nurbs to mesh transfer

[joseph alexander]

I'm currently building models in rhino, and need to get a very clean .stl (poly), and can't seem to get the meshing setting in rhino to get what I want. Our rapid prototype company has solid works and can get a perfect .stl from a .step using solidworks ($4,000) which we may consider purchasing... we have viz as well... Is there a plugin or a cheaper software suite that offers better meshing options then just rhino?

 

-joe

[MFRW]

I'm currently building models in rhino, and need to get a very clean .stl (poly), and can't seem to get the meshing setting in rhino to get what I want. Our rapid prototype company has solid works and can get a perfect .stl from a .step using solidworks ($4,000) which we may consider purchasing... we have viz as well... Is there a plugin or a cheaper software suite that offers better meshing options then just rhino?

 

-joe

 

form.Z. You could exchage your files between form.Z and Rhino through sat format. form.Z export stl very well and at additional cost there is a form.Z plugin to export and import step.

[derijones]

Hi

There is a free plugin for Solidworks that allows reading of native Rhino files - have a look on the downloads section of the Rhino site, I think it's in there. I get given the hull shapes of boats in IGES, import to Rhino and trim them and then load that in to Solidworks to do internal detailing and structural design - works pretty smooth.

Would your RP company be willing to read the Rhino files and produce the STL file- STL production is pretty fast in Solidworks (I do a lot of my modelling in Solidworks and export to Maya via STL).

The other alternative is something like Deep Explorer or Polytrans.

Cheers

Deri