SolidWorks ATB (Associative Topology Bus) Requirements SolidWorks Active Maintenance Account, Serial # SolidWorks Access Key for Document Manager Follow TPI: 145366 Signed End User’s License Agreement from SolidWorks Corporate API Support Wildfire 5.0 F000 or higher Config.pro option – swdocmgr_license_key set as per TPI

SolidWorks ATB Functionality Specifications Allows Pro/E to directly open SW native files (.sldprt & .sldasm) Allows status checks Allows automatic or manual updating Allows controlled dependency Allows import of SW bodies Ability to add features Ability to use Feature Recognition or direct surface edit to change imported geometry

SW Import into Pro/E Pro/E Wildfire 5.0 SolidWorks 2010 Import Options **see “Using Import Profiles” in Pro/E Help Center Can utilize templates Import layers Control surfaces Import Datum features Model colors

SW Import into Pro/E (cont’d) Pro/E Wildfire 5.0 Controls **see “About Translated Image Models” in Pro/E Help Center (Pro/E Functional Areas>Data Exchange>Using Associative Topology Bus) Check status manually or automatically Make model independent of original CAD data Can use with PDM solutions Can not check-in unless status is “up-to-date” Can reroute links if model(s) get moved Translated Image Model (TIM) Attributes **see “ATB Model Parameters” in Pro/E Help Center (Pro/E Functional Areas>Data Exchange>Using Associative Topology Bus>ATB info) DEX_MASTER – Original model name CAD_SYSTEM MODEL_DATE – Date of last update TIM_STATUS REF_LINK Up-to-date Out-of-date

SW Import into Pro/E (cont’d) Updated model in Pro/E Modified model in SW Status in Pro/E – “Out of Date”

SW Import into Pro/E (cont’d) SolidWorks 2010 Pro/E Wildfire 5.0 Import Options **see “Importing SW Import Bodies” in Pro/E Help Center Converts “bodies” to parts in assembly Parts can not be updated unless “body” in SW is updated