Solid Edge Conversion Options

The Solid Edge Conversion Options are used to setup the conversion operation that allows you to migrate your existing Solid Edge files and materials with SOLIDWORKS by converting them to the SOLIDWORKS format.

NOTE: Solid Edge ST3 or newer is required by the Solid Edge file conversion. Solid Edge have to be installed in a workstation you are about to perform the Solid Edge file conversion with.

Solid Edge Material Mapping:

The material mapping allows you to migrate your Solid Edge materials with the SOLIDWORKS materials.

Enable material mapping	Select this option to enable the material migration on the conversion process.
Add mapping	Adds a new material mapping. The new material mapping row appear into the material mapping table.
Remove mapping	Deletes the selected material mapping from the conversion.

Mapping Solid Edge Materials:

The desired Solid Edge materials you want to migrate with the SOLIDWORKS materials are selected in the material mapping table.

Solid Edge Material	Type here the Solid Edge material name you want to migrate.
SOLIDWORKS Material	Select here the SOLIDWORKS material which you want to migrate the Solid Edge material with.

Add transformation rules to be run during the conversion:

The transformation rules are used to make the desired changes to the output path(s) of the converted files. So if you want to convert the Solid Edge files to some other location than the source files are located at, you can change parts of the output path(s) or even the whole path(s) if necessary.

Add Rule	Adds a new transformation rule.
Remove Rule	Removes the selected transformation rule. Select the desired transformation rule from the associated rules list and click the Remove Rule button to delete the transformation rule selected from the list.
Find What	A string to be looked for from the file path. Type here the string you want to replace with anohter one in the target path of the Solid Edge file conversion output file(s).
Replace With	A replacement string for the search string defined in the Find What column. Type here the string you wish to replace the string you have defined in the Find What column with.

The output filename cannot be changed with the transformation rules. You can rename the converted files once you have converted them by using for example CustomTools Properties or Copy feature.

Drawing Options:

The Drawing Options are used to select the output format to convert the Solid Edge drawings to.

Pdf	Convert drawings to the Adobe PDF format.
Dxf	Convert drawings to the DXF format.
Dwg	Convert drawings to the DWG format.

Model Templates:

The model templates are used to replace a template currently used by the Solid Edge file with the SOLIDWORKS document template.

Part template	Type here the SOLIDWORKS part template name you want to replace the Solid Edge file template with.
Assembly template	Type here the SOLIDWORKS assembly template name you want to replace the Solid Edge file template with.

TIP: Click the Browse

buttons associated to the Part template and Assembly template boxes to browse for the SOLIDWORKS document templates to be used on the Solid Edge file conversion.

Property options:

Exclude SE Properties

Type here the Solid Edge Property names you want to exclude from the conversion. To exclude multiple properties, use a semicolon (;) as a separator between the property names.

Save source file properties as:

Use the Save file source property as options to determine a level where the source document properties are stored on in the Solid Edge file conversion output documents.

Document properties	Select this option to store the source document properties onto the document properties level in the output document.
Configuration specific properties	Select this option to store the source document properties onto the configuration specific properties in the output document.

Including All Solid Edge Drawing Sheets in Output:

Use the following instructions to convert all sheets included in the Solid Edge dft file, into a SOLIDWORKS file the dft is converted to:

Open the desired dft file in Solid Edge.
Perform the Save As command against the dft file in Solid Edge.
Select PDF as the format to save the file in and then click Options.
In the PDF Export Options, select the All sheets option.
Finish the saving operation against the dft file in Solid Edge to save changes made on the previous steps to the Solid Edge PDF Export Options.

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