Opening Pro/Engineer Documents in QY CAD
The Pro/Engineer direct translator allows you to import Parametric Technology CAD files directly into QY CAD part files. To open single Pro/Engineer files, access the translator through the Open File dialog box. To translate multiple Pro/Engineer files in a single session, use SeProE.exe, located in the QY CAD/program folder. The executable requires QY CAD be loaded on the machine where the translation occurs.
The translator for the Open command and the Proe Migration Wizard supports Pro/Engineer files created in ProE version 17 - Creo Parametric 3.0. The translator supports single part and assembly files.
QY CAD assumes that all models in Pro/Engineer part files are solids and that they contain single solid bodies. However, it is possible that the solid in the Pro/Engineer file is a multi-volume solid. In these cases, QY CAD generates individual Parasolid bodies for each of the volumes. By default, the Pro/Engineer translator in QY CAD translates solids and surfaces that form a volume. To translate surfaces that do not form a volume select the Import Free Surfaces option on the Import Options for Pro/ENGINEER (.prt) dialog box.
Pro/Engineering File Naming Conventions
The first time you save a Pro/Engineer file, .1 is appended to the end of the file name. Pro/Engineering tracks file versions by incrementing the file name each time the file is saved. For example, if you make changes and re-save bolt.prt.1, the saved file name will be bolt.prt.2.
When a Pro/E part is ready to release, you may decide to drop the .n (where n represents the increment number) from the end of the file name. This causes problems when translating the Pro/E file to QY CAD. NX also saves documents to a .prt extension. When you import a Pro/E document saved to a .prt extension, QY CAD recognizes the file as a NX file and the translation fails. Therefore, you should not remove the .n from any Pro/E files that will be translated to QY CAD. If you discover the files you want to translate contain a .prt extension, you can append the .1 to the file and then translate them.
Loading Multiple Pro/Engineer Documents to QY CAD
You can use the Pro-e Data Migration standalone executable to load multiple Pro/Engineer part, assembly, and drawing documents to QY CAD as managed or unmanaged documents. To use the executable to load multiple Pro/Engineer documents, QY CAD and Pro/Engineer do not have to be loaded on the same machine. However, Pro/Engineer must be loaded on the same machine as the documents being migrated.
To access the executable, choose Start→UDS QY CAD 2022→Pro-e Data Migration. This displays the Pro-e Migration Wizard that assists in migrating the Pro/Engineer documents to QY CAD.
On the Connecting to Pro-e dialog box, you can specify a host machine where the Pro/Engineer documents reside. You can specify the QY CAD template you want to use to create the new QY CAD document equivalent for the Pro/Engineer document you are opening. You can also specify a local folder location where you want to save the QY CAD documents you create. The folder structure for the Pro/Engineer document will be replicated in this folder. You can specify the name and location of the PROE2SE.ini file that is used to store the settings selected from the user interface.
On the Pro/Engineer Selection Page dialog box, you can specify the documents you want to migrate to QY CAD.
On the Pro/Engineer Save dialog box, you can specify the configuration file to which you want to save the remapped configuration.
If you want to save the changes to the original configuration file, click the Save the Remappings to the Original Configuration File option. The default file name is PROE2SE.ini and is located in the Program Files\UDS\QY CAD 2022\Preferences\Translators folder. This name is reserved by QY CAD and cannot be overwritten. You can write to the Program folder, but you must change the name to avoid overwriting the default settings.
If you want to save the changes to a new configuration file, click the Create a New Configuration File option, and then click the Copy To button. On the Save As dialog box, define a folder and file name for the new configuration file.
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