Save an Imported Part Model as a Tool
General
- Import a part modeled in other CAD systems into Vertex with the function File > Open File.
- Import a File.
- The most common file formats supported are STEP, SAT and IGES.
- After that, define the entire geometry of the part as a tool.
- You cannot use the function to change an imported assembly into tool geometry.
- For an imported part to function as a tool, its geometry must be intact. Check the geometry of the part
- with the context-sensitive function ACIS Geometry > Check or
- with the function Part | Tools | Analyze and select Check model geometry.
- You can try to fix the geometry of the imported part with the context-sensitive function ACIS Geometry > Healing.
Convert the entire geometry of the part as a tool
- Starting point: The imported part model is on the desktop.
- Select the context-sensitive function Properties.
- Select Tool in the Type section.
- Select OK.
- You can save the part in the feature library or the component library, depending on its use.