IGES-OUT Entity Mapping
IGES-OUT entity mapping, also known as preprocessing, converts design files to IGES files, which can be read by other IGES-compatible CAD or CAM systems. The following entities translate to IGES entities:
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Entity |
IGES |
IGES |
IGES |
Comment |
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All Solid/Surface Entities |
144 |
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Trimmed Parametric Surface |
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Manifold Solid B-Rep Object |
186 |
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Solid Bodies
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Rational B-Spline Curve |
126 |
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NURBS Spline |
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Point |
116 |
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Point |
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Line |
110 |
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Line |
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Arc |
100 |
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Circular Arc |
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Conic |
104 |
0 1 2 3 |
General Conic Ellipse Hyperbola Parabola |
If configured.
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Spline |
112 |
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Parametric Spline |
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Polygon |
106 |
63 |
Simple closed area |
Unfilled and can be defined as simple closed area.
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Polyline |
106 106 |
12 13 |
3D Linear Curve 3D Linear Curve w/Vector |
If non-planar, configured as IGES type 106 form 12. If all IGES type 106 form 12 configured as IGES type 106 form 13.
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Linear Dimension |
216 |
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Linear Dimension |
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Radial Dimension |
222 |
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Radial Dimension |
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Diameter Dimension |
206 |
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Diameter Dimension |
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Angular Dimension |
202 |
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Angular Dimension |
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Note |
212 |
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General Note |
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Label |
210 |
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General Label |
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Leader |
214 |
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Leader |
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Witness Line |
106 |
40 |
Witness Line |
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Crosshatch |
106 106 106 106 106 106 106 106 |
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 |
Copious Data, Crosshatch Copious Data, Crosshatch Copious Data, Crosshatch Copious Data, Crosshatch Copious Data, Crosshatch Copious Data, Crosshatch Copious Data, Crosshatch Copious Data, Crosshatch |
(iron) (steel) (copper)
(rubber) (titanium) (marble) (alloys) (aluminum)
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Generic Dimension |
220 |
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Point Dimension |
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Ordinate Dimension |
218 |
7 |
Ordinate Dimension |
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Collective Entity |
402 |
7 |
Associativity Instance |
Includes any IGES types that make up the entities in the collective.
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Drawing Layout |
404 |
0,1 |
Drawing Entity |
The following IGES entities may also be created, 406 form 15 and 406 form 16.
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Drawing Instance |
410 |
0 |
View Entity |
The following IGES entities may also be created, 402 form 3 and 402 form 4.
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Views |
124 |
0 |
Transformation Matrix |
Only views needed for defining entities will be included in IGES file.
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