CATPart and CATProduct geometry importation in MotionView give to incorrect graphics

Loic_Lorange
Loic_Lorange Altair Community Member
edited October 15 in Community Q&A

Hello everyone, 

I'm a new user of MotionView and I'm having issues importing geometry from CATPart and CATProduct into MotionView 2023.1. As showed below, the imported parts/products have incorrect graphics.  This happen with CATPart and CATProduct. However, importing individual stp file of the CATPart gives me good results. Does anyone knows why I have this issue and how to resolve it? 

Thanks a lot! 

 

Imported CATProduct into MotionView: 

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The same CATProduct view in Catia: 

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Only a CATPart (the Catia grey part) imported into MotionView: 

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Answers

  • GTT Adam
    GTT Adam
    Altair Employee
    edited October 15

    Hi Loïc,

    How exactly are you importing the graphics? If you are importing via File >> Import >> Geometry then there shouldn't be any issues with the CATPart or CATProduct file types as they fall under the Supported Graphics category. In addition, if you are importing via File >> Import >> Geometry or FEM using HyperMesh and change the Input File selection to Catia, you should also have the ability to import those file types without issue.

     

    Hope this helps!

    Adam Reid

  • Loic_Lorange
    Loic_Lorange Altair Community Member
    edited October 15

    Hi Adam, thanks for the quick anwser. Unfortunately, I'm indeed importing the Catia files via File >> Import >> Geometry. Plus, even with selecting the input file to Catia, it still gives me those weird graphics. 

  • GTT Adam
    GTT Adam
    Altair Employee
    edited October 15

    Hi Loïc,

    Are the areas that are coming in "weird" different element types than the rest of the part?

    Can you export from Catia as a parasolid (x_b, x_t) instead? 

     

    Hope this helps!

    Adam Reid

  • Christopher_Fadanelli
    Christopher_Fadanelli
    Altair Employee
    edited October 15

    Hi Loïc,

     

    Are you able to share the graphic files so we can try on our end? If we receive the same behavior we will report to the dev team. In addition, are you able to export the file as a parasolid or step file? These two formats are preferred for importing graphics.

     

    Best,

     

    Christopher Fadanelli

  • Loic_Lorange
    Loic_Lorange Altair Community Member
    edited October 15
    Adam Reid_21142 said:

    Hi Loïc,

    Are the areas that are coming in "weird" different element types than the rest of the part?

    Can you export from Catia as a parasolid (x_b, x_t) instead? 

     

    Hope this helps!

    Adam Reid

    The weird graphics are incomplete geometry. Here is a zoom of the imported CATPart in MotionView and the same geometry but in Catia. It also does this for simple geometry. I will check for the parasolid. 

    Loic

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  • Loic_Lorange
    Loic_Lorange Altair Community Member
    edited October 15
    Christopher Fadanelli_22565 said:

    Hi Loïc,

     

    Are you able to share the graphic files so we can try on our end? If we receive the same behavior we will report to the dev team. In addition, are you able to export the file as a parasolid or step file? These two formats are preferred for importing graphics.

     

    Best,

     

    Christopher Fadanelli

    Hi Christopher,

    I will check if I can share the files with you. 

    Thanks a lot for your help!

    Loic

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