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June 14, 2021 at 1:36 pm
PeteRimkus
SubscriberHello,
I am working on importing SpaceClaim models into our product and I'm a little confused regarding how the SAB files and their related transforms are stored in a .SCDoc file that represents an Assembly.
When I programmatically unzip the .SCDoc in the attached .7Z file, I am finding references to the 3 SAB files and their UUIDs in document.xml.refs. I am also finding 3 'ComponentDefs's in the document.xml file (under DesignPartDef) that seem to associated the UUIDs with transformation matrices.
But ... 2 of the ComponentDefs have 'refId's that refer to identical UUIDs with no transformation. So I wonder .. why the duplication? The 3rd ComponentDef does have a transformation, but knowing what the SAB file looks like I don't see it when the part is viewed in a separate viewer or in the thumbnail. There is also no mention of the 3rd SAB file ... yet the body for that one is evidently there when the assembly is viewed.
So obviously I've made some incorrect assumptions about how to extract the information about the placement of the SAB file component bodies. If anyone out there could help me parse the data I want ... (specifically transformations and visibility of the component bodies) it would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I'm close, but things just don't line up.
Thanks in advance
Pete
June 24, 2021 at 7:55 pmPeteRimkus
SubscriberNo one, huh?
Does anyone then perhaps know of a contact at Ansys/Spaceclaim who might know how to figure out the placement of component parts in an assembly?
Thanks in advance Pete
June 28, 2021 at 1:12 pmKeyur Kanade
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June 28, 2021 at 1:34 pmPeteRimkus
SubscriberNo - we do not have the Student version. In fact I don't have SpaceClaim installed ... I do have the viewer though.
Therefore I don't have access to the help manual (though I don't it covers a description of the contents of the .SCDOC file).
July 19, 2021 at 4:52 pmPeteRimkus
SubscriberJuly 19, 2021 at 4:54 pmPeteRimkus
SubscriberAgain - I am looking to decipher the connection between the .SAB files and the Document.XML files inside the SCDOC archive which is just a ZIP file.
There must be someone at Ansys/Spaceclaim able to answer the question in my first post ...
Thanks in advance
Pete
July 19, 2021 at 6:23 pmJuly 19, 2021 at 6:30 pmPeteRimkus
SubscriberOK - thanks ... I'll give that a shot to see if the information I'm looking for is in there.
Pete
July 20, 2021 at 5:24 pmPeteRimkus
SubscriberI downloaded and installed the Student Version but apparently I cannot read the API Docs without registering and I cannot register without a Customer number.
July 21, 2021 at 12:28 ampeteroznewman
SubscriberThe files I showed above are installed with the Student version. They are on your drive. I opened the .pdf file and the .chm file as well. It's not apparent to me that you need a Customer number.
July 21, 2021 at 11:16 amPeteRimkus
SubscriberThanks ... That was not obvious so I appreciate the help.
The Developers Guide gives me lots of information about developing an addin in SpaceClaim. That is not what I am trying to do, but I will look further to see if there's more there than I noticed.
Thanks again
Pete
July 26, 2021 at 7:12 pmPeteRimkus
SubscriberI found a couple screenshots on-line from a site/company named pidex where they due a scanty job at showing whats in the SCDOC file. But I still can't make total sense of what's in the documents.xls file.
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