Parasolid XT Format - Revision history

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 **** '''Is Supported:''' True
 **** '''Description:''' Parasolid provides support for plane, cylinder, cone, sphere, torus, blended_edge, swept_surf, and spun_surf
-*** '''Parametric curves:''' - Can the format support parametric curves? Example: A format that can contain curves that are generated with parametric equations supports parametric curves.
+*** '''Parametric curves:'''
 **** '''Is Supported:''' True
 **** '''Description:''' Parasolid provides support for line, circle, and ellipse

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 Parasolid is a geometric modeling kernel that can represent wireframe, surface, solid, cellular and general non-manifold models. Parasolid stores topological and geometric information defining the shape of models in transmit files. These files have a published format so that applications can have access to Parasolid models without necessarily using the Parasolid kernel. The main audience for this manual is people who intend to write translators from or to the Parasolid transmit format.
-'''Example(s):''' [[Example::Example Template]] - Information and example models of the engineering format.
+'''Example(s):'''
 * '''Header: '''
 <pre>

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 '''Magic numbers:''' Refer to Reference
-'''Format(s):''' [[Format::]] - The MIME file types.
+'''Format(s):''' NA
-'''Rights:''' [[Rights::]] Proprietary license
+'''Rights:''' Proprietary license
 '''Sustainability Factors:''' NA
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 * '''Standardization:''' NA
-* '''Adoption:''' [[Adoption::]] NA
+* '''Adoption:''' NA
 ** '''Licensing and patent claims:''' Siemens PLM Software
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 ** '''Description:''' A face can have transparency, it is represented as real value, with the range 0.0 to 1.0, where 0 is opaque and 1 is transparent
-'''References:''' [[References::]] UGS Corp., "UGS Corp.", October 2006, ["http://www.13thmonkey.org/documentation/CAD/Parasolid-XT-format-reference.pdf", December 2010]
+'''References:''' UGS Corp., "UGS Corp.", October 2006, ["http://www.13thmonkey.org/documentation/CAD/Parasolid-XT-format-reference.pdf", December 2010]

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 * '''Native application(s):''' Parasolid Software
-'''Magic numbers:''' [[Magic Numbers::]] - Unique identifying characters at the beginning of files for this engineering format.
+'''Magic numbers:''' Refer to Reference
 '''Format(s):''' [[Format::]] - The MIME file types.
-'''Rights:''' [[Rights::]] - The name or type of the license for the engineering format. Examples: BSD-style license, Apache License, Proprietary license
+'''Rights:''' [[Rights::]] Proprietary license
-'''Sustainability Factors:''' - Facts about the sustainability of this particular engineering format.
+'''Sustainability Factors:''' NA
-* '''Standardization:''' [[Standardization::]] - Information regarding standardization attempts with this format.
+* '''Standardization:''' NA
-* '''Adoption:''' [[Adoption::]] - Information about how this format has been adopted by other organizations.
+* '''Adoption:''' [[Adoption::]] NA
-** '''Licensing and patent claims:''' [[Licensing and patent claims::]] - Any licenses or patent claims that the engineering format makes.
+** '''Licensing and patent claims:''' Siemens PLM Software
-* '''Self-documentation:''' [[Self-documentation::]] - Any self-documentation capabilities of the format.
+* '''Self-documentation:''' NA
-* '''External dependencies:''' [[External dependencies::]] - Anything that the format depends on outside of its control to function.
+* '''External dependencies:''' Writing is a significantly harder process; as well as getting the data format of the transmit file correct applications must also ensure that the many  complex and subtle interrelationships between the geometric nodes in the file are satisfied.
-* '''Technical protection considerations:''' [[Technical protection considerations::]] - Any considerations that are necessary when it comes to technical protection.
+* '''Technical protection considerations:''' NA
-'''Typical use:''' [[Typical use::]] - Keywords that describe the format's typical use. Examples: CAD and CAM
+'''Typical use:''' geometric modeling kernel
 '''File classification:'''
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 **** '''Description:''' Parasolid bodies have a field body_type which takes values from an enumeration indicating whether the body is: solid, sheet, wire, and general
 *** '''Non-manifold meshes:'''
-**** '''Is Supported:''' False
+**** '''Is Supported:''' True
-**** '''Description:''' NA
+**** '''Description:''' Only general non-manifold models
 ** '''Parametric representation:'''
 *** '''Parametric surfaces:'''

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 **** '''Is Supported:''' True
 **** '''Description:''' BLEND_BOUND (Blend boundary surface) - It is an implicit surface defined internally so that it intersects one of the supporting surfaces along the boundary curve. The data stored in an XT file for a blend_bound is only that necessary to identify the relevant blend and supporting surface.
+*** '''Implicit curves:'''
-**** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Implict Curves - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+**** '''Is Supported:''' False
-**** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Implicit Curves - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+**** '''Description:''' NA
-*** '''Point set:''' - Can the format support point sets? Example: A format that supports surfaces and lines that are generated by points that form triangles supports point sets.
+*** '''Point set:'''
-**** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Point Set - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+**** '''Is Supported:''' True
-**** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Point Set - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+**** '''Description:''' 1) The point-set represented by the body is the disjoint union of the point-sets represented by its solid regions, faces, edges, and vertices. This point-set need not be connected, but it must be finite. 2)Regions are either solid or void, and they may be non-manifold. A solid region contributes to the point-set of its owning body; a void region does not (although its boundary will).
-** '''Mesh:''' - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports mesh.
+** '''Mesh:'''
-*** '''Manifold surface meshes:''' - Can the format support manifold surface meshes? Example: A format that supports surfaces that are mathematical spaces in which every point has a neighborhood which resembles Euclidean space
+*** '''Manifold surface meshes:'''
-**** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Mainfold Surface Meshes - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+**** '''Is Supported:''' False
-**** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Manifold Surface Meshes - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+**** '''Description:''' Parasolid bodies have a field body_type which takes values from an enumeration indicating whether the body is: solid, sheet, wire, and general
-*** '''Manifold volume meshes:''' - Can the format support manifold volume meshes? Example: A format that supports volumes that are mathematical spaces in which every point has a neighborhood which resembles Euclidean space
+*** '''Manifold volume meshes:'''
-**** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Manifold Volume Meshes - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+**** '''Is Supported:''' False
-**** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Manifold Volume Meshes - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+**** '''Description:''' Parasolid bodies have a field body_type which takes values from an enumeration indicating whether the body is: solid, sheet, wire, and general
-*** '''Non-manifold meshes:''' - Can the format support non-manifold meshes? Example: A format that supports meshes that are not manifolds
+*** '''Non-manifold meshes:'''
-**** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Non-manifold Meshes - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+**** '''Is Supported:''' False
-**** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Non-manifold Meshes - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+**** '''Description:''' NA
-** '''Parametric representation:''' - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports parametric representations.
+** '''Parametric representation:'''
-*** '''Parametric surfaces:''' - Can the format support parametric surfaces? Example: A format that can contain surfaces that are generated with parametric equations supports parametric surfaces.
+*** '''Parametric surfaces:'''
-**** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Parametric Surfaces - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+**** '''Is Supported:''' True
-**** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Parametric Surfaces - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+**** '''Description:''' Parasolid provides support for plane, cylinder, cone, sphere, torus, blended_edge, swept_surf, and spun_surf
 *** '''Parametric curves:''' - Can the format support parametric curves? Example: A format that can contain curves that are generated with parametric equations supports parametric curves.
-**** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Parametric Curves - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+**** '''Is Supported:''' True
-**** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Parametric Curves - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+**** '''Description:''' Parasolid provides support for line, circle, and ellipse
-** '''Contour sets:''' - Can the format support contour sets?
+** '''Contour sets:'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Contour Sets - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' False
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Contour Sets - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:''' NA
-** '''NURBS:''' - Can the format support Non Uniform Rational Basis Splines? Examples: The engineering formats IGES, STEP, ACIS, and PHIGS
+** '''NURBS:'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification NURBS - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:'' True
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification NURBS - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:''' Parasolid supports B spline curves in full NURBS format.
-* '''Multi-resolution models:''' - Can the format support models with multiple resolutions? Examples: A format that supports a highly detailed and lowly detailed model simultaneously supports multi-resolution models.
+* '''Multi-resolution models:'''
-** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Multi-resolution Models - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+** '''Is Supported:''' False
-** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Multi-resolution Models - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+** '''Description:''' NA
-* '''Dynamics:''' - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports dynamics.
+* '''Dynamics:'''
-** '''Kinematics:''' - Can the format support kinematics? Example: Does the format allow model parts to rotate?
+** '''Kinematics:'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Kinematics - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' False
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Kinematics - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:''' NA
-** '''Assembly:''' - Can the format support assembly? Example: Does the format allow the assembly instructions to be explicitly specified with a model?
+** '''Assembly:'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Assembly - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' False
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Assembly - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:''' NA
-** '''Force(s):''' - Can the format support forces? Example: Does the format support acceleration forces?
+** '''Force(s):'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Force - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' False
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Force - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:''' NA
-* '''Boundary representation''' - Can the format support models with boundary representations?
+* '''Boundary representation'''
-** '''Manifold surface boundary representations:''' - Can the format support manifold surface boundary representations? Example: The engineering format STEP
+** '''Manifold surface boundary representations:'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Manifold Surface Boundary Representation - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' True
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Manifold Surface Boundary Representation - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:''' 1) sheet, representing a 2-dimensional subset of 3-space which is either manifold or manifold with boundary (certain cases are not strictly manifold – see below for details). It need not be connected. 2)wire, representing a 1-dimensional subset of 3-space which is either manifold or manifold with boundary, and which need not be connected. An acorn body, which represents a single 0-dimensional point in space, also has body-type wire.
 ** '''Manifold volume boundary representations:''' - Can the format support manifold volume boundary representations? Example: The engineering format STEP
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Manifold Volume Boundary Representation - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' False
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Manifold Volume Boundary Representation - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:''' NA
-** '''Non-manifold boundary representations:''' - Can the format support non-manifold boundary representations? Example: The engineering format STEP
+** '''Non-manifold boundary representations:'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Non-manifold Boundary Representation - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' False
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Non-manifold Boundary Representation - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:''' NA
-* '''Material transparency:''' - Can the format support transparency? Example: Does the format allow models to have a clear window in a car?
+* '''Material transparency:'''
-** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Material Transparency - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+** '''Is Supported:''' True
-** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Material Transparency - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+** '''Description:''' A face can have transparency, it is represented as real value, with the range 0.0 to 1.0, where 0 is opaque and 1 is transparent
 '''References:''' [[References::]] UGS Corp., "UGS Corp.", October 2006, ["http://www.13thmonkey.org/documentation/CAD/Parasolid-XT-format-reference.pdf", December 2010]

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 '''Typical use:''' [[Typical use::]] - Keywords that describe the format's typical use. Examples: CAD and CAM
-'''File classification:''' - Specific properties that pertain to this engineering format.
+'''File classification:'''
-* '''Type {Binary, Text}:''' [[File Classification Type::]] - The type of file, choices are binary and text.
+* '''Type {Binary, Text}:''' Both
-* '''Raster data:''' - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports raster data.
+* '''Raster data:'''
-** '''Raster data 2D:''' - Can the format support 2D raster data? Example: A format that can contain 2D pixelated data supports 2D raster data.
+** '''Raster data 2D:'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Raster Data 2D - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' False
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Raster Data 2D - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:'''
-** '''Raster data 3D:''' - Can the format support 3D raster data? Example: A format that can contain 2D pixelated data of a 3D model supports 3D raster data.
+** '''Raster data 3D:'''
-*** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Raster Data 3D - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+*** '''Is Supported:''' False
-*** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Raster Data 3D - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+*** '''Description:'''
-* '''Geometric representation:''' - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports geometric representations.
+* '''Geometric representation:'''
-** '''Implicit representation:''' - Section describes whether or not the engineering format supports implicit representations.
+** '''Implicit representation:'''
-*** '''Implicit surfaces:''' - Can the format support implicit surfaces? Example: A format that can contain surfaces that are generated with mathematical equations that contain the independent variables x, y, and z, like x^2 + y^2 + z^2 * R^2 = 0, supports implicit surfaces.
+*** '''Implicit surfaces:'''
-**** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Implicit Surfaces - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
+**** '''Is Supported:''' True
-**** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Implicit Surfaces - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.
+**** '''Description:''' BLEND_BOUND (Blend boundary surface) - It is an implicit surface defined internally so that it intersects one of the supporting surfaces along the boundary curve. The data stored in an XT file for a blend_bound is only that necessary to identify the relevant blend and supporting surface.
-*** '''Implicit curves:''' - Can the format support implicit curves? Example: A format that can contain curves that are generated with mathematical equations that contain the independent variables x, y, and z, supports implicit curves.
 **** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Implict Curves - Is Supported::]] - Is the feature supported in the engineering format?
 **** '''Description:''' [[File Classification Implicit Curves - Description::]] - This field is used to describe the support or lack of support of the feature.

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 </pre>
-*** '''Schema file entry:'''
+* '''Schema file entry:'''
 <pre>
 POINT; Point; 1 6 0
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 </pre>
 '''File Extensions:''' Due to changing operation system restrictions on file names over the years Parasolid has used several different file extensions to denote file contents. The recommended set of file extensions is:

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 * '''Point to schema:'''
 ** '''Formal Discription'''
-***<pre>
+<pre>
 struct POINT_s // Point
+{
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 </pre>
-** '''Schema file entry:'''
+* '''Schema file entry:'''
-*** <pre>
+<pre>
 POINT; Point; 1 6 0
 node_id; d; 1 0 0