DATA-FILE TRANSFER GUIDELINES 10/2004

In order to facilitate the transfer of CAD files, we offer these guidelines.

What e-mail address should I use?

Should I include additional information along with the CAD file?

What types of files are accepted?

How should I identify my file?

Send files to?

What e-mail address should I use? See below for each company e-mail

Yes, please send along a text file including your name, company name, how you can be contacted, and a brief description regarding what is to be done with the part files. Of course, additional information is welcome.

Vanguard Products can work with 2D Wireframe Files DXF (*.dxf)

Modern Molding  
When e-mailing a file, please limit the size of any unzipped file to 8 Meg. If the file is larger then 8 Meg, please zip it up to a compressed data file. In most situations, it is best to compress the files, the data transmission is faster. The largest file that
we can accept in our e-mail system is 10 Meg, however, if there is any mail already in that particular box, that 10 Meg file will not go through, i.e. we suggest 8 Meg as the largest file. Modern's outlook does empty the mailbox every 2-3 minutes. We can increase the capacity of the mailboxes beyond 10 Megs, however; the system will still not deliver anything larger then 10 Megs at a time.

The other option is to upload the file/files to our FTP site. This is done by going to your browser and typing in: ftp://modernmolding.com you will find a folder labeled “incoming”. Please upload the file/files to that folder. Please then drop us an e-mail letting us know that is what you did. We will then download that file from our FTP. Please note, MMI is the only ones that can down load anything from our FTP.

Modern Moldeing prefers these file types:

 Molded Dimensions recommends the following file types be sent to improve the efficiency of file transfer and translation: (Please ZIP all files for faster transfer. )  
They use Solidworks. Native Solidworks files are great if available. If not, IGES files work well too. We also like a 2d print if available. 

If you do not have the files in a SolidWorks format, use one of the alternate methods.

Step AP203/214 (*.step, *.stp) can be used to preserve the solid based structure of the part. This format is quite new and is still being developed. Because of this, also save the file in IGES format (*.igs, *.iges) including wireframe and surface data.

IGES (*.igs, *.iges) save wireframe and surface files in a "SAT" format.

DXF (*.dxf) or DWG (*.dwg) Use these formats only to save the print drawings. Part data saved in these formats is usually not used for mold construction. Most IGES files will not include tolerance and material information. Please include a DXF file along with all IGES files. If you send paper prints, please send 3 copies.

Other  We recommend that you contact us and based on your application make a suggestion

Each CAD file should be named with the appropriate part number and revision. For example, PN 9182 rev B would have a file name of "9182-B.igs". Please do not send multiple copies with the same name to prevent files from overwriting themselves. Also do not send files with non-descriptive file names such as "change2.igs".

Molded Dimensions Incorporated: sales@moldeddimensions.com

Website: www.moldeddimensions.com

Everyone Else: sales@jobstinc.com

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