Name
proe-g — Pro/Engineer Translator (Pro/Engineer to BRL-CAD)
Synopsis
proe-g [-darS ] [-i initial_ident] [-I constant_ident] [-m material_code] [-u reg_exp] [-x RT_DEBUG_FLAG] file.brl file.g
DESCRIPTION
proe-g
converts the specified
file.brl
to a BRL-CAD
file.g
file.
The
-d
option prints debugging information.
The
-a
option implies that all the parts in the Pro/E model should be converted to
BRL-CAD
air
regions.
The
-i
option sets the starting ident number for the regions created. As each
new region is created, this number will be incremented before assigning
the next ident number (conflicts with
-I
). The
-I
option sets a constant ident number that will be assigned to all the regions created (conflicts with
-i
).
The
-m
option sets a material code that will be assigned to all the regions created (default is 1).
The
-r
flag indicates that the model should not be rotated, translated, or scaled, but left in
the same orientation and size as it was created in
Pro/E.
This allows the user to convert parts that are referenced by previously converted
assemblies, so that the transformation matrix in the referencing assembly will
size and position the part.
The
-x
option sets an RT debug flags (see raytrace.h).
The
file.brl
file is expected to be output from the
BRL-CAD
menu option of the Pro/Engineer
EXPORT
menu. This menu option is a Pro/Develop application produced by the USARL.
Note that the routine documented here is obsolete, and only maintained for compatibility with older versions of Pro/Engineer. The current method of converting from Pro/Engineer to BRL-CAD is still a two step process, but a newer Pro/Toolkit application must be installed (see âinstall.docâ in the âpro-engineerâ directory of the BRL-CAD distribution). From within Pro/Engineer, the âproe-brlâ option must be selected from the âFileâ menu, and the user will be prompted for an output file name, a starting ident number, a maximum tessellation error, and an additional curvature correction. The output from this new routine, is a Tcl script that may be converted to a BRL-CAD model using âasc2gâ or by sourcing the file during an MGED session.
