IGES and CAD Access

ugi_export_iges_v1	( filnam, start_section, nlpos, nlknt, product_id, author, author_org, model_units, entity_toggle_values, all_groups, ngroups, group_ids, patran_summary, iges_summary )

Description:
Export MSC Patran geometry to the IGES standard.
Input:
STRING	filnam[]	IGES file name to create.
STRING	start_section[]	IGES file start section prolog lines.
INTEGER	nlpos ( )	Array of nlknt values. Each entry is the # of characters for that line of the “IGES file start section prolog” plus the pervious lines.
INTEGER	nlknt	Number of lines in the “IGES file start section prolog”.
STRING	product_id[]	Product Id for receiving system.
STRING	author[]	Author.
STRING	author_org[]	Author’s Organization
STRING	model_units[]	IGES file model units.
LOGICAL	entity_toggle_values(35)	Flags to specify which MSC Patran entity types to export. Only the first 7 flags are used.
LOGICAL	all_groups	TRUE if all groups are to be exported.
INTEGER	ngroups	Number of groups to export.
INTEGER	group_ids ( )	Group ids to export.
Output:
INTEGER	patran_summary (8)	Number of MSC Patran entities processed.
INTEGER	iges_summary (21)	Number of IGES entities created.
INTEGER	<Return Value>	0 if Function was successful.

Description:

Export MSC Patran geometry to the IGES standard.

Input:

STRING

filnam[]

IGES file name to create.

STRING

start_section[]

IGES file start section prolog lines.

INTEGER

nlpos ( )

Array of nlknt values. Each entry is the # of characters for that line of the “IGES file start section prolog” plus the pervious lines.

INTEGER

nlknt

Number of lines in the “IGES file start section prolog”.

STRING

product_id[]

Product Id for receiving system.

STRING

author[]

Author.

STRING

author_org[]

Author’s Organization

STRING

model_units[]

IGES file model units.

LOGICAL

entity_toggle_values(35)

Flags to specify which MSC Patran entity types to export. Only the first 7 flags are used.

LOGICAL

all_groups

TRUE if all groups are to be exported.

INTEGER

ngroups

Number of groups to export.

INTEGER

group_ids ( )

Group ids to export.

Output:

INTEGER

patran_summary (8)

Number of MSC Patran entities processed.

INTEGER

iges_summary (21)

Number of IGES entities created.

INTEGER

0 if Function was successful.

ugi_import_iges_v3	(file_name, ipref142, group_name, entity_toggle_values, color_toggle_values, color_method, color_definition, all_layers, layer, number_of_groups, group_entity_ids, group_entity_values, group_color_values, layer_pointers, group_levals, scale, iges_count, patran_count)

Description:
This function imports geometry information from a file in the IGES standard file format into the MSC Patran database.
Input:
STRING	file_name [ ]	Filename and its path which is to be imported.
INTEGER	ipref142	User preference for curve on surface(142) entity representation use flag. 0 = Unspecified, use what is defiened in the IGES file. 1 = S or B is preferred (Parametric space) 2 = C is preferred (Real space)
STRING	group_name[]	Group name in which the imported geometry is added.
LOGICAL ARRAY	entity_toggle_values()	This value specifies the entity type filter status flags to specify which IGES entity types to import.
LOGICAL ARRAY	color_toggle_values()	This value specifies the entity color filter status flags to specify which IGES entity colors to import.
STRING	color_method[ ]	This value is used to specify the color definition entity method used to import color definition entities.
STRING	color_defination[ ]	This value specifies the color definition entities to import.
LOGICAL	all_layers	TRUE if all geometry layers are to be imported.
STRING	layer[ ]	This value specifies a string that is used to specify the geometry layers to be imported.
INTEGER	number_of_groups	Number of groups.
INTEGER	group_entity_ids (number_of_groups)	ID values for each user group.
LOGICAL ARRAY	group_entity_values (22,number_of_groups)	This value specifies a 2D array that contains values set to TRUE if an entity is to be included and FALSE if an entity is not to be included in the group being imported. The offset in the first dimension corresponds to the group id in the same offset of the group_entity_ids input value. The offset in the second dimension of the array identifies the entity type.
LOGICAL ARRAY	group_color_values (10, number_of_groups)	This value specifies a 2D array that contains values set to TRUE if a color value is to be used. The offset in the first dimension of the array corresponds to the group id in the same offset of the group_entity_ids input value. The offset in the second dimension of the array identifies the color type.
INTEGER ARRAY	layer_pointers (number_of_groups)	This value specifies an array that is used by setting a value at an offset that corresponds with the offset into the group_entity_ids input value that lists the group ids. The value at that offset in the array identifies the offset into the group_layers input values where the number of layers values for each group is stored.The maximum value allowed for this array is equal to the number of integers in the group_layers input value.
INTEGER	group_layers	This value specifies an array used to identify the number of layers imported for each group. The size of this array must be equal to or greater than the largest value placed in the layer_pointer input value.
Output:
REAL	scale	This value return the IGES file model space scale.
INTEGER ARRAY	iges_count(50)	Number of IGES entities imported by type.
INTEGER ARRAY	patran_count(8)	Number of MSC Patran entities written to the database by type.
INTEGER	<Return Value>	This function returns a value 0 for success and a non-zero value to indicate a change in status or an error.
Error Conditions:
-1		This is an internal status condition. There is no corresponding status message in the message database.

Description:

This function imports geometry information from a file in the IGES standard file format into the MSC Patran database.

Input:

STRING

file_name [ ]

Filename and its path which is to be imported.

INTEGER

ipref142

User preference for curve on surface(142) entity representation use flag.

0 = Unspecified, use what is defiened in the IGES file.
1 = S or B is preferred (Parametric space)
2 = C is preferred (Real space)

STRING

group_name[]

Group name in which the imported geometry is added.

LOGICAL ARRAY

entity_toggle_values()

This value specifies the entity type filter status flags to specify which IGES entity types to import.

LOGICAL ARRAY

color_toggle_values()

This value specifies the entity color filter status flags to specify which IGES entity colors to import.

STRING

color_method[ ]

This value is used to specify the color definition entity method used to import color definition entities.

STRING

color_defination[ ]

This value specifies the color definition entities to import.

LOGICAL

all_layers

TRUE if all geometry layers are to be imported.

STRING

layer[ ]

This value specifies a string that is used to specify the geometry layers to be imported.

INTEGER

number_of_groups

Number of groups.

INTEGER

group_entity_ids
(number_of_groups)

ID values for each user group.

LOGICAL ARRAY

group_entity_values
(22,number_of_groups)

This value specifies a 2D array that contains values set to TRUE if an entity is to be included and FALSE if an entity is not to be included in the group being imported. The offset in the first dimension corresponds to the group id in the same offset of the group_entity_ids input value. The offset in the second dimension of the array identifies the entity type.

LOGICAL ARRAY

group_color_values
(10, number_of_groups)

This value specifies a 2D array that contains values set to TRUE if a color value is to be used. The offset in the first dimension of the array corresponds to the group id in the same offset of the group_entity_ids input value. The offset in the second dimension of the array identifies the color type.

INTEGER ARRAY

layer_pointers (number_of_groups)

This value specifies an array that is used by setting a value at an offset that corresponds with the offset into the group_entity_ids input value that lists the group ids. The value at that offset in the array identifies the offset into the group_layers input values where the number of layers values for each group is stored.The maximum value allowed for this array is equal to the number of integers in the group_layers input value.

INTEGER

group_layers

This value specifies an array used to identify the number of layers imported for each group. The size of this array must be equal to or greater than the largest value placed in the layer_pointer input value.

Output:

REAL

scale

This value return the IGES file model space scale.

INTEGER ARRAY

iges_count(50)

Number of IGES entities imported by type.

INTEGER ARRAY

patran_count(8)

Number of MSC Patran entities written to the database by type.

INTEGER

This function returns a value 0 for success and a non-zero value to indicate a change in status or an error.

Error Conditions:

-1

This is an internal status condition. There is no corresponding status message in the message database.