Tool to convert non parametric solids to parametric solids?

Hi Helge,

in my not aware of any such tool. A question is how it should work: SmartSolid does not contain any information about it's history, it's BREP, which means geometry representation. Contrary to it, parametric solid knows its history and steps how it was constructed.

When SmartSolid is used as an input in modeling operation, a result is parametric solid and SmatSolid is maintained inside as one of geometry sources, so even here no conversion is used.

With regards,

  Jan

Hi Jan,

I see, thank you for the feedback.

Basically i was trying the new "Define Perforator" tool in Microstation update 11, and had som existing single primitive solids and also single primitive smartsolids that i wanted to try it on. But this new tool will not exept any of those elements, not smart solids eighter. Only parametric solids seems to work. So i just found it very limiting that there is no way to use these new parametric tools on existing non parametric primitives, and no way to convert eighter.

Regards

Helge

helgeh said:

i was trying the new "Define Perforator" tool in Microstation update 11, and had som existing single primitive solids

MicroStation help says this: A Perforator is a parametric solid that acts a cutting element on a target element. The target element can be a parametric solid or a SmartSolid. 

So maybe  your SmartSolid is unusual in some way that the perforator tool doesn't understand.  As this is a Technology Preview, I am sure that Bentley Systems would be happy for you to submit your SmartSolid element to find why the perforator tool doesn't work.

helgeh said:

i was trying the new "Define Perforator" tool in Microstation update 11, and had som existing single primitive solids

MicroStation help says this: A Perforator is a parametric solid that acts a cutting element on a target element. The target element can be a parametric solid or a SmartSolid. 

So maybe  your SmartSolid is unusual in some way that the perforator tool doesn't understand.  As this is a Technology Preview, I am sure that Bentley Systems would be happy for you to submit your SmartSolid element to find why the perforator tool doesn't work.