Parasolid Writer

Parasolid
File Extension X_T
Supported Versions 14.0
Platforms wy ly my an iy
Assembly c_green
B-rep c_green
PMI c_grey N/A
Tessellation c_grey_g
Views c_red

The Parasolid writer allows developers to export B-rep data from Exchange to Parasolid. The file extensions that you can create when you export the data are:

  • .X_B
  • .X_T
  • .XMT
  • .XMT_TXT

Assembly

The assembly structure will be exported into the Parasolid file. This will include support for instancing and any coloring and transformations that may be present.

B-Rep

All B-rep surface and curve definitions are maintained during export, as long as the source format was Parasolid-based. This includes the blends and intersection curves. However, the B-rep is not exactly the same as the original Parasolid data as we occasionally need to do additional operations like trimming surfaces and recomputing vertices. If you need to export B-rep exactly as it was in the original file, you should use the KeepParsedEntities import option.

If the format was not a Parasolid-based format then all surfaces get mapped to one of the following:

  • B-spline surface
  • Cone
  • Cylinder
  • Plane
  • Sphere
  • Revolution surface
  • Swept surface
  • Torus

…and curves to one of the following:

  • 3D curve
  • Circle
  • Ellipse
  • Line
  • UV curve

Visualization

Export of tessellation data is only possible using the Parasolid bridge.

Views

Views are a concept not supported by this format.