Importing Part Files Interactively

This procedure describes how to import IGES parts into a product structure document.
  • After using this procedure, your IGES  files will be imported into a product structure document. The following pages give you an example about importing IGES files interactively.
  • Some IGES entities are not converted to V5. Click here for more information.
  1. Open an empty or existing product structure document.

  2. On the product structure document, right-click the product under which the IGES part is to be imported. 
    A menu appears.

  3. Select Components -> Existing Component
    A dialog box appears, such as the one shown below, with parts files:

  4. Navigate to the directory where the desired part files are present.

  5. Select the part to be imported and click Open (or double-click the part). 
    The selected file appears under the selected product in the product structure.
    In the example below, the product selected in step 2 was Product1 (highlighted in orange); 
    the part selected in step 4 was Cigogne.igs.