How to use KeepKernelData option

This is a specific option about Parasolid based formats.

The following formats stores geometry (as B-Rep) as Parasolid format.

• Parasolid
• NX
• SOLIDWORKS
• Solid Edge
• JT (optionally)

Reading a Dtk_BodyPtr from these formats will provide standard bodies : transforming specific Parasolid geometry into NURBS, and normalize specific Parasolid rules.

If you need to rewrite the Dtk_BodyPtr as Parasolid (or NX, JT, SolidWorks), you may ignore this standardisation of Dtk_BodyPtr, to write exactly the same body, and avoid computing.

To Ignore the standardisation, use :

MyAPI->ActivateKeepKernelData();

Then, the LibParasolidRead will provide Dtk_BodyPtr ready to send to LibParasolidWrite.

You will need these 2 libraries to perform this operation.

Notes :

• NX, SOLIDWORKS, Solid Edge, JT readers use LibParasolidRead
• NX, SOLIDWORKS, JT writers use LibParasolidWrite
• LibParasolidWrite allows to write into a file, or into a buffer.