SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 30: Using Imported Geometry and Direct Editing Techniques

Right-click the Import feature and run the Import Diagnosis; you will see the faulty face listed.

Click the Attempt to Heal All button to fix the faulty face. Figure 30.7 shows the part with the

faulty face.

FIGURE 30.7

Three-sided and sliver faces are often the source of errors with imported parts.

Now open the Pro/ENGINEER file called bad face 2.prt.29. Pro/ENGINEER files often end

with version numbers as the extension of the file. You need to be careful if you see a file that looks

like a Pro/ENGINEER file with no version extension. SolidWorks used the *.prt extension for

the first couple of years, and you may still find some of those parts in circulation.

Open the file using the Import Geometry Directly option, and switch the display to Shaded With

Edges, and run an Import Diagnosis. The part has a bad face. If you click on the face in the Faulty

Faces list, you can see that the face is next to a small, pointy triangular face, shown in Figure 30.8.

The Attempt to Heal All option takes care of it.

FIGURE 30.8

Importing the same data in different ways can give you different results.

Import the same file, but this time choose the Analyze the Model Completely option. It should tell

you that it recognizes 13 out of 13 features. Click the Features button and watch the part rebuild.