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    • C Offline
      cdubea
      last edited by

      If you have a copy of SolidWorks, you should have a copy of DWGEditor, their AutoCAD clone (it's a repackaged version of Intellicad). In SolidWorks export your file to an ACIS file. Open DWGEditor. Import the ACIS dile and save as a DWG. Open SketchUP and import the DWG. I find this works more reliably than Didier's STL importer.

      Let me know if you need further info.

      chris

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        dangre
        last edited by

        Had a chance to look at this again. I am able to open with DWGeditor. Let me have a look at the file and see if I can edit it as I would like. Thanks for the tip!!!!!

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          dangre
          last edited by

          Well, the SW to ACIS to DWGeditor to DWG to SketchUp worked but the geometry has a few 'holes' as it imports to SketchUp. The DWG file seems to be correct. I would attach the DWG file but I guess I can not attach DWG files here... I will play with the original geometry to see what is happening between SW and SU.

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            pilou
            last edited by

            Of course transform nurbs in polygons is a little task 😉
            Moi is perfect for that! as Remus said above (one of the best converter nurbs / OBJ)
            Import : 3dm, igs, iges, Sat, stp, step, ai, eps, pdf
            Export : 3dm, igs, iges, Sat, stp, step, stl, obj,3ds,lwo,fbx, SKP

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              watkins
              last edited by

              Dear Dangre,

              Try the following:

              Export from SolidWorks as a .sat file
              Import into your AutoCAD clone and scale x100
              Export as a .dwg file and import into SU
              Scale the imported model x0.01

              SU doesn't like small features and so the scaling is important. Use Soften Edges to make the model more visually pleasing. I find that the above works well with Inventor. I do not know what the industry standard is but Inventor exports .sat models with 40 sided circles, giving holes a smooth appearance.

              Hope this helps.
              Bob

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                Jean Lemire
                last edited by

                Hi folks.

                To correct the problem with triangulation after importing a STL file into SU, I tried this procedure:

                1 - Export the SU model as a DWG file.

                2 - In a new instance of SU, Import the DWG file with the option to merge coplanar faces set to on. This should eliminate unnecessary triangulation.

                Just ideas.

                Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                  xrok1
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  Of course transform nurbs in polygons is a little task 😉
                  Moi is perfect for that! as Remus said above (one of the best converter nurbs / OBJ)
                  Import : 3dm, igs, iges, Sat, stp, step, ai, eps, pdf
                  Export : 3dm, igs, iges, Sat, stp, step, stl, obj,3ds,lwo,fbx, SKP

                  is this still a current list of i/o formats or has it changed for ver2? i couldn't find a list on the moi3d site. also do you know whether or not if you buy 1 now you get ver.2 retail when its released?

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                    remus
                    last edited by

                    i know MoI v2 can export .skp, not sure about other formats though.

                    And i last time i checked, it was $100 for v1 then $100 to upgrade to v2 or $200 to just buy v2, so no price difference. From that id extrapolate that you wont get a free upgrade to v2 if you buy v1 now.

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                      xrok1
                      last edited by

                      i thought ver1 was $195?


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                      “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                      http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                        remus
                        last edited by

                        sorry, thatll be $195 for v1 and $295 for v2 then, and $100 to upgrade from v1 to v2.

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