Importing a Design

  1. Select Open from the File menu or click in the Quick Access toolbar. You can also insert into an existing design using the File tool in the Part group on the Assembly tab.
    Depending on the selected file type, additional elements appear in the Open window. For descriptions of these options or to set their default values, click Options.
  2. Select Check Geometry to run the geometry check after the file is opened or imported. See Checking geometry.
  3. Navigate to and select the file you want to open or insert.
    If you are opening a file, it is displayed in a new Design window. If you are inserting a file, it appears as an external component in the active design.
    If there is an invalid character in the path of a file you are trying to open or insert, that character is replaced with a valid character to avoid errors.
    If you open an Inventor, Creo Parametric, or Unigraphics file that has missing components, SpaceClaim will prompt you to locate the missing files.
    Click Stop in the status bar to cancel an import while it is in progress.
    The name of the imported file is displayed in the Status Log when it is successful.
    Expand the sections below for information about a specific file format.