Hide first solid body and use Convert to Sheet Metal command on the new body.
a 1 inch cube would be exported as 1 x 1 x 1 and would enter into any other software unitless. Normally, Fusion should export the value of the size, not changing the units at all. Set thickness value as a sheet metal thickness. After some research we found that having Cura open or sending a file to Cura from Fusion results in a file being translated to mm before being written as an. Unfortunately most of the corporate world hasn't switched to NX8 yet, perhaps the next version of Solidworks will feature the ability to import files from NX8.īasically File -> Export -> Parasolid -> Window everything -> send it.Įdit: If you want to carry over things like axis systems and curves as well use step files instead. Select faces on the same side of the body. You can import NX files into Solidworks with history, however only up to NX 7.5. Like I said they wont be able to edit anything you've done because it has no history. Parasolid will retain any coloring on the parts. They will import in the correct position provided they are in the correct position in the assembly file you exported them from.ĭo not use IGES, it has a habit of turning solid bodies into a mess of sheet bodies. You can then split them up in to individual parts.
They will have no part history and the parts will all come in as dumb bodies (zero part history) in one file.
Export steps or parasolids from the assembly file. ugconvertpart, command to convert NX part files created in Metric unit into English unit, or vise versa.NX Technical Support by Dream Technology System, Si.