The format that Fidelity Pointwise supports for importing IGES files as a database is based on the standard as defined and covers only a subset of the entities available in the full IGES standard (Ref. 16). The IGES entities that are supported for import into Fidelity Pointwise can be found in the table below.
Tip: If you need to determine the software your IGES file came from, just open the file in your favorite text editor. Information about the originating software is often provided in the header region.
Fidelity Pointwise imports name, color, and layer name for all supported IGES entities. During import, line curves will be broken up into continuous pieces. Vectors, in copious data entity form 3, are ignored.
Duplicate name checking will also be performed between the IGES file and any existing database entities within the current project.
Entity Number | Description |
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000 | Null |
100 | Circular Arc |
102 | Composite Curve |
104 | |
Copious Data | |
Plane | |
110 | Line |
112 | Parametric Curve |
114 | Parametric Surface |
116 | Point |
Ruled Surface | |
120 | Surface of Revolution |
122 | Tabulated Cylinder |
124 | Transformation Matrix |
126 | Rational B-Spline Curve |
130 | Offset Curve |
141 | Boundary |
142 | Curve on Surface |
143 | Bounded Surface |
144 | Trimmed Surface |
186 | B-Rep Solid Model Object |
190 | Plane Surface |
192 | Right Circular Cylinder Surface |
194 | Right Circular Cone Surface |
196 | Spherical Surface |
198 | Toroidal Surface |
212 | General Note |
308 | Subfigure Definition |
314 | Color Definition |
402 | Associativity Instance |
Property | |
408 | Singular Subfigure Instance |
502 | Vertex |
504 | Edge |
508 | Loop |
510 | Face |
514 | Shell |