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.
  1. Select the context-sensitive function Properties.
  2. Select Tool in the Type section.
  3. Select OK.
  4. You can save the part in the feature library or the component library, depending on its use.