Tommy L Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hi folks, Im working with a product developer who works in Solidworks. Does anyone know the best format to export to or any tips for this wok flow? I have an IGES file bu it didnt come in too cleanly.. Anyone else have experience of this? Thanks, Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I worked on some structural steel renderings and presentation years ago... at that time we were exporting dxf which worked out nicely... I think this was an add-on though. Might have to google for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thaks James. I did a google and came up with this : http://www.cadmonkey.com/tut8.htm Looks like .stl may be the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonRashid Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 STL is the way for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thanks Ron, if anmyone stumbles across this thread, Ron's right and the link: http://www.cadmonkey.com/tut8.htm is very useful. Tells you what the export/import settings are. Thanks, case closed! Note to self: Google first, cgarchitect second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 The connectivity pack for max2010 has a nice stl importer. Tried it from Revit and ACAD, but not solidworks jhv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralopez Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 STL is the way to go. make sure the model from SoildWorks is clean, or a finished model. 3dsmax 2009 will import well the model. It will come in as one object. You will have to break it down as elements then. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 or you could use the new improved SAT file format that ships with the connection extension. No messing around with one part, geometry looks exactly like it did in Inventor/Solidworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickdt Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I use SAT files on a daily basis to export files from FormZ to AutoCAD and MAX and couldn't be more pleased with the perfomance :-) E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVI Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 stl is perfect - be prepared to wait for a while for the import to complete - it can take ages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytohaveher Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 http://www.npowersoftware.com/translators/ptoverview.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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