Subject:
|
Re: I want to put .dat files into SolidWorks
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.cad
|
Date:
|
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:13:58 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
24477 times
|
| |
|
|
> The modeling strategies for Solidworks and LDraw are fundamentally different:
> LDraw is based on triangle meshes, and Solidworks is based on constructive solid
> geometry. Going from CSG to mesh is easy, but going the other way requires some
> AI guesswork, and probably human input too.
>
> LDraw does have various primitives which could help the converter do more than
> spit out triangles, but I don't think anyone has written conversion software
> that uses that data.
>
> So for the time being, any geometry you bring in to Solidworks from LDraw,
> regardless of the format, will just be a mesh of triangles. You may be able to
> mate it, or use the vertices as reference points, but it won't be pretty with
> edge lines turned on.
>
> --Bram
Bram-
Thank you very much for your explanation. I had only a vague comprehension of
this concept, & you helped solidify it. (No pun intended!)
Well, 3DWin is *supposed* to be able to take .DAT files & make .IGS files out of
them. http://www.tb-software.com/products_2.html
I haven't yet been able to make a good .IGS file that SolidWorks 2009 has been
able to import. And, when I take a .SLDPRT file, export it as .IGS, & then
import it back into SW, I've lost the individual construction features in the
feature tree, but all of the geometry on the part (faces, lines, vertecies) is
selectable & usable for mates & further edits & such.
Thus, I concluded that 3DWin should be that conversion software that performs
this task. I've got a help request in to the developer, but I haven't heard
back yet.
Thanks,
-Jason
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: I want to put .dat files into SolidWorks
|
| Oy, why didn't I think of this before!?!?! There's a SolidWorks-supported website where people upload models for public consumption. I put in a search for "lego" & got 309 hits. This will go a long way towards meeting my needs! (URL) (13 years ago, 22-Nov-11, to lugnet.cad)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: I want to put .dat files into SolidWorks
|
| (...) The modeling strategies for Solidworks and LDraw are fundamentally different: LDraw is based on triangle meshes, and Solidworks is based on constructive solid geometry. Going from CSG to mesh is easy, but going the other way requires some AI (...) (13 years ago, 26-Oct-11, to lugnet.cad)
|
5 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
