My auto cad 2000 has iges out capability. It wasn't an add on.
John
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From: Lauzus, Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Friday, May 19, 2000 6:39 AM
Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Translating dwg files
>I don't believe Autodesk has included the IGES translator with AutoCAD
since
>r13, but It can be purchased at an extra cost.
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> Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator
> High Steel Structures, Incorporated
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Guse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 11:19 PM
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>Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] Translating dwg files
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>If I sound ignorant here, then so be it. But why can't the designers
export
>to I-Guess instead of having you attempt to do a direct read in Smartcam?
>Better yet, if the company you work for was thinking straight, they would
>give you a copy of Autocad so you could do it yourself. I do all my own
>translating because 1) I have yet to see a designer that can comprehend
what
>"remove all dimensions first" really means and 2) the settings in most IGES
>translators are way too complicated for the average designer to comprehend
>and best left to the NC programmer. Right now I keep a copy of Cadkey 99,
>Solidworks 2000, Artisan 3A, Unigraphics 16, and Pro-E on my hard drive.
>All the real programming is still done in Smartcam even though the copies
of
>Artisan and Unigraphics are supposedly capable of doing 2-1/2 axis work.
>
>Jeff Guse
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>Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:52 PM
>Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Translating dwg files
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>> Hi all,
>> One of the biggest obstacles to our company is the fact that
Smartcam
>> cannot translate Autocad drawings above R12 reliably, if at all. Our
>> designers want to move away from saving our drawings as R12 because our
>> archive drawings are now all saved as Autocad 2000. Obviously, it is not
>> healthy to have multiple copies of the same drawings floating around.
>> There is an "open dwg alliance" in existence that has developed an
>> open dwg toolkit. This toolkit is reported to be able to translate even
>> Autocad 2000 drawings. I was wondering if any of you have tried making
use
>> of this toolkit to help keep Smartcam cooking.
>> Any comments?
>>
>> Chris
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