CATIA V5 <> ICEM SURF

The CATIA ICEM Surf Bi-directional CATIA V5 Translator

The Translator may be installed on a number of machines each accessing a central network floating license.

Theorem’s CADverter product for CATIA ICEM Surf to CATIA V5 is a direct database converter between Dassault Systemes CATIA ICEM Surf and CATIA V5. It enables the user to convert all forms of mechanical design geometry, as well as assembly and attribute information, between these two systems.

The CATIA ICEM Surf – CATIA V5 CADverter product is a bi-directional product. It can be used interactively, from the command line or in a batch mode, from a standard GUI Interface, offering combined viewing, data filtering and translation capabilities.

The CADverter directly accesses native CATIA ICEM Surf files using the Dassault Systemes supported programming interface. Structure details and geometry colour information is retained during translation.

The relevant CAD products will be referred to as Surf and V5 throughout the rest of this document.

Primary Product Features

  • Converts all types of wire frame, surfaces, trimmed surfaces (faces)

  • Converts structure between the systems.

  • Converts attribute data including colour and layer information

  • The conversion process can be run Interactively or in Batch mode

  • Data can be filtered by layer and entity type

  • Geometry can be filtered and selectively processed

Primary Product Benefits

  • Direct conversion between Surf and V5 reduces processing time, simplifies integration and retains accuracy of the model

  • The integrated viewing capability enables visually verification, pre and post translation

  • The integrated data filtering options allows selected data ONLY to be processed, enabling optimisation of translations and time savings

  • By converting all forms of geometry no data is lost, eliminating the time required to recreate missing data

  • With over 20 years industrial use Theorem’s product robustness and quality is well proven, reducing your business risk

This document will focus specifically on guidance for the use of the CADverter for Surf – V5 product. For information regarding any of Theorem’s product ranges please contact sales@theorem.com.

Getting Started

Installation Media

The latest copy of Theorem software can be found at the Product Release Notes page.

Each product has a specific link to the Product Release Document, which contains a link to the download location of the installation msi.

Alternatively, you can request a copy of the software to be shipped on a physical CD.

Installation

The installation is run from the MicroSoft Installer package(s) provided.

Currently, there are 2 distinct installation stages that are required.

To install the translator, select the Translator product msi required and follow the installation process. For a full guide to the process, please see our ‘Translator Installation Process’ demonstration video located here.

In addition, the Theorem Unified Interface will also need to be installed. The installation process is the same as for the Translator. For a full guide to the process, please see our ‘Translator Installation Process’ demonstration video located here.

License Configuration

In order for the translation to run successfully, the Theorem license file provided to you needs to be configured using FlexLM. For a full guide to this process, please see our ‘FlexLM License Set Up and Configuration’ demonstration video located here.

Running the Product

Once configured and licensed, the product is ready to be run.

All specific Surf environment configuration details are documented in Surf Configuration of this document.

There are 3 distinct ways of running the translator:

  • Via the Theorem Unified Interface

    • The Unified Interface offers a Desktop Environment that allows CAD and Visualization data to be viewed pre and post translation.

    • For a full guide to this process, please see our ‘How to Translate Using the Surf – V5 CADverter via the User Interface’ demonstration video located here.

  • Via the Command Line

    • The Command Line Interface provides a direct method of invoking the translator. It can be used via a DOS shell or called via a third party application as part of a wider process requirement.

    • For a full guide to this process, please see our ‘How to Translate Using the Surf – V5 CADverter via the Command Line’ demonstration video located here.

  • Interactively from within Surf

    • The Interactive Interface provides a direct method of Translating Surf data to V5 from within Surf itself.

    • For a full guide to this process, please see our ‘How to Translate Using the Surf – V5 CADverter Interactive Mode’ demonstration video located here.