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Importers are software modules that give SpinFire Professional 11.0 direct Ultimate direct access to your native CAD files.

The Importers page provides the following information for each installed importer:


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titleName

Importers are usually named after the CAD file format they import. For more information about an importer, click the icon to the left of the component name.


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Build
titleSupported Versions

This is the build or version number of the importer. This number is important when seeking technical support.

This is actually the version of the Supported CAD file format that is supportversions.


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Status
titleExtension

These are the file format extensions supported.

Upon SpinFire 11.0 licensing and activation, importer status becomes Active, indicating that you have full use of the importer. If you are in Reader mode (unlicensed), the status is InactiveSupported format extensions.


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titleAssociate

Click the respective checkbox(es) to associate specific importer file extensions with SpinFire 11.0Ultimate. This association allows you to open a native CAD file from Windows Explorer, starting a new session of SpinFire 11.0Ultimate.


The Options button opens
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titleOptions
Configure

In the Configure column, the Options buttons open a dialog box that features feature settings for each importer (e.g., Attributes and Tessellation Level and Type). Each importer has its own set of unique options. Some common options associate file extensions with the importer, determine the default unit of measurement, set the precision of trimesh approximation, and select filters for entities associated with that file type.A few examples of common option settings are

  • Whether or not to import metadata from the native CAD file.
  • Whether or not to search recursively in specified directories.
  • The precision of trimesh approximation.
  • Document types: 3D or 2D or both.
  • Whether or not to import PMI data.

When you mouse over a setting title, an description of the setting is displayed in a tooltip.

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After you have made desired changes in the dialog box, be sure to click the OK button.Image Removed


Image Files

Additionally, one can view image files with .bmp, .jpg, jpeg, and .png formats.

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CAD and .3D Files

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