Types of importable objects
All objects as defined in the <IGES> standard are divided into groups. Listed below are the IGES groups and objects, currently importable by the system.
The following types are imported from the <Curves and Surfaces> group:
- <Circular Arc>, type 100; 
- <Composite Curve>, type 102; 
- <Conic Arc>, type 104; 
- <Copious Data>, type 106; 
- <Plane>, type 108; 
- <Line>, type 110; 
- <Parametric Spline Curve>, type 112; 
- <Parametric Spline Surface>, type 114; 
- <Point>, type 116; 
- <Ruled Surface>, type 118; 
- <Surface of Revolution>, type 120; 
- <Tabulated Cylinder>, type 122; 
- <Transformation Matrix>, type 124; 
- <NURBS-curve Rational B-Spline Curve>, type 126; 
- <NURBS-surface Rational B-Spline Surface>, type 128; 
- <Offset Curve>, type 130; 
- <Offset Surface>, type 140; 
- <Boundary>, type 141; 
- <Curve on a Parametric Surface>, type 142; 
- <Bounded Surface>, type 143; 
- <Trimmed Surface>, type 144; 
The following types are imported from the <B-Rep Solids> group:
- <Face>, type 510; 
- <Loop>, type 508; 
- <Edge>, type 504; 
- <Vertex>, type 502; 
This allows the program to work with <Manifold Solid B-Rep Object>, type 186 as with the set of bounded surfaces.
From the <Annotation Entities> group no type is imported. These entities are not significant for machining purposes.
From the <Structure Entities> group only the <Color Definition>, type 314 entities are imported. This means that model colors in CAM system are identical to the colors used in the modeling program.
See also:
Importing objects from IGES files