**4.5.1** *Parametric Exchange* **of** *Geomagic*

The solid model of the *block* example created in *Geomagic* was exported to *SolidWorks* and *Wildfire* using *Parametric Exchange* of *Geomagic*. For *SolidWorks*, all seventeen features recognized in *Geomagic* (see Fig. 21a) were exported as individual features, as shown in Fig. 21b. Note that since there are no Boolean operations offered in *Geomagic Studio v.11*, these features are not associated. There is no relation established between them. As a result, they are just "piled up" in the solid model shown in Fig. 21c. Subtraction features, such as holes and slots, simply overlap with the base block. Similar results appear in *Wildfire*, except that one extrusion feature was not exported properly, as shown in Fig. 21d and 21e.
