IGES Import for Bricscad 1.0

IGES Import for Bricscad 1.0  offers a powerful application that can allow you to import geometric data from IGES files. IGES files contain graphical data in the form widely accepted by most CAD/CAM systems. IGES Import for Bricscad converts this geometric data into corresponding Bricscad entities and adds them to the contents of the currently opened Bricscad drawing.

Installation & Usage:

Since IGES Import for Bricscad is a plug-in for Bricscad powered applications, it must be loaded into the application's environment before it can be used. Please follow the simple instructions in the IGES Import for Bricscad Getting Started document which is copied into the installation folder. After you have loaded the plug-in file into the Bricscad powered application, simply click on the menu items in the "IGESImport" submenu to run these new commands. Truly, software made simple!

The 'IGESImport' menu consists of the following commands:

• IGESImport - Imports an IGES file
• IGESImportHelp - Displays the IGES Import for Bricscad help file
• IGESImportRegister - Registers your copy of IGES Import for Bricscad
• IGESImportAbout - Displays the IGES Import for Bricscad About box

The IGES File Format

• The Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) file format standard was developed to address the incompatibility issue with various CAD/CAM systems. This standard allows efficient and accurate exchange of product definition data across almost all CAD/CAM systems.
• An IGES file is composed of 80-character ASCII records, a record length derived from the punch card era. Text strings are represented in "Hollerith" format, the number of characters in the string, followed by the letter "H", followed by the text string, e.g., "4HSLOT"
  

Major Features:

1. IGES files contain graphical data in the form widely accepted by most CAD/CAM systems.
2. IGES Import for Bricscad converts this geometric data into corresponding Bricscad entities and adds them to the contents of the currently opened Bricscad drawing.
3. IGES Import for Bricscad is very easy to use. Once installed, it must be loaded into the Bricscad environment.
4. Follow the simple instructions in the ReadMe document which can be found in the installation folder. Once loaded it adds new commands to Bricscad's existing commands and a new submenu called "IGESImport" to the Bricscad menu containing these newly added commands.