P Retondo Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I've been working between VW 10.5.1 and Rhino to create a 3d model of a curved lattice-work railing. Rhino can map a complex flat surface onto a curved surface, but I can't find a way except through .dwg import and export to get the objects back into VW, which then come in as 3d polys or meshes, not nurbs. Is there any way to do this? Does VW import IGES files, and would this help? Quote Link to comment
Kaare Baekgaard Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 VW 11 does import Iges, and does a very nice job of it. I can't remember if that goes for 10.5 as well. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Biplab Posted September 8, 2004 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 8, 2004 VW 10.5 does import/export of IGES. Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Biplap & Kaare, where do I find the command to import an IGES file? I can find "Export IGES" under File->Import/Export . . . oops, I found it in my Workspace editor and added it to the menu! But the object I get, although it is identified as a NURBS surface, is "kinky," not smooth the way it looks in Rhino. The nurbs curves that aligned with the surface in Rhino are no longer aligned, and are composed of a series of chords. Is there some kind of limitation involved here? Degree, number of nodes, something else? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Biplab Posted September 9, 2004 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 9, 2004 It may be that the criterion for detecting discontinuity on a surface is different in VW from that in Rhino. So a surface may appear continuous and smooth in Rhino and the same surface may appear segmented and divided into several sub-surfaces in VW. Is this what you are seeing. May be you can send me the IGES file so that I can take a look. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell@NV Posted September 9, 2004 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 9, 2004 quote: Originally posted by P Retondo: Biplap & Kaare, where do I find the command to import an IGES file? I can find "Export IGES" under File->Import/Export . . . oops, I found it in my Workspace editor and added it to the menu! But the object I get, although it is identified as a NURBS surface, is "kinky," not smooth the way it looks in Rhino. The nurbs curves that aligned with the surface in Rhino are no longer aligned, and are composed of a series of chords. Is there some kind of limitation involved here? Degree, number of nodes, something else? What is your 3-D conversion resolution preference set to? Select the File->Preferences->VectorWorks Preferences... menu item and check what it's set to under the 3-D tab. If it's low or medium, raise it. Quote Link to comment
P Retondo Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Andrew, good thought, but I already tried that to no effect. Biplab, I will send you the two files so you can see what I'm talking about. Your description sounds very close to what I'm seeing. I don't have your email, however. [ 09-10-2004, 01:43 AM: Message edited by: P Retondo ] Quote Link to comment
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