One such interface is for Pro/E Wildfire. With the Pro/E interface, you can open the PRT files from Pro/E directly. The advantages of this are the high fidelity of opening the exact data, right from Pro/E. When a CAD file is saved in a neutral format, some information can be lost or miswritten. To avoid the possibility of these common errors, XOV can open the PRT files directly, thus removing any chance of file interoperability issues.

Pro/E Wildfire uses a numbering convention to store revisions to it’s files. An example would be a file named: Example_Part.prt.1. This would be the first revision, hence the number one. As changes are made to the part, Pro/E stores each revision with a accending numerical identifier. Such as Example_Part.prt.2 and Example_Part.prt.3

This revisioning is very useful, however, XOV can not process the file with the indentifier at the end, as it is treated like a file extention. Much like Windows does not think a *.1 file is a Pro/E file, neither does XOV.

The solution to this inconveniance is simple. In Pro/E, Save a Copy of the part you want to inspect. Perhaps save it in a directory with the scan data and XOV file. After the file has been saved, use the Windows Explorer or comperable program to navigate to the file, and rename it to *.prt from *.prt.1

Now, XOV can open the Pro/E file directly using the Pro/E interface.

Problem

After you transfer splines (2D and 3D) that are used for, say, a Lofted Surface, you may want to edit the control points of the splines to do design changes. This document explains how to edit splines in each CAD system.

Solution in SolidWorks

1. Click RMB on a 3D sketch profile/entity in the graphic window, and select Simplify Spline.

2. Set a Tolerance and click the OK button. You can now see control points on the spline.

3. Edit the control points.

4. After arranging the control points, you can generate the surface again in SolidWorks.

Solution in UGS NX

1. Select a Sketch in the Model History and select Edit in the popup menu.

2. Select a spline and select Edit in the popup menu.

3. Edit control points on the spline.

4. After editing control points, you can generate the surface again in UGS NX.

Solution in ProE

1. Select the appropriate Imported Feature in the model history and select Edit Definitions in the popup menu.

2. Click the Modify icon.

3. Select an item.

4. Edit control points on the spline.

5. After editing control points, you can generate the surface again in ProE.