mastercam files to solidworks viewer???

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Zander, Jan 14, 2004.

  1. Zander

    Zander Guest

    Hi all,

    I have an associate who has asked me, as a solidworks user, to help him
    with a problem.

    He uses Mastercam and he has a customer that he wants to communicate model
    with using solidworks viewer.

    Mastercam can write parasolids but obviously not .sldprt files. Is there a
    workaround for him that does not involve using solidworks?

    It appears to me that there is not, since solidworks viewer only opens
    native solidworks files. Maybe someone can suggest an alternate path here?

    Thanks,

    Zander
     
    Zander, Jan 14, 2004
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  2. Zander

    Rocko Guest

    No it cannot be done with SW Viewer.
    He can buy one of the many viewer programs that allow this at a cheaper
    price a couple hundred dollars.
     
    Rocko, Jan 14, 2004
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  3. Zander

    rocheey Guest

    He uses Mastercam and he has a customer that he wants to communicate model
    There are Solidworks translators available for mastercam. Do a search
    for "SW04Convert.zip"
     
    rocheey, Jan 14, 2004
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  4. Zander

    Dave Guest

    If I understand your question it sounds like your customer doesn't have
    SolidWorks but is trying to use the SolidWorks viewer to allow someone to
    see parasolid models saved out of Mastercam. That won't work.

    How about the free Hoops3D viewer at the below link. It's very good for
    parasolid files and definitely the right price. The graphics/viewing
    functionality from these Hoops3D viewing products is what E-Drawings uses to
    do all of it's cool graphics related things. Good stuff.

    http://www.hoops3d.com/downloads/partviewer/partviewers.htm
     
    Dave, Jan 15, 2004
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