hello everybody. i am bahareh,a am working with Fluent & Gambit.i am trying to import a Autocad file (*.sat) into Gambit but i get the message:"ACIS error 3205.save file is from a later version of ACIS." (Autocad2005,Gambit2.0) can you help me? thank you .

Hi there,

Someone (probably you) sent me an email two days ago, asking me about the very same problem. Unfortunately, the reply didn't work, the mailer daemon saying the address does not exist. So here is my answer:

The message itself is saying what the problem is: the .sat file you are trying to import was saved using a newer version of ACIS than the one GAMBIT 2.0 can import. Try to export it from Autocad using an older ACIS version. I think GAMBIT 2.0 was able to import maximum ACIS version R6 or R8, I'm not sure. Anyway, try and find it yourself which version is. I really do not know Autocad and I don't have it, I have worked with it many years ago, I only use CATIA now.

All the best,

Razvan

Try if *.igs or other formats work for your export/import...

thanks for your answer.

thanks for your answer but I think that I should save Cad File in *.sat form for importing into Gambit?!

As AJ suggested, you could also try to export/import IGES. Although, theoretically at least, Gambit is natively importing ACIS, as it is based on an ACIS geometrical kernel. So ACIS import should be error-free.

Razvan

when you export the sat file in autocad, choose the version in the drop down to be lower than the default.

R.