Bruce Glaser Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 VW does not support export as a STEP file. Anyone know of a work around? I need to export files for associate who uses Rhino on a PC. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Petri Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 NNA does not see STEP as anything important. Well, it certainly does not help drafting services doing Colonial stairs and Texan windows in Oregon, so why bother. Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 It depends on what your associate wants to do. Rhino can read a .dwg file, it can also read an .iges file, which is probably the better choice. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I agree, an IGES file is the best approach. Tied for second would be dxf/dwg or 3DS file. Quote Link to comment
Bruce Glaser Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 The trouble with IGES and dwg/dxf files is that when he opens them in Rhino, all the 3D elements are exploded. A cube, for example, is broken down into 6 separate planes. This requires lots of extra time to stitch everything back together for rendering. Don't ask why we have to use Rhino, long story that I don't have control over. Re; 3DS, I'll ask him again, but I'm pretty sure he said Rhino will not import 3DS files. Quote Link to comment
alanmac Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 From the Rhino web site File formats supported: DWG/DXF(AutoCAD 200x, 14, 13, and 12 ), SAT (ACIS), X_T (Parasolid), 3DS, LWO, STL, OBJ, AI, RIB, POV, UDO, VRML, BMP, TGA, CSV (export properties and hydrostatics), uncompressed TIFF, STEP, VDA, GHS, SLC, Deep Paint 3D. IGES (Alias, Ashlar Vellum, AutoFORM, AutoShip, Breault, CADCEUS, CAMSoft, CATIA, Cosmos, Delcam, EdgeCAM, FastSurf, FastSHIP, Integrity Ware, IronCAD, LUSAS, Maya, MAX 3.0, MasterCAM, ME30, Mechanical Desktop, Microstation, NuGraf, OptiCAD, Pro/E, SDRC I-DEAS, Softimage, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, SUM3D, SURFCAM, TeKSoft, Unigraphics), NASA GridTool, Yamaha ESPRi, Tebis. That's not to say any of these will give you what you need, but I hope something works out for you. Alan Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 You can also export to a SAT file from VW. An IGES shouldn't be exploding. You may want him to contact Rhino's TS to see if there are some settings he may be missing. Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Katie, everything is converted to NURBS during translation - the only object type that Rhino deals with. So, just as in VW, when you convert an extrude to NURBS, you get a group of NURBS surfaces. For rendering purposes, these will render like any other Rhino surface. I don't think it's reasonable to expect any better translation from one program to another when the one supports multiple object types, and the other doesn't. Quote Link to comment
Bruce Glaser Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Thanks for all the help, I'm going to pass this on in the office. BG Quote Link to comment
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