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Working with SpaceClaim documents > Importing and exporting
Use the Open command to open files created with SpaceClaim (.scdoc) or any other modeling application. Use the Save As command to export parts, assemblies, drawing sheets, and 3D markups to formats read by other applications. Your license type determines which of these actions are supported.
If you work frequently with non-SpaceClaim files, we recommend that you set your file options to optimize the importing and exporting process for your needs.
Object IDs for edges, faces, and bodies are now stored within the SCDOC file. Object IDs are preserved when other files are opened or inserted into SpaceClaim, and the IDs can also be exported. For example, if you export a design to an analysis company, and they tag geometry with load positions, boundary conditions, and so on, then when you re-import that design, make changes, and re-export to the analysis company, they will not need to recreate their tags on the new design.
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Supported file type |
Supported actions |
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ProE (prt, asm) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies |
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Solidworks (sldprt, sldasm) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies |
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Inventor (ipt) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies (R12) |
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CATIA version 4 and 5 (model, CATPart, CATProduct) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies, including product manufacturing information (PMI) for parts placed on the Imported Annotation Planes layer (with visibility turned off) Export v5 parts and assemblies |
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NX (prt) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies |
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JT Open (jt) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies Export parts and assemblies |
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Rhino (3dm) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies Export parts and assemblies |
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Parasolid (x_t, x_b) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies Export parts and assemblies |
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ACIS (sat, sab) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies Export parts and assemblies (ACIS files flatten the assembly) |
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AutoCAD (dwg, dxf) |
Open and insert drawings, parts, and assemblies. Drawings can be inserted as layouts. Export parts, assemblies, drawing sheets, and 3D markup slides |
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VDA (vda) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies Export parts |
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STEP (stp, step) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies Export parts and assemblies |
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IGES (igs, iges) |
Open and insert parts and assemblies Export parts and assemblies |
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Point curve text (txt) |
Insert curves |
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XAML (xaml) |
Export part and assembly solids only |
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STL (stl) |
Export parts and assemblies |
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VRML (wrl) |
Export parts and assemblies |
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Image (jpg, png, bmp) |
Export parts, assemblies, drawing sheets, and 3D markup slides |
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PowerPoint (xps) |
Export 3D markup slides |
To import a design
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Select Open
from the Application
menu or click 
in the Quick Access toolbar, or click the Insert
tool in the Insert ribbon group on the Design tab.
2 Depending on the selected file type, additional elements appear in the Open window. For descriptions of these options or to set their default values, click Options.
The first line of a Point curve text file must be Version=R2SP0. The second line should be Polyline=False to use splines to connect points, and Polyline=True to use line segments to connect points. Point-curve text files opened or inserted in SpaceClaim now display a closed curve when the file has a repeated value. Point-curve text files with multiple curves read the first column of data as both the number of the curve and the z-value, allowing curves to appear at different heights. Point-curve text files with columns separated by commas can now be opened or inserted in SpaceClaim. This feature allows you to import any comma-separated value file into SpaceClaim.
3 Navigate to and select the file you want to open or insert.
If you are opening a file, it is displayed in a new Design window. If you are inserting a file, it appears as an external component within the active design.
If there is an invalid character in the path of a file you are trying to open or insert, that character is replaced with a valid character to avoid errors.
To export a design or 3D markup
1 Select Save as from the Application menu.
You can also press F12 or Ctrl+Shift+S.
2 Select a file type from the Save as type drop-down.
3 Depending on the selected file type, additional elements appear in the Save As window.
Click:
Save as copy if you want to save copies of external components referenced by the design with new names or replace external components with other external components. You must click Resources to do this.
References to display all the external components referenced by the file. Select an external component and click Browse (or double-click the component) to rename or replace the component.
Options to also set your default export options for the selected file type.
When saving as an .STL file, the quality is based your graphics quality setting. We recommend setting the option to enable the highest possible graphics quality if you want your design to be useful as an SLA rapid prototype for form, fit, and function purposes.
For CATIA, Parasolid, STL, and STEP files, you can select which version or protocol to save as. You can also set your default export options by clicking Options.
Imported designs with identical filenames are given unique filenames when you save your SpaceClaim design. For example, if you imported name.prt and name.asm, these files are saved as name.scdoc and name2.scdoc.
When you save a design with a shaded graphics style as a DWG file, it is converted to the hidden line style.
When you save a sheet metal design as a DXF file, notes and bend lines are saved on the same layer, and the overall unfold dimensions are removed.
To export a design as an image
Right-click in the Design window and select Copy Scene to copy the contents of the Design window to a PNG file.
Example
PMI information from a CATIA file
