3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
(OP)
hello all,
I am new to SolidWorks and have just started learning/training in this.
I have two 3D dxf files which I need to convert into 3D format in Solidworks - how do i go about this?
The two files are as follows:
http://www.btinternet.com/~smithgowanbank/838.dxf
http://www.btinternet.com/~smithgowanbank/5510.dxf
Any help will be much appricated.
Thanks,
Callum
I am new to SolidWorks and have just started learning/training in this.
I have two 3D dxf files which I need to convert into 3D format in Solidworks - how do i go about this?
The two files are as follows:
http://www.btinternet.com/~smithgowanbank/838.dxf
http://www.btinternet.com/~smithgowanbank/5510.dxf
Any help will be much appricated.
Thanks,
Callum






RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP0.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
I am intrigued though ... how did you get the dxf files to download from within the post?
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RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP0.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
thanks for trying to convert the dxf files.
with regards to the link...just make sure the file you want is online - find the url and post it in your reply making sure the "process TGML" box is selected.
hope this helps,
Can anyone convert these? As said previously i can open them up in AutoCad 2004 in 3D.
Callum
www.minis4monkeys.co.uk
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
Jeff Mowry
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RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
Do you know if the files you posted had the ACIS information embedded?
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RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
I got an email from a "Lou Timperio - wolf-tec.com" saying he manged to convert these files - but he/she never replied back with the solid works files unfortunetly....
Callum
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
any chance you could send me the files in SW format?
thanks,
Callum
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
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RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
my email address is in my website below. ( it is forum rules not to post email addresses up - as this atracts spammers.)
thanks- much appricated,
Callum
www.minis4monkeys.co.uk
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
Solidworks turns each of these triangles into nurbs patch or curve network. The IGES will make each triangle a bilinear nurbs patch. This is extremely heavy on the package and you will not be able to open over 100,000 of these triangles and there is really nothing you can do with them in SW. Knitting all these into a solid does not give you a smooth surface
If you look into 3d reverse engineering packages you can surface this triangulated data. Expensive Stuff. Rapid Form, Raindrop Geomagic, Innovmetric, Copy Cad.(not a plug).
Take the time to recreate this in SW. You'll thank yourself. Take the components in one at a time as stl. Accutrans ($20) will do this. Then use these triangulated models to dictate you sketches to make a NURBS model. OR, Convert compontent in this DXF to points.Import points from each component. There is a plugin. Floating Point Solutions will do this with their points import. Use these points to control 2 and 3d sketches. Surface the sketches and knit them together to make a solid.
SOLIDWORKS IS NOT FOR POLYGONAL MODELS!
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
I am puzzled why this is such a problem. There is a vast library of mesh parts on the Internet, which can be very useful. Just importing as some sort of reference geometry would be very helpful. I am talking about things like people, chairs, and light fixtures.
Joe Dunfee
RE: 3D DXF files convert to 3D Solidworks files?
Which is kind of related to this.
How do I get an .igs file from this wireframe? Is that a format that autocad can save to instead of a .dxf/dwg?
It sounds like if I can get an .igs file, I could open it in SW and be able to manipulate it as if I had created it in SW? Or are there still limitations to this method?
Sorry I'm a newb.
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