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TopSolid’Design Migration
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Contents
Training Program .............................................................................................................................. 1
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Training Program
The following issues will be discussed in this training session:
What are the different configurations for retrieving v6 files?
How the following elements are converted :
- Sketches and profiles;
- Parts;
- Drafts;
- Attributes;
- Assemblies;
- Kinematics;
- Components.
How to rework these retrieved items?
- Rebuilding and modifying a part by retrieving the sketches and profiles.
- Drafting a migrated part.
- Parameterizing a migrated part.
- Creating a component from a migrated part.
- Unfolding and modifying a migrated sheet metal.
- Reusing a migrated kinematics.
- Reusing and managing migrated components.
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Conversion Settings for a v6 File TopSolid’Design Migration
Select the file to be converted, and then click the Open button.
The file conversion dialog box appears on the screen and allows you to define the import options for the file.
Note: It is also possible to import a file without conversion using the Import File without Conversion
command, which allows you to keep a copy of the v6 file in the project.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Conversion Settings for a v6 File
Translate only main set elements: Items defined in the main set will be imported.
Translate attributes: Allows you to translate attributes (colors, layers, description, etc.) of imported parts.
Import sketches: The sketches (and not profiles) will be imported. The sketches will be visible from the sketch
folder of the Entities tree.
Import curves: Profiles will be imported. Each profile is converted to a sketch.
Assembly Tab
The Assembly tab allows you to define the import options for an assembly document (.top).
Translate assembly structure: The assembly structure is converted. If the assembly is made of subsets, these are
converted into assembly documents.
Import positioning constraints: This option converts the TopSolid v6 positioning constraints to TopSolid 7
positioning constraints.
Import kinematics: Allows you to import the kinematic elements of a TopSolid v6 file.
Component Tab
The Component tab allows you to define the import options for library components.
Search for existing documents: During the import, TopSolid 7 checks in current project if these documents have
already been imported.
Search documents in all projects: Same option than above, but by searching in all projects instead of only in the
current one. Searching existing documents may take a long time because the database is interrogated.
Search for standard TopSolid components: Allows the TopSolid v6 library components to be correlated with the
TopSolid v7 library components.
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Retrieving the Sketches of a v6 Part TopSolid’Design Migration
Import Settings
Check that the shape has been defined in the main set in TopSolid v6.
Note: If no shape belongs to the main set in v6, TopSolid will simply convert the sketches and no shape will be
imported.
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Attributes
Warning: These sketches can be modified, but they are no longer associated with the shape. The shape is a
basified volume.
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Retrieving the Sketches of a v6 Part TopSolid’Design Migration
We will be able to manage these different sketches from the Entities tree. It is then possible to modify them,
rename them and change their attributes.
Make the necessary changes until you obtain the following result.
Finish radiating the part using the Fillet command, and then add the four M10
tapped holes.
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As you can see, the boss has not followed the modification.
Note: To obtain a fully modifiable and associative geometry, the shape must be rebuilt with new sketch planes,
based on the existing sketches.
Here, we just want to modify the elbow angle and that the geometry follows this modification.
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Retrieving the Sketches of a v6 Part TopSolid’Design Migration
Therefore, we will make a copy of the previous file, and then delete all the operations until the boss. From there,
we will rebuild the shape in a more traditional way.
In the Operations tree, drag the boss sketch building operation above the Boolean operation.
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You can now modify the angle so as to obtain the following result:
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Retrieving the Profiles of a v6 Part TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export, and then Import File
with Conversion. Open the file named Handle.top.
Check the following import options for this part.
Note: The TopSolid v6 imported profiles will only have fixity constraints.
When converting, TopSolid retrieves the profiles without any dimension or conversion element. At this stage of
the conversion, the geometry can be used, but it remains fixed.
Then, we will see how to make the geometry parametric again.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Retrieving the Profiles of a v6 Part
As before, check that the attributes and entities have been imported.
Edit the attributes of the sketches as follows and hide the sketches we don’t need. The result should
be the following:
Now we will edit the extruded sketch to understand and analyze the profile import.
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Retrieving the Profiles of a v6 Part TopSolid’Design Migration
Note: When converting a shape, all of the faces are fixed. To modify this sketch and make it parametric, you have
to remove the fixity and add the constraints.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Retrieving the Profiles of a v6 Part
Rebuild the shape and modify the sketches so as to obtain the result shown below. Use the following
operations:
- revolved shape;
- extrusion;
- boss;
- drilling (M8 tapped hole with a depth of 10mm);
- fillets.
Note: The TopSolid v7 conversion can retrieve all of the TopSolid v6 sketches and profiles, which allows you to
quickly redraw a model, in part or whole, if you need to make changes. If no changes are to be made to the part
to import, the profiles and sketches do not need to be converted.
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Retrieving a v6 Part for v7 Drafting TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named 01 - Body.top.
Check the following import options for this part.
Bring up the contextual menu on the part document window's upper tab, create a draft document,
position the views, go to the Detailing tab, and then dimension the draft as shown below.
Note: All the drilling information has been retrieved. The draft is made in the same way as a v7 part.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Retrieving a v6 Part with the Draft
Note: By checking Import Linked Documents, the documents linked to the draft will be imported. The Search
existing linked documents in the PDM option allows you to search whether or not linked documents (.top files)
exist in the PDM.
You should then end up with the following result:
Note: The converted draft corresponds to a dxf retrieval; it is simply linked to the part. When modifying the part,
using the icon, TopSolid notifies us that the draft document needs to be updated.
To update the draft, bring up the contextual menu on the draft and select Update.
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Parameterizing a v6 Part in FreeShape Mode TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named Milling Part.top.
Check the following import options for the part.
Note: Here, we don’t want to import sketches and curves because we will constrain the part again using the
FreeShape command of TopSolid v7.
In the FreeShape tab, select the FreeShape command and activate the
Convert mode.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Parameterizing a v6 Part in FreeShape Mode
During conversion in FreeShape, fixity constraints are automatically created on all of the faces of the shape
receiving the constraint. Therefore, to be able to make geometric or dimensional modifications, you must remove
the fixity using the Unfix command in the contextual menu for the selected face.
We will define the three faces shown below as the three reference faces for the dimensions. Thus, these faces will
be fixed.
Bring up the contextual menu on all the remaining faces (plane, cylinder, etc.) and select Unfix so as to
obtain the result shown below. The unfixed faces turn pink and the three reference faces remain dark grey.
Select Constrain Automatically so that TopSolid correctly positions the parallelism, perpendicularity and
concentricity constraints, and other dimensions.
Using the Dimension command, add the following dimensions so as to properly constrain the part, the
goal being to obtain a fully constrained geometry (blue).
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TopSolid’Design Migration Parameterizing a v6 Part in FreeShape Mode
You can also modify the dimensions in order to end up with the following geometry.
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Creating a v7 Component from a v6 Retrieval TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named Fork.top.
Check the following import options for this part.
In the FreeShape tab, select the FreeShape command and activate the
Convert mode.
Extract the fillets and the chamfers so as to obtain the following result.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Creating a v7 Component from a v6 Retrieval
The goal of this exercise is to create a "fork" component which can be modified based on catalog values for the
clamping of the U-shape, and parameterized based on a driver for the shank length.
Using the Unfix command, delete the fixity constraint on the geometry faces to be "freed", as shown
below.
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Creating a v7 Component from a v6 Retrieval TopSolid’Design Migration
In the FreeShape tab, create a midplane between the two inner faces, and then fix the plane.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Creating a v7 Component from a v6 Retrieval
Bring up the contextual menu on the Fork part document window's upper tab and create a family.
From the Generics folder, drag the L=250mm parameter into the Drivers folder, and then drag the
E=10mm and LA=20mm parameters into the gray lower part of the family document.
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Modifying a v6 Sheet Metal Part TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named Creatole.top.
Check the following import options for this part.
Bring up the contextual menu on the part document window’s upper tab and create the unfolding for
the sheet metal.
Then you get the unfolding of the sheet metal as well as the bending information (angle and radius).
Note: A sheet metal part may also be reworked in FreeShape mode, which allows you to quickly modify the part
geometry.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Modifying a v6 Sheet Metal Part
Now we want to end up with the result shown below. To do this, we will make some changes to this part by:
- modifying the dimensions of the cut-outs;
- modifying the length of one flange;
- modifying one rounded side.
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Retrieving the Attributes of a v6 Part TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named Part Attributes and Properties.
Check the following import options for this part.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Importing a Bottom-Up Assembly
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named 03 - Rolling machine.top.
Check the following import options for this assembly.
Note: This configuration transforms the v6 assembly into a v7 part. In this case, parts turn into shapes and the
assembly constraints are deleted.
Note: This configuration should be used when assembling a set (a machine for example) in another large
assembly and you don’t want to know what it is made of, but simply its size and dimensions.
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Importing a Bottom-Up Assembly TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named 03 - Rolling machine.top.
Check the following import options for this assembly.
This configuration retrieves all the assembly structure (parts, subsets, etc.).
All the parts are fixed, but this does not prevent you from declaring
rigid groups and joints later in order to create a kinematics.
You can also create a draft for this set or generate the complete
BOM.
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3 configuration: The Import Positioning Constraints option is also checked
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named 03 - Rolling machine.top.
Check the following import options for this assembly.
In this configuration, the assembly structure is always kept and the positioning
constraints are visible in the Entities tree.
Thanks to this configuration, we will be able to check whether the existing movement in
v6 is retained in v7.
Without any intervention, the movement behavior of the machine remains the same as
in TopSolid v6.
Note: In this 3rd case, you must also declare rigid groups and joints if you want to create a
kinematics because only the positioning constraints have been imported.
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Importing a Bottom-Up Assembly TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named 03 - Rolling machine.top.
Check the following import options for this assembly.
This configuration allows the TopSolid well-known standard components to be redirected to the correct libraries.
The v6 standard components are automatically redirected to the v7 libraries.
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Before:
After:
Note: This configuration allows you to factorize the standard components and thus improve TopSolid’s
performance.
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Importing an In-Place Assembly TopSolid’Design Migration
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named Lean-to.top.
Check the following import options for this assembly.
In the Project tree, TopSolid has created a complete assembly structure for this set. All the parts created in-place
now have their own file.
Open the Rafter part document and add two chamfers to the length.
Save the file and check that changes have been made in the Lean-to assembly document.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Retrieving a v6 Kinematics
Retrieving a v6 Kinematics
In this exercise, we will learn how to:
- import an assembly including kinematics;
- analyze the import;
- reuse the imported constraints.
Bring up the contextual menu on the project name and select Import/Export > Import File with
Conversion. Open the file named ACCompressor.top.
Check the following import options for this assembly.
Note: The kinematics import commands allow you to retrieve the TopSolid v6 rigid groups and joints.
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Retrieving a v6 Kinematics TopSolid’Design Migration
You should then end up with the following result in the Entities tree:
In the Groups folder, hide the ground group and activate a constrained configuration to see how
the mechanism reacts.
In the Simulation tab, assign a task to the pivot joint shown in the Entities tree. This task will be used in
a scenario in order to perform a kinematic movement.
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Calculate the kinematics simulation, and then select the Play Simulation command.
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Retrieving a v6 Part Family TopSolid’Design Migration
This command allows you to import a catalog generated in Excel in order to recreate the component in TopSolid
v7.
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TopSolid’Design Migration Importing a TopSolid v6 Library
This command allows you to import a complete TopSolid v6 user component library.
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