brent kjernisted Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Which file format will import into vectorwors. What version must it be. Quote Link to comment
Ray Libby Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Would need to know your version of Vectorworks to answer. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 The version of Vectorworks I am using is 2009. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
ionw Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 A few years back I brought in a 3ds file made in Rhino, but I was mainly doing it for review not rigorous work, so I don't know what drawbacks that would have. HTH, Ion Quote Link to comment
ionw Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 That was obviously not VW 2009.... it was either 12.5.x or 2008 Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 I tried 3ds and it did not work. Now when I think about it the file I want to open in vectorworks is a 2d file. Does anyone know which file format should be saved in rhino. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 Can some of the vectorworks users check out this link and tell me if it applies to vectorworks the way it applies to cinema 4d. http://vrayforc4d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4852&highlight=rhino Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Since VW does not support OBJ files files, most of the comments on the thread don't apply to VW. Since I don't use either Vray or C4D, I can't comment on what does apply. Quote Link to comment
RubenH Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Try Sat (acis solids) and Iges. Vw supports both and rhino too. This is an image from of a model imported in Vw from Rhino in Sat. Vw 2009. Rhino Beta for Mac. This is the source of the model: http://rhinotoday.com/free-3dm-models/ Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 I exported a baseboard molding as both dxf and dwg default files from rhino3d. I then imported them as single dxf or dwg files. All I ended up with was a rectangle with 3 lines through it. What is going on. It looks the same no matter what view I look at it in. I even tried to convert it to nurbs and that would not work. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
RubenH Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I used SAT not dxf or dwg. It works really well. The information came to Vw as Generic Solids, clean and workable. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Thanks Mr Gog. I had read you post above but thought that since it was a 2d file I should have used dxf. I'll give sat a try. Thanks for being so patient. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Gog I tried sat but it would not work. Cinema 4d can import dxf files by the way. I'll have to try the different versions of the autocad dxf files until I get it right if possible. Quote Link to comment
brent kjernisted Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Ray libby was right. I exported the file as dwg natural and ended up with a polyline that I could convert into nurbs. Thanks Ray! Quote Link to comment
jespizua Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Hi Mr.Gog, I'm thinking about adding vectorworks to my apps. Actualy I use rhino and cinema 4d. I find rhino very good for drafting and 3d modeling but i miss documentation and detailing features. What i would like to know is if is possible to transform a solid imported from rhino using .sat format to lets say a wall or a slab and transfrorm the imported model to a native vectorworks model?. Also, how good is the mesh exported from vectorworks to cinema 4d, i mean, when you export complex or curved objects to cinema is the result smooth and made of quads meshes? Would you mind posting a capture of the same model you imported from rhino to vectorworks but in cinema 4d? Thanks in advance, jos Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 jos? I've referred your Rhino query to an associate and he has told me that the .sat files come in okay without any problems. All of the elements will be generic solids though. You won't be able to convert those horizontal and vertical elements to floors and walls respectively. Quote Link to comment
RubenH Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 You'll get generic solids as Mike said. If you want to model walls and stuff like that you should try Vw, may rhino can well with other kind of complexities. If you apply a class to a Rhino object imported to Vw, you could make sections that look correct. You can edit those generic solids using protrusion, booleans, convert to nurbs surfaces, etc. Quote Link to comment
Brian F. McGarry Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 The answer depends on the type of geometry used in Rhino. If the model was 3D polygons than .dwg or .3DS is the correct format, now if the the model in Rhino was created with NURBS than you want to save it as a .iges format. Now this next bit is a little strange but important. After you save the file as an .iges you have to delete the "e" in the .iges file extension and than import it into Vectorworks. That should fix it. Let me know if you have any issues. Cheers! Brian Quote Link to comment
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