1. SolidWorks ATB (Associative Topology Bus)
Requirements
SolidWorks Active Maintenance Account, Serial #
SolidWorks Access Key for Document Manager
Follow TPI:
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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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Out-of-date

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Status in Pro/E – “Out of Date”

6. 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