Advanced CAD Import Options
View the advanced geometry options available for import (depending on the type of file to be imported).
- Healing
- This option controls the healing of data containing performance-expensive errors.
- No healing
- No healing is applied to the imported file.
- Standard healing / Advanced healing
- Geometrical and topological irregularities are repaired and healed. The
translated file is scanned for corrupted data and invalid data is fixed.
If the imported model contains face-face inconsistencies, it will cause multiple separate parts to be created during the healing process. After importing, use the union or stitch operation to combine the parts into a single part.
Note: The advanced healing option adds a few more time consuming and extensive healing operations to the conversion process.
- Geometrical and topological irregularities are repaired and healed. The
translated file is scanned for corrupted data and invalid data is fixed.
- No healing
- Simplify model
- This option controls the process of cleaning and removing redundant topologies and geometries from the model during translation. If a vertex is redundant, the vertex is deleted and the associated edges are merged. If an edge is redundant, the edge is removed and the associated faces merged.
- Stitch trimmed faces
- This option controls the stitching of trimmed1 faces during the translation process.
- Use two step import process
- Some models may not import correctly with the current import process. Use the two-step import process that makes use of the older, legacy import process to attempt to import problematic models.
- Extrude
- Enables the extrusion option (only for .dxf file imports).
- Auto-stitch faces
- Faces that touch are automatically stitched (only for .dxf file imports).
- Auto-merge wires
- Wires that touch are automatically stitched (only for .dxf file imports).
- Use infinitely thin layers
- Layers of a PCB with a finite thickness are reduced to infinitely thin layers (only for Gerber, ODB++ and 3Di file imports).
- Import vias
- Vias defined in the PCB file are imported. These are added as wires between the PCB layers (only for ODB++ and 3Di file imports).
1 A trimmed surface is a surface which
was divided into multiple pieces as a result of a modelling operation. A portion of
the surface may no longer be required to support the model topology. The redundant
pieces are then discarded.