Hi Naresh,

I havent used much L-edit, but this is one way to
convert file types. Link-CAD
http://www.bay-technology.com/linkcad.htm can convert
from Ledit to dxf.

Then, www.rhino3d.com (and others) can convert from
dxf to IGES.

2-D to 3D conversion: it depends how ansys treats the
entities in the converted iges file. I remember
drawing in ProE and importing the file in ansys and
meshing. It was a mess, because ansys had trouble
identifying the nodes/elements. I would say write a
text-script file in ansys, import the 2D model (iges),
and extrude/modify the 2D model to 3D. Does this make
sense?

Abhinav

MicroAssembly Tech.

--- Naresh Mantravadi  wrote:
>  Dear MEMS Researchers,
>          I need some help with Ansys Multi-Physics
> module. I would like to
> know if I can convert the L-Edit layout file which I
> can later convert to
> *.IGES  file which can be used in the ANSYS
> Multi-Physics simulation module.
> I would  really appreciate it if you can tell me if
> there is any command or
> something  like that. Or do we need to a separate
> software to do this
> conversion ?  Thanks a lot for your help. One more
> thing is that, in L-Edit
> all layers that are drawn are in 2-D . In Ansys
> these need to be in 3-D for
> simulation purposes. Is there any option/command to
> do this conversion??
> Thanks again.
> Naresh Mantravadi
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