Exporting Parasolid from SolidWorks - Revision history

Jrwrigh at 15:06, 11 April 2024

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Prte0550 at 21:53, 12 January 2023

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Prte0550 at 21:28, 5 January 2023

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Prte0550: Added notes for mixed solid body / surface models

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Added notes for mixed solid body / surface models

Conrad54418 at 18:28, 11 June 2021

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Conrad54418 at 18:06, 11 June 2021

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   cd Demo
-This would place me in my working directory 'Demo'.
+This would place me in my working directory 'Demo'. To copy all the files for the On Ramp demo, run this in your 'Demo' directory:
-Next, you'll want to change the parasolid file extension from <code>.x_t</code> to <code>.xmt_txt</code>. To do this, run <code>mv <file_name>.x_t <file_name>.xmt_txt</code> from your terminal. From here, you are ready for the ''convert'' step. Copy over the convert script by running:
+ cp /projects/tutorials/OnRamp/* .
- cp /projects/tutorials/OnRamp/convertParasolid2Sim.sh .
+Next, you'll want to change the parasolid file extension from <code>.x_t</code> to <code>.xmt_txt</code>. To do this, run <code>mv <file_name>.x_t <file_name>.xmt_txt</code> from your terminal. From here, you are ready for the ''convert'' step. The convert step is documented here: https://fluid.colorado.edu/tutorials/tutorialVideos/Convert2Sim_Tutorial.mp4

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 == Geometries with Standalone Surfaces ==
-There are sometimes cases where models will contain not only three dimensional solid bodies but also surfaces. Surfaces are treated differently by Solidworks and parasolid files than solid bodies, so they need to be exported separately. In order to do this, you select all entities except the surface and save as a parasolid, after you hit save, Solidworks will ask if you want to save all of the geometry or only the selected geometry, the second option being the one we want. Now do the same but only select the surface. These two separate files can then be converted to <code>.smd</code> separately (remember to rename files after they are converted to avoid overwriting) and recombined in Simmodeler. The toolchain seems to fail for multiple unconnected surfaces, so if this is the case, take care to export them separately.
+There are sometimes cases where models will contain not only three dimensional solid bodies but also surfaces. Surfaces are treated differently by Solidworks and parasolid files than solid bodies, so they need to be exported separately. In order to do this, you select all entities except the surface and save as a parasolid, after you hit save, Solidworks will ask if you want to save all of the geometry or only the selected geometry, the second option being the one we want. Now do the same but only select the surface. In newer versions of Simmodler, only the domain needs to be run though the conversion and the surfaces can be added as parasolid files. In older versions, these two separate parasolid files needed to be converted to <code>.smd</code> separately (remember to rename files after they are converted to avoid overwriting) and recombined in Simmodeler. The toolchain seems to fail for multiple unconnected surfaces, so if this is the case, take care to export them separately.
 To recombine, simply open the solid body file in Simmodeler, under the "Modeling" tab select "Add Parts", add the surfaces file, then select "Make New Manifold Model" which will combine the files into one model that is suitable for PHASTA.

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 == Geometries with Standalone Surfaces ==
-There are sometimes cases where models will contain not only three dimensional solid bodies but also surfaces. Surfaces are treated differently by Solidworks and parasolid files than solid bodies, so they need to be exported separately. IN order to do this, you select all entities except the surface and save as a parasolid, after you hit save, Solidworks will ask if you want to save all of the geometry or only the selected geometry, the second option being the one we want. Now do the same but only select the surfaces. These two separate files can then be converted to <code>.smd</code> separately (remember to rename files after they are converted to avoid overwriting) and recombined in Simmodeler.
+There are sometimes cases where models will contain not only three dimensional solid bodies but also surfaces. Surfaces are treated differently by Solidworks and parasolid files than solid bodies, so they need to be exported separately. In order to do this, you select all entities except the surface and save as a parasolid, after you hit save, Solidworks will ask if you want to save all of the geometry or only the selected geometry, the second option being the one we want. Now do the same but only select the surface. These two separate files can then be converted to <code>.smd</code> separately (remember to rename files after they are converted to avoid overwriting) and recombined in Simmodeler. The toolchain seems to fail for multiple unconnected surfaces, so if this is the case, take care to export them separately.
 To recombine, simply open the solid body file in Simmodeler, under the "Modeling" tab select "Add Parts", add the surfaces file, then select "Make New Manifold Model" which will combine the files into one model that is suitable for PHASTA.

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	== Geometries with Standalone Surfaces ==		== Geometries with Standalone Surfaces ==

−	There are sometimes cases where models will contain not only three dimensional solid bodies but also surfaces. Surfaces are treated differently by Solidworks and parasolid files than solid bodies, so they need to be exported separately. IN order to do this, you select all entities except the surface and save as a parasolid, after you hit save, Solidworks will ask if you want to save all of the geometry or only the selected geometry, the second option being the one we want. Now do the same but only select the surfaces. These two separate files can then be converted to <code>.smd</code> separately (remember to rename files after they are converted to avoid overwriting) and recombined in ~~Symmodeler~~.	+	There are sometimes cases where models will contain not only three dimensional solid bodies but also surfaces. Surfaces are treated differently by Solidworks and parasolid files than solid bodies, so they need to be exported separately. IN order to do this, you select all entities except the surface and save as a parasolid, after you hit save, Solidworks will ask if you want to save all of the geometry or only the selected geometry, the second option being the one we want. Now do the same but only select the surfaces. These two separate files can then be converted to <code>.smd</code> separately (remember to rename files after they are converted to avoid overwriting) and recombined in Simmodeler.
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		+	To recombine, simply open the solid body file in Simmodeler, under the "Modeling" tab select "Add Parts", add the surfaces file, then select "Make New Manifold Model" which will combine the files into one model that is suitable for PHASTA.

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	Once the convert step is complete, you are ready to move onto the next step and use [[Getting Started with Simmodeler\| SimModeler]] to create a mesh for the new <code>translated-model.smd</code> file we created!		Once the convert step is complete, you are ready to move onto the next step and use [[Getting Started with Simmodeler\| SimModeler]] to create a mesh for the new <code>translated-model.smd</code> file we created!
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		+	== Geometries with Standalone Surfaces ==
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		+	There are sometimes cases where models will contain not only three dimensional solid bodies but also surfaces. Surfaces are treated differently by Solidworks and parasolid files than solid bodies, so they need to be exported separately. IN order to do this, you select all entities except the surface and save as a parasolid, after you hit save, Solidworks will ask if you want to save all of the geometry or only the selected geometry, the second option being the one we want. Now do the same but only select the surfaces. These two separate files can then be converted to <code>.smd</code> separately (remember to rename files after they are converted to avoid overwriting) and recombined in Symmodeler.

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	cp /projects/tutorials/OnRamp/convertParasolid2Sim.sh .		cp /projects/tutorials/OnRamp/convertParasolid2Sim.sh .

−	The convert step is documented here: https://fluid.colorado.edu/tutorials/Convert2Sim_Tutorial.mp4	+	The convert step is documented here: https://fluid.colorado.edu/tutorials/tutorialVideos/Convert2Sim_Tutorial.mp4

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 If you do not have a parasolid model of your own, you may use the On Ramp example file located at:
-  /projects/tutorials/OnRamp/geom.x_t
+  /projects/tutorials/OnRamp/example_geom.x_t
 Ensure that you are on one of the viznodes and not portal1. You may tunnel to viz003 by opening a terminal and running:

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 Navigate to and copy your file into your working directory. Typically, we create a folder where all the simulation files are stored. For example, after opening a terminal I could run the commands:
-  mkdir OnRamp
+  mkdir Demo
-  cd OnRamp
+  cd Demo
 This would place me in my working directory 'OnRamp'.

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 Next, you'll want to change the parasolid file extension from <code>.x_t</code> to <code>.xmt_txt</code>. To do this, run <code>mv <file_name>.x_t <file_name>.xmt_txt</code> from your terminal. From here, you are ready for the ''convert'' step. Copy over the convert script by running:
-  cp /projects/tutorials/convertParasolid2Sim.sh .
+  cp /projects/tutorials/OnRamp/convertParasolid2Sim.sh .
 The convert step is documented here: https://fluid.colorado.edu/tutorials/Convert2Sim_Tutorial.mp4