TopHat Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 This is my first post, so hello all! I'm trying to get a file from Rhino to work in Solidworks. I am a 3d artist, so i built the file in 3d studio and brought that file into rhino (after a ton of work converting it over into a solid) I do not have solid works, so I can't check the file myself, but I have an AutoCad Demo (30 day trial) as well as various other CAD-format viewers like FreeCAD and a 30-day trial of Inventor. So far, our middle-man who gives the files to a company in china has been very unresponsive and vague and seems to not speak engineering-lingo or art-lingo, so his email was "I can't open it in solid works" experience with him tells me that I won't get a better answer than that, and I'll have to wait 2-4 days for the privilege (whether to work with him or not is not my choice unfortunately) So can anyone tell me, is there any valid reason a solid-model that opens in AutoCad, FREECAD, Rhino, Inventor, and 2 other no-name model viewers wouldn't open in SolidWorks? I have a pile of different file types. x_t, Iges, Rhino2,3,4,5 , DXF, DWG, SAT, and i think a few more. I know it's an odd question, but I'm in a hard spot here. Any opinions or suggestions would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Go download a trial version of Solidworks although with no experience I'm not sure how much good it is going to do you. http://www.solidworks.com/sw/purchase/solidworks-trial.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I believe it should import all of those file types, perhaps the client doesn't know how to use Solidworks or doesn't actually have Solidworks, they may just have eDrawings or something similar. Solidworks File Types Import and Export File Version Information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHat Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 "client doesn't know how to use Solidworks or doesn't actually have Solidworks" -This would be my guess. Would anyone who has SolidWorks be kind enough to try to open one of these files? I'm on a Mac, so no demo and I don't have the RAM needed to run wine or bootcamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 The "middle man" has Solidworks so why isn't he helping you? What's the file type and size that you have? There is a file size limit here so if it is too large you'll have to make use of a file sharing service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHat Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 So far I've tangoed with the middleman for a month, waiting 2-4 days for email responses. When he does respond, he gives vague non-techical non-answers. I have no idea whether he needs NURBs, Polymesh, or Solid Model.. whether he needs it separated into component pieces or merged into continuous mesh. He hasn't come out and said "I have no idea what NURBs is" but he just ignores technical questions. Right now I'm just trying to figure out if he's a colossal moron or if there's something wrong with my files and how to fix them if there is. The files are fairly large, but I can put them on a dropbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Dropbox would be the way to go. How much do you know about this middleman? Who does he work for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHat Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 I'd rather not talk about him publicly, I'll PM you if you want to know. It wouldn't be hard to guess who I am and get bit on the arse if gave details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 OK. From what I have read IGES would be the best file format to give the middleman. But even if you give him a STEP or STL file you won't be able to get a features history. Not sure how important that may be on the other end. Solidworks will import a Rhino version 4.0 .3dm file type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHat Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Well I'm pretty sure features history won't exist. I don't know alot about it, but i know it gives specific details about the modification history of objects. The 3d package files generally only export vertex/face/normal information and sometimes textures/materials. Thanks for that info. Hopefully that will work for him. It seems I can't PM though yet. I'm still a "newbie" and under 10 posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 He should be able to import either of the file types mentioned. If he can't then I can only assume he doesn't know the program all that well. Should it come to that then venture over to the Solidworks forums and ask if someone can import the file you have and save it for you in a Solidworks file type. Anyone, even if they do not own a copy of Solidworks or even use it, can join the forum and ask questions which I think is pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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