Geometry Import
AcuConsole accepts different geometry file formats such as Parasolid, Pro-E part file, Pro-E assembly file, CATIA part file and CATIA assembly file STL.
- Geometry Size in X/Y/Z
- The first three rows in the dialog provide the size of the geometry in X, Y and Z directions.
- Geometry Units
- AcuConsole also provides the option of scaling the geometry being loaded. You can specify the scale factor in the box next to geometry units. By default a value of one is provided which means the geometry is loaded without scaling and AcuConsole considers all the dimensions to be SI units.
- Geometry Resolution [Low-High]
- A slider next to Geometry resolution [Low-High] is used for setting the resolution of geometry being imported. Geometry will be imported with low resolution if the slider is to the extreme left and high resolution if slider is to the extreme right. If a simple geometry is being loaded then setting this option to Low speeds up the importing process. If the geometry has a complicated topology with minute sharp edges and so on, then it is best to set to high resolution so as to preserve the exact topology of the geometry.
- Volume Group Option and Surface Group Option
- You are provided with different options for grouping the volumes and surfaces.
- Read Edge Data
- You can choose to import edge data with the geometry. On for this option imports the edge data.
- Edge Group Option
- This parameter is available only when Read edge data is On. It provides two options of All in Default and By attributes with functioning similar to that of Volume/Surface Group Option.
- Full Geometry Check and Verbose Level
- By putting the full geometry check option to On the geometry will be checked. Any errors found will be displayed in the information window. Increasing the Verbose level provides more details of the import process.
- Full Voids in the Geometry
- If any part of the geometry has only surfaces and no material filled in, then turning this option to On fills the enclosed volume with material.
- Suppress Small Features
- This option should be used if features smaller than a particular value need to be suppressed in the geometry. Having Suppress small features On provides two more options. One is a small feature tolerance type and the other is the tolerance.