Pro-Engineer into 3dStudio, Round things are square !
Pro-Engineer into 3dStudio, Round things are square !
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Hi,
Anyone anmswer the above question for me, round things,cylinders, circles appear as polygons or even just triangles ! When i export from pro-e into stl format with the chord height set at max, it helps but still looks blocky, or more like a dodechahedran (or however its spelt). Also, if you have imported one item in and wish to import another item in for assembly purposes say, how is this done, anyone know ?
Thanks all for your help on this and previous questions....
J
Anyone anmswer the above question for me, round things,cylinders, circles appear as polygons or even just triangles ! When i export from pro-e into stl format with the chord height set at max, it helps but still looks blocky, or more like a dodechahedran (or however its spelt). Also, if you have imported one item in and wish to import another item in for assembly purposes say, how is this done, anyone know ?
Thanks all for your help on this and previous questions....
J





RE: Pro-Engineer into 3dStudio, Round things are square !
you need to set it to a higher number which dogs render time
stl isnt the best format though it works
which max 6 or 7
7 is newer and i have noticed even using polytrans things dont quite convert like they used to but the good thing is you can twak the divisions once its into max
RE: Pro-Engineer into 3dStudio, Round things are square !
RE: Pro-Engineer into 3dStudio, Round things are square !
I find it a bit strange that you put "chord hieght" to max. We use the stl interface quite a lot for prototyping. We usually put in a zero (0)and then take the minimum, which will give a better stl file (high reolution) this however will bump up the file size.
Joe Borg
www.methode-eur.com
RE: Pro-Engineer into 3dStudio, Round things are square !
I put the chord height in as a max, cos i thought that might be better...wasnt really sure what i was doing to be honest..will try 0 and see how that fairs..
I use 3d Max 5, company are not looking at upgrading if we cant even use this one !!!
Still struggling to adjust what i bring in though, i cant seem to 'explode' or change any entities on the models, and still cant import two drawings together to assemble..
Cheers anyway !
RE: Pro-Engineer into 3dStudio, Round things are square !
does it crash when you try to import?
if yes this is a bug in ,max which was fixed