Forum: Carrara

Subject: solidworks models in carrara??

vernonglen opened this issue on Feb 18, 2008 · 5 posts

vernonglen posted Mon, 18 February 2008 at 6:20 PM

Anyone know if it's possible to import Solidworks models into Carrara??

Thanks,

vernonglen

Alisa posted Mon, 18 February 2008 at 6:48 PM

Unfortunately, not directly (I wish there was !!). You need to export from SW as IGES, SAT, STEP, or VDAFS, and you have to have Carrara Pro, since that's the only version that can import these formats. Or you'd have to find a file translator (I haven't found any other than REALLY expensive ones) to convert.

Cheers,
Alisa

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GKDantas posted Mon, 18 February 2008 at 6:53 PM

What is the extension for the files??

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kedo1981 posted Tue, 19 February 2008 at 12:39 PM

I use a kind of round about way to inport our companie's 3d assets out of solidworks.
Output the soildworks assm as a VRML model. Then convert in deep explorer to 3Ds.

vernonglen posted Tue, 19 February 2008 at 12:46 PM

Thank you all!!!

Saving the Solidworks file as a "STEP" file works great. It imports into Carrara Pro well. My client is happy and I can now offer this deeper service.

vernonglen