Description

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
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

Demonstration

Preserving IGES Support Entity Names with Pointwise

Database Import: Automatic Solid Model Assembly