Import a CATIA V5 file
into Alias (Windows only)
To open a CATIA V5 file
from within Alias.
You can open either part (.CATPart) or product (.CATProduct) documents in Alias simply by clicking on the file name in the file browser.
If you get “File not recognized” errors on your CATIA part file, you can either use drag or drop with Alias or use the stand-alone utility to convert the file.
One option is available for importing CATIA V5 document files:
Click this option on to convert a CATIA V5 solid body or sheet body to a shell in Alias; if this option is off, a grouped set of trimmed surfaces are created instead.
The following CATIA V5 entities are brought into Alias:
| CATIA V5 entity | brought into Alias as |
|---|---|
| Curves | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| SplineCurve | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| Circle | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| Ellipse | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| Conic | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| Hyperbola | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| Parabola | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| Line | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| IntCurve | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| BsplineCurve | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| HelixCurve | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| PLine | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| PSpline | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| PCircle | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| PEllipse | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| PParabola | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| PHyperbola | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| PNurbs | NURBS curve of appropriate degree. |
| Surfaces | NURBS surfaces of appropriate degree |
| Products | Groups and instanced groups. |
| Solids | Set of faces that have shared edges at the boundaries where the faces meet within tolerance. Brought in as NURBS surfaces. Closed shell surfaces are stiched in a shell (if Auto Stitch is ON); otherwise, a group of trimmed surfaces is created. |
| Color RGB, Layer, Show (Visibility) | Shader Color RGB, Layer, Visibility. |
| Layer | By default, Layer. Caution: no names are used, just layer numbers. |
| Point | SpacePoint. |
| Unbounded plane | Planar surface. |
| Surface Patch | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| Surfaces | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| Plane | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| NurbsSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| Cylinder | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| Sphere | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| Torus | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| Cone | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| FilletSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| ChamferSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| DraftSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| OffsetSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| SweepSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| GenericFillet | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| GenericRuledSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| Tabulated Cylinder | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| RevolutionSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| BsplineSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| CircularSweep | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| RuledSurface | NURBS Surface of appropriate degree. |
| Invisible entitiesNoshow | Invisible entities, unless the option ‑v is used when importing the file. |