C5ToAl

Alias provides a stand-alone utility, C5ToAl, to enable you to convert CATIA Part (.CATPart) and CATIA product (.CATProduct) document files to Alias Wire files without running the Alias application. You may find this useful for creating a batch script if you have many files that need to be translated from the CATIA format.

Usage:

C5ToAl -i <CATIA V5 file> -o <Wire file> [<options>]

where

Argument	Value
`-i`	input CATIA filename (either .CATPart or .CATProduct)
`-o`	output Wire filename (.wire)
`-a`	do not import geometrical sets and hybrid bodies as layers
`-e`	do not import empty geometrical sets and hybrid bodies as layers
`-c`	do not import curves
`-l`	do not output logfile (.catia2alias)
`-n`	do not import NURBS data (solids, shells, surfaces, curves, points)
`-r`	do not import cloud data
`-w`	do not import weld data
`-m`	import part's tessellated data
`-q`	do not preserve colors for faces of tessellated dta
`-f`	merge vertices using tolerance specified by -t
`-t`	tolerance used for merging vertices (default 0.0001)
`-p`	do not import points
`-s`	shrink base surfaces to trim regions
`-u`	import solids and open sheet bodies as surfaces
`-v`	import invisible (noshow) geometry
`-x`	import infinite (unbounded) geometry

Using stand-alone utilities on Windows

Choose Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt from the Start menu.
Click the cursor in the window.
You can see what directory you are in by typing
```
dir
```
A list of the directory contents will be provided; at the top of the list is your current location.
Navigate to the directory containing the files to be converted. If you have installed Alias in its default location, the path will be similar to
```
C:\aw\[UserID]\Alias\user_data\[Project]\wire
```
where [UserID] is replaced by your login userid (and no square brackets) and [Project] is replaced by the name you have assigned to the project: the default project is demo (again, no square brackets). So to navigate to the directory, type
```
cd C:\aw\{UserID]\Alias\user_data\[Project]\wire
```
To use the stand-alone utility to convert a CATIA file named “headlight.CATPart” to an Alias wirefile named “headlight.wire” without autostitching, and with a logfile created, type
```
C5ToAl -i headlight.CATPart -o headlight.wire
```