Change FEKO geometry export .iges file units

Shan25_22239
Shan25_22239 Altair Community Member
edited December 2022 in Community Q&A

When I export a geometry of a model in CADFEKO as an IGES file the default unit is in millimeters. May I know if it is possible to specify the unit as meters? I am working on a ray tracer which assumes the unit of a input geometry as meters.

 

 

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  • Torben Voigt
    Torben Voigt
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2022

    Hi @Shan25 ,

    You are right, when exporting as IGES, millimeters are written in the file. Unfortunately there is no way to change this in Feko, maybe this is also a condition in IGES? Interestingly, this also seems to be the case with STEP and CATIA. Only Parasolid (which Feko uses internally) seems to use meters when that is the global unit.

    Maybe you have the possibility to scale when importing into the other software?

    Best regards,
    Torben

  • Shan25_22239
    Shan25_22239 Altair Community Member
    edited December 2022

    Thanks for the clarification Torben! From my experience in the iges file unit is not restricted to millimeters. Anyway it is fine!

     

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