dxf for modeling party

[ssayan]

hello to all

First of all I am new to the forum, so I apologize in advance if I make some mistakes in the posts.
I'm just using pro engineer version 2, but I have a problem with dxfs.
In practice I need to use a geometry created with autocad, to create 3d structures, but I cannot understand how to import it and especially how to use the counter to create the structure I need.
Could someone help me?

Thank you very much in advance

greetings

 

[Mr.Rio]

Hello.
I press that I'm not an expert...I did a flight test but can use the drawings only .dwg
However, in sketch environment go under sketch>data from file>file system
greetings

 

[ssayan]

Hi.

Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately I have already tried to do as you said, but without success.
the problem is that I have a very complex section and it is easier to model it with autocad, then extrude it and pierce it with pro engineer.

 

[maxopus]

What version of pro/e you use?
Can you post the dxf, so let's see if we give you a tip to drop that autocad bowl?
pro/e is not indicated for the 2d in the strict sense but, the sketch is very powerful so you only have to understand the logic.

 

[ssayan]

Hi.

you can find attached the dwg file (I could not load the dxf.)
I am using version 2 of pro e. Maybe the pro sketch will also have enormous potential, but I find it a little more ostic.
thank you for your help, if you could indicate the procedures to use the attachment or to mileage my use of the sketch.

Hi.

 

[re_solidworks]

What version of pro/e you use?
Can you post the dxf, so let's see if we give you a tip to drop that autocad bowl?
pro/e is not indicated for the 2d in the strict sense but, the sketch is very powerful so you only have to understand the logic.

carcad 2010 is also parametric.

 

[maxopus]

carcad 2010 is also parametric.

burp .... with respect:biggrin:

 

[maxopus]

a couple of information:
in sketch environment you can import .dwg files with the sketched command >data from the file system.

the dxf format can import it differently but not in sketch mode with the command
input> shared data> from file

on how to do the pro/e sketch about the file you posted, I will post you an example as soon as I can.
definitely the procedure is different from autocad.

 

[ssayan]

bye maxopus

I tried to do as you say with the .dwg, only that tells me invalid file.
<I also tried to use its dxf, but then I can't use the imported curve to make 3d.

Thank you very much
greetings

 

[maxopus]

eye that wf2 is old (it seems to me back to 2003-2004), does not read recent autocad formats.
then from autocad you have to export in pre-dependent format to 2000 to make the file compatible.
you place an image instead of how you proceed in pro/e to realize a profile like the one you indicated.
track the general profile to create the solid.
then there are cuts of extrusion and finally we go to roundings.

Please note that the starting sketch must be as simple as possible, to be manageable easily in case of change.

the speech is valid for all parametric cads.

 

[gio14]

hello to all

First of all I am new to the forum, so I apologize in advance if I make some mistakes in the posts.
I'm just using pro engineer version 2, but I have a problem with dxfs.
In practice I need to use a geometry created with autocad, to create 3d structures, but I cannot understand how to import it and especially how to use the counter to create the structure I need.
Could someone help me?

Thank you very much in advance

greetings

to be able to use a .dxf contour to be extruded with pro/e you have to import it as solid (as maxopus says, insert>data shared> from the file) then as per pro/e is a solid to be able to use it in the extrusion you have to recalcate it in the sketch with "spigolo", you can recalcate the single entity or a loop and if you also want to give it an offset (e eye that when you need to carry the autod from .

 

[ssayan]

thank you very much both to maxopus and to gio14.
I finally managed to do what I wanted.
I just have a couple of questions:

- for gio14: what do you mean I have to assign in autocad a precision 10 when I carry the model in dxf?
- Suppose I already have a solid in the proe, and want to insert another one based on the contour I posted. I tried to do as you told me and I can import the dxf into proe and extrude it in solid. < my problem and that when I amount the dxf the proe puts it in the window at a point that I do not understand, very far away from the solid figure already existing. having to use the imported figure in dxf to create a solid to subtract to the preesite structure in proes, how do I put it in the desired position and then subtract the material?

greetings

 

[gio14]

thank you very much both to maxopus and to gio14.
I finally managed to do what I wanted.
I just have a couple of questions:

- for gio14: what do you mean I have to assign in autocad a precision 10 when I carry the model in dxf?
- Suppose I already have a solid in the proe, and want to insert another one based on the contour I posted. I tried to do as you told me and I can import the dxf into proe and extrude it in solid. < my problem and that when I amount the dxf the proe puts it in the window at a point that I do not understand, very far away from the solid figure already existing. having to use the imported figure in dxf to create a solid to subtract to the preesite structure in proes, how do I put it in the desired position and then subtract the material?

greetings

in the old autocad12 the export of the dxf was set by default to 6 zeros, while pro/e requires 10 (pena, it does not loop because the entities turn off) while already from autocad 14 should already be set with absolute precision.
for the second point you have to use the same coordinate system, usually in pro/e you draw keeping zero in the center of the drawing, the same thing you do in autocad

 

[ssayan]

Bye-bye 14

I had already tried to change the reference system in my autocad structure, but I could not at least overlap the objects.
Sorry thedisturb but I have some questions about it:

- clearly my first doubt is still to put my dxf into the center of the reference system in proe
- once you do this, you think it is possible to rotate or move the iimportated figure so that it can fit exactly at the desired point and with the right orientation? I would need to create a solid to subtract from the forebear.
However I attached the dxf file with the reference system moved and I would like to know if that's what you meant.


Hello and thank you so much, you are very helpful

 

[Preparation-H]

I don't understand why you have to use 2d profiles imported from autocad.. .
However, to work properly it is preferable to start with the solid at the center of the work plans. . .
In this way you already have references to work on later features.
references can then be added in sketch environment under sketch -> references, click a edge or what you want is your reference and pro|e highlights the edge. . .
If you have to create a similar geometry you can use the "use edge" function (I no longer have pro|e so I don't remember exactly the commands...), you can recalcate the edge in the same position or create an offset of the same... the offset direction is indicated by a yellow arrow. . .

I recommend studying the pro|e sketch because it is very powerful and once you understand how it works it is very fast. . .

Hi.
p-h

 

[maxopus]

ssayan, perhaps I have not been clear before.
a couple of questions:
1) Why do you keep using dxfs when you can import dwgs into the sketch and edit them?
2) Do you do this because you already have autocad jobs or why you still don't know how to use pro/e sketch?

 

[ssayan]

bye maxopus

My problem is that as you say I already have autocad jobs, but I'm trying to use this import road because I still don't know how to use proe sketch.
cmq I believe that in fact the fastest road is to use dwg.
My problem at first was that I saved the dwgs with a too recent autocad version, and therefore my proe did not recognize them in the sketch.
I finally figured out how I can do this.

Hi.