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Plants in Solidworks?
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Plants in Solidworks?

Plants in Solidworks?

(OP)
Hi, I'm trying to either find a tree to download or how to draw a tree in solidworks, so far i'm having no luck...any suggestions? Thanks.

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

There really is nothing out there on this.  www.zxys.com does have a plant you can download but because SW doesn't support 3DS or LWO files the information you will find on the web is very limited.  You might be able to find a tree in 3D DXF format which SW 2006 can open.  Good luck.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
www.robrodriguez.com
SW 2006 0.0

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

(OP)
Thanks rockguy. I've found a couple of trees in 3D DXF format, but I've got SW 2005 (I Think) they keep opening up in Auto Cad is there anyway of getting them across to solidworks? Thanks.

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

Change the file association so that dxf is opened by SW.


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

(OP)
Thanks very much for the advice.

CorBlimeyLimey, I'm not too great on the computer, do you think you could quickly explain how to change the file association? and ctopher thanks I'll take a look at the sight.

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

Right button click on the file, then select Open with, then select SolidWorks. If it's not listed you will have to browse for the SolidWorks ".exe" file.


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

(OP)
Thanks again CorBlimeyLimey!

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

(OP)
I just had a go at opening them with solid works and it said the filename entered was invalid, not found, locked or of a incompatible type? i've actually got SW2004 could that be the problem?

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

Yes.  Only SolidWorks 2006 supports the 3D DXF file format.  SW 2005 and previous releases support 2D DXF only.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
www.robrodriguez.com
SW 2006 0.0

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

(OP)
Thanks rockguy!

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

I'm in the process of opening one with SW06 to see how it works.  If it goes ok, I can convert it to iges or something and send it to you.

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

(OP)
That would be brilliant. Thanks.

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

It crashed my solidworks the first time.  I'll try again during lunch.

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

It finally converted over and opened, but it's a pretty good size assembly.  I've never opened a 3d DXF before so I was surprised that it broke it into 54 parts.  

It's around 28m total size in a zip file now.  If you want it, I'll try to send it to you, but I don't have any webspace to upload it to and my email doesn't like files that large, so you'll have to help me find a way to get it to you.  

And to make things worse, it's a potted plant instead of a tree...




RE: Plants in Solidworks?

(OP)
Hi miller7778, I'm not so good with computers so I don't really know any other ways? do you have any suggestions? If not, not to worry I'm going to try and get myself a copy of SW2006. Thanks for your help though. If you were looking for some other trees there was a link off ctophers site at the top with lead to a site called continuum, which had some good ones!

RE: Plants in Solidworks?

Yes, a 3D DXF will be a 3D file when opened in SW.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
www.robrodriguez.com
SW 2006 0.0

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