vernonglen opened this issue on Feb 18, 2008 · 11 posts
vernonglen posted Mon, 18 February 2008 at 6:23 PM
Anyone know of a way to import Solidworks Models into Bryce?
I could sure use a positive answer,
thanks gang 'O Brycemaniax
vernonglen
vernonglen posted Mon, 18 February 2008 at 6:24 PM
bobbystahr posted Mon, 18 February 2008 at 6:49 PM
Attached Link: Blender WIKI Link
The best I can recommend is open them in Blender and save them out as an .obj or .3ds both which Bryce will handle nicely.. ...
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try to write it down
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they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again
dan whiteside posted Mon, 18 February 2008 at 8:33 PM
Attached Link: OBJ Export for SolidWorks
I remember seeing something like this on the Modo forum - it's an .OBJ exporter plug for Solidworks. I have no idea if it'll work or how well. Looks like a free 10-day fully functional trail. Bryce should read the .OBJ it exports.
vernonglen posted Tue, 19 February 2008 at 5:02 AM
What is "Blender" where can I get it and will it work on a Mac?
thanks a bunch.
vernonglen
bobbystahr posted Tue, 19 February 2008 at 9:37 AM
Attached Link: Blender for Mac
Blender is an OpenSource 3D modeling and animation software with a bit of a screwy UI...once you figure that part out it's an awesome app. In your case you just have to read the WIKI link I posted and go to the site linked here and dl the Mac O/S ver. scroll down the page...good luck eith this but the OBJ export plugin[dan's post] really looks more suited to your needs if you have SolidWorks already IMHO.. ...
Once
in a while I look around,
I see
a sound
and
try to write it down
Sometimes
they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again
Death_at_Midnight posted Tue, 19 February 2008 at 11:46 PM
I use Solidworks all the time and often import Solidwork models into Bryce. My coffee cups and stratocaster guitar, both can be found in threads in this forum from 2006 and/or 2007.
Solidworks can save in many formats, including VRML. Bryce can import VRML. The model will import pretty good, but will import as one object. If you want to have multiple objects in one model, then I suggest use either STEP format, or IGES. Use another application, such as Rhino, or other CAD package, to import then export into some other format Bryce likes.
Caution, Solidworks can do extremely complex objects many file formats don't like. It may take more effort than simply exporting into OBJ. Thus, I found STEP to be rather good, but slow, and a bit large. IGES is usually my second choice. Going from Solidworks to Rhino to Bryce, I found I would have to tinker with the model in Rhino to group objects, else they might import into Bryce exploded, even as OBJ.
Death_at_Midnight posted Tue, 19 February 2008 at 11:54 PM
@ Bobbystahr: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Render_a_SolidWorks_Model_in_Blender This is pretty good info! Thanks!
Death_at_Midnight posted Wed, 20 February 2008 at 12:31 AM
The model was made in Solidworks and exported to Bryce. However, the model had exploded and there were bits all over Bryce.
dan whiteside posted Wed, 20 February 2008 at 8:06 AM
Near as I can tell, vernonglen appears not to have Solidworks but just has a save file he wants to load into Bryce.
vernonglen posted Wed, 20 February 2008 at 9:03 AM
Hi,
STEP works fine. I decided to use Carrara Pro since this is an industrial object that I am dealing with. It comes in as a grouped set of objects that are easy to deal with.
Thanks for all the help.
vernonglenv