CATIA V5 files can be imported directly. These files must have an extension of
*.catpart. A log of the import is recorded in
windows\temp\catia.txt. Only solid models are read from a CATIA V5 file. Any curves or surfaces read must be part of a solid. Colors are kept upon import.
Note: Not all CATIA solids can be imported into
FeatureCAM as solids. This is because the solid modeling technology used by
FeatureCAM requires that a solid be watertight, and CATIA uses a different solid modeling technology that allows for solid models that aren't watertight. So
FeatureCAM can not import every CATIA solid as a solid, but it can import them in as surfaces. If you import as surfaces, you can stitch the surfaces into a solid with some retrimming or remodelling depending on the quality of the original CATIA model.