute in GCO as following:
Derived Output Type GCO Mapping "MCADInteg-BusTypeMapping"

PREVIEW as JPG

image_jpg|Derived Output

XGL

xgl|Derived Output

PARASOLID

parasolid|Derived Output

IGES

iges|Derived Output

STEP

step|Derived Output

DGN

Dgn|Derived Output

ACIS

acis|Derived Output

STL

stl|Derived Output

DWG

dwg|Derived Output

DXF

dxf|Derived Output

PRODUCTVISION_DOC

productvision_doc|Derived Output

EMS

ems|Derived Output
PDFpdf|Derived Output

The derived output types need to be supported depending on the CAD type. So the GCO attribute MCADInteg-TypeDerivedOutputMapping will be also be updated as displayed in SolidEdgeInteg-GlobalConfig Object.

  • Depending on the derived output type, the collaborative product schema installation defines and adds the following formats:
Derived Output Type Format

Parasolid

PARASOLID

Iges

IGES

step

STEP

microstation_doc

DGN

Acis

ACIS

stl

STL

autocad_doc

DWG

dxf

DXF

productvision_doc

PRODUCTVISION_DOC

ems

EMS

xgl

XGL

pdfPDF

The image_jpg uses the Image format which is installed by Live Collaboration.

The formats listed in the table are added to the Allowed Formats of the following policies:

  • Derived Output Policy
  • Design Policy

The GCO attribute MCADInteg-TypeFormatMapping is updated as displayed in SolidEdgeInteg-GlobalConfig Object.