ProE Translator (SW2007) does nothing

surprised?

Greets all. The SW dox say it can handle up to WF v2. I can
see the file (as a ProE part doc) in the Open dialog box -- I get
SW Import Options for the ProE part (BREP, Knit, Diagnose, etc)..
but when I click okay nothing happens. Literally -- the window
goes away and like nothing ever happened.

Has anyone had any luck with this?

Thanks.

 

We've been able to import Pro E files in 2007 without problems. Can you
have them send you a step file. Is it possible there's no solids
information in the Pro E file.

 

I don't receive an error message -- or a new part window. When I hit
'Ok' the dialog box simply disappears.

Whats the diff between a '*.prt' file and a '*.prt.3' file?
I even tried lopping off the .3

It should be a real part. I have a large assembly that needs some
work
and, although it does come in if imported as a step file, I lose alot
of
info. I was hoping to get some intelligence back by opening the
original
ProE file.

I'll try it on a different part and see if anything changes.

Thanks j.

 

Did the file perchance come from a UNIX system?

 

I don't believe so, no -- windows OS.
I thought it odd to have a 'double dot' extension: xxxxxxx.prt.3
then again its my first encounter with ProE files.. is this
unusual?

 

The numbers at the end of the extension show the number of times the files
was saved or revised. Shouldn't be the problem.

 

Might they need at least a ".prt.1" or similar?

But had the files come from a UNIX system they might not
have been "translated" to DOS files.
BTW, What about text case? UNIX can support mixed case but I
suspect that some MS Windows stuff may require all lowercase in
file names. Perhaps SW does but Pro_E does not?

 

The .3 just means that this is the 3rd copy of the part. It shouldn't
have any effect on whether or not it opens in SW. WF2 parts normally
come into SW (at least 2006) without problems.

gk

 

Sorry, didn't see the other posts on the subject.

gk

 

When you tried the import, did you choose the option to import features
or just the bodies when asked. I've seen it try to import features on
simple parts without to much difficulty but on more complex parts bomb
when trying to import them. Try to do an import and just do the bodies
and see if that works. You wont get any intelligence in the model.