KeyCreator has a complete arsenal of data translators
capable of importing geometry from virtually any source.
"WE USUALLY TRANSLATE OUR CATIA V5 FILES TO IGES THEN TO CKD, BUT IT'S TIME
CONSUMING, AND THE END RESULT IS LESS THEN PERFECT. NOW USING KEYCREATOR'S DIRECT TRANSLATOR WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT FROM CATIA V5 TO
CKD WITH FLAWLESS RESULTS.”
LES KEREKES
LAMKO TOOL & MOLD INC
KeyCreator Data Exchange
KeyCreator boasts todays most powerful and comprehensive
translator support of other design and engineering tools available. And with
KeyCreator's iModeling technology, you can edit those imported models as
though they were created in KeyCreator. Supported formats include:
Translators
** Items in BLACK are included in the base
package, RED are in the T level packages,
BLUE are in the V level packages.
STEP (ISO 10303) AP203/214 - Import/Export
IGES (ANSI Y14.26M) - Import/Export
ACIS SAT 1.5-16 - Import/Export
Parasolid XT 12-17 - Import/Export
STL - Import/Export
VRML - Export
AutoCAD DWG/DXF 11-2006 - Import/Export
Autodesk Inventor 6-10 - Import
CADKEY 5-19 - Import
CADKEY CKD 20-21 Import
Catia 4.1.9-4.2.4* - Import/Export
Catia 5 R6-15* - Import
Pro/Engineer 16-2001* - Import
Pro/E Wildfire 1 and 2* - Import
SolidWorks 96-2006 - Import
Unigraphics 11-18* - Import
Unigraphics NX 1-4* - Import
Import various ASCII text formats of point cloud files
as points or process into splines or polylines
Graphics Output
TIFF
HPGL/2
HTML
HMF/HSF (HOOPS)
WMF
CGM
BMP
Linking
Full Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Container
support allows data from OLE Server programs to be linked or embedded
in KeyCreator files
Import BMP, JPEG, etc. pictures as OLE object and
trace over them with entities
Import Microsoft Word documents and Excel
spreadsheets as OLE objects
When an OLE object is activated the associated OLE
Server program takes over the KeyCreator interface and provides the
interface for editing the object
Part properties for automated BOM can be linked to
an external database via standard ODBC interface
Text in Note entities can be linked to an external
ACSII text file
File and Part Properties fields in KeyCreator files
are searchable from Windows Explorer (without opening files)
Graphical preview optionally stored in each
KeyCreator file is viewable from Windows Explorer (without opening
files)
NC Programs
Configurable post processor with dozens of sample
posts
HTML output of process sheets with user definable
headers
User-defined cycles, tool lists, and level lists
can be stored in ASCII text files which allows information to be
shared across jobs without re-entry
Storage of part geometry, toolpath, process sheet
and links to NC programs within one file - easy to track which
programs belong to a given part
DXF import and export of toolpaths
G-code CNC files import of toolpaths (via DXF)**
* Optional
** Via The MetaCut Utilities program included with all NC levels of
KeyCreator
3D Modeling
