Import vendor 3D models

Tool vendors deliver 3D models with their product data in the STEP file format. You can import this data in Classification and Resource Manager when performing any of these tasks:

• Importing to the vendor catalog product.

• Importing while mapping from the catalog to the customer class. If a 3D model was already imported into the vendor catalog product, you can simply copy the existing 3D model.

• Importing to a previously mapped component in a customer class.

When you import 3D models, the STEP files are converted to PRT and JT files internally. Therefore, NX and the graphics builder must be installed on the Teamcenter server to proceed with this activity.

You import a 3D model by performing one of the following steps:

• Open a tool component in a vendor or customer class and click in the toolbar.

• Select one or more lines in the classification table and click at the bottom of the table.

• Click at the bottom of the Properties or Table tab in the Classification Search dialog box.

• Right-click a resource in the Resource Manager resource view and choose Import catalog 3D model for current resource.

Teamcenter imports the 3D models. If the tool component to which the 3D model belongs is a standalone ICO, Teamcenter creates an item for the ICO and attaches the datasets to the item. If you are importing for a single resource or ICO, the JT file is displayed in the viewer.

STEP format excludes indexable cutting tools

The STEP file format supports the definition of various individual tooling components. The components consist of the assembly construction, NOCUT component, and Cut component. Resource Manager manages tool assemblies and assembly construction by combining specific NOCUT and CUT geometry.

The vendor catalog assembly contains a master insert that is not likely to be what you need. For that reason, the STEP import does not include the master insert, the CUT geometry. You can add the specific insert you need to the assembly. This is also true for multitool assemblies, when a master insert is provided with the vendor assembly.

This is a vendor assembly example:

This is the same assembly with the master insert removed:

Map ICOs from one class to another