Parasolid Writer
The Parasolid writer allows developers to export B-rep data from Exchange to Parasolid. The file extensions that you can create when you export the data are:
- .X_B
- .X_T
- .XMT
- .XMT_TXT
Assembly
The assembly structure will be exported into the Parasolid file. This will include support for instancing and any coloring and transformations that may be present.
B-Rep
All B-rep surface and curve definitions are maintained during export, as long as the source format was Parasolid-based. This includes the blends and intersection curves. However, the B-rep is not exactly the same as the original Parasolid data as we occasionally need to do additional operations like trimming surfaces and recomputing vertices. If you need to export B-rep exactly as it was in the original file, you should use the KeepParsedEntities import option.
If the format was not a Parasolid-based format then all surfaces get mapped to one of the following:
- B-spline surface
- Cone
- Cylinder
- Plane
- Sphere
- Revolution surface
- Swept surface
- Torus
…and curves to one of the following:
- 3D curve
- Circle
- Ellipse
- Line
- UV curve
Visualization
Export of tessellation data is only possible using the Parasolid bridge.
Views
Views are a concept not supported by this format.
PMI
PMI is a concept not supported by this format.
