from100to97

Purpose

The standalone utility from100to97 lets you convert a wire file from Alias 10 or later to an Alias 9.7 wire file.

Description

The following table outlines the details of this function:

Limitations

• Object editor commands are discarded (because they were not available in Version 9.7)
• Offset commands are discarded (because they were not available in Version 9.7)
• Fillet surface commands are discarded. Because of the great number of improvements to fillets that were made in Version 10, these commands aren't readable in previous versions.
• Because sketching is only available on the Windows platforms, any sketch data that is contained in an Alias 10 file is only converted to Version 9.7 if the from100to97 utility is run on a Windows platform. If run on any other platform, this data is removed.

To use the from100to95 utility on windows

1. Choose Start Menu -> Programs -> Accessories and open the Command Prompt window
   Note

   In this example, we are assuming that Alias is installed in the default location, and that the wire file directory is also in the default location. Let's say your wirefile is called "bunchaspheres.wire"

2. Type in the Command Prompt window:

   cd C:\Program Files\Alias\Alias2013\bin
   

   and press .

   This puts you in the directory where from100to97.exe is located.

3. If your original wire file is called "bunchaspheres.wire", you need to choose a new file name for the 9.7 file. Let's call it "bunchaOLDspheres.wire"

   You'll also need to use your full path to where the wire file is located; in this case, let's assume it's

   C:\aw\username\Alias\user_data\wire\

4. To convert the file to 9.7, type:

   from100to97 -s C:\aw\username\Alias\user_data\wire\bunchaOLDspheres.wire C:\aw\username\Alias\user_data\wire\bunchaspheres.wire
   

To use the from100to95 utlitiy on UNIX

In this example, we are assuming that Alias is installed in the default location, and that the wire file directory is also in the default location. Let's say your wirefile is called "bunchaspheres.wire"

1. Open a shell and type:

   cd /usr/aw/alias10.0/bin

   and press .

   This puts you in the directory where from100to97.exe is located.

2. If your original wire file is called "bunchaspheres.wire", you need to choose a new file name for the 9.7 file. Let's call it "bunchaOLDspheres.wire"

   You'll also need to use your full path to where the wire file is located; in this case, let's assume it's

   /aw/username/Alias/user_data/wire/

3. To convert the file to 9.7, type:

   from100to97 -s C:\aw\username\Alias\user_data\wire\bunchaOLDspheres.wire C:\aw\username\Alias\user_data\wire\bunchaspheres.wire