SolidThinking

watkins

Dear All,

This might be of interest to members:

http://www.solidthinking.com/st8FeaturesStart.aspx

Extract from website:

Effortlessly exchange digital data throughout the design process using fast and high-quality translators.

Direct Import capabilities include: Catia V4, Catia V5, DXF, DWG, IGES, Lightwave, Maya, Parasolid (x_t and x_b), Pro/ENGINEER, Rhinoceros, RIB, SAT (ACIS), SolidWorks, STEP, STL, UGS NX, VDA/FS, VET, VRML, 3DS.

Export: DXF, DWG, IGES, Lightwave, Maya, Parasolid (x_t and x_b), Rhinoceros, RIB, STEP, STL, VDA/FS, VET, VRML, 3DS.

solidThinking's Plug-Ins Development Kit (PDK) contains documentation for developers and users that want to create their own modeling tools and rendering plug-ins. Included in the PDK are code samples that serve as a reference guide for your programming.

mitcorb

Interesting. No mention of skp in or out, or even obj. Or did I miss it?
What about development of model from background sketches or images? I did not notice this, either? Of course, I did not run the videos.
Pricing? I went as far as "request a quote".

Edit: One thing I did note was the selection of units for design depending on size of model. This suggests that tiny open triangles will not occur?

tfdesign

Prepare yourself for ST pricing! SolidThinking AIN'T cheap!!

sepo

Solid Thinking is great piece of software. It is nurbs modeller with fantastic history layering system. I am not aware of ability to import directly SU. I was considering it for my product designers but decided on SolidWorks instead.
I am finding that nurbs and meshes from SU are not always compatible. SU can produce meshes with a lot of small holes which for instance Rhino can import but model is usually not very useful. With Rhino there is comand to covert meshes to nurbs but topology is not always predictable. So better way to import SU models to SolidWorks and Rhino is via T-splines with corrected topology in 3d Coat. If the purpose of the modeller is product design I would not bother with SU. Small details create problems in meshes. OK I know you can scale it up and than reduce but still ... I would model in industry standard software such as SolidWorks , Engineer Pro, Solid Thinking etc.... If you want model architecture SU is good enough or if you want high poly and better quality model than try Rhino. It is very intuitive and very powerfull software. It produces clean geometry good enough for production and you can render with Thea or Vray ....Sorry for moving away from the main topic...