An IGES file is loaded and some geometry is not present.

An IGES file is loaded and some geometry is not present.

This happens typically when the IGES file contains entity types not supported by IronCAD’s IGES translator.

This can also be caused by the IGES file’s accuracy being less than .01 mm. In this case, the IGES file will need to be created with a higher accuracy.

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