Mesh surface into Catia surface
Mesh surface into Catia surface
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Hi,
Does anybody know the difference betwen a poly mesh surface and a Catia surface? I wish to import 3d studio or google sketchup files into catia to use as ref parts. Trouble is that when I export them into catia as Iges or STEP they are made up of thousands of suraces. I know its not a Catia problem but does anybody know of any mesh converters or wish to explain the difference? Accuracy (within reason) is not important.
Thanks
Does anybody know the difference betwen a poly mesh surface and a Catia surface? I wish to import 3d studio or google sketchup files into catia to use as ref parts. Trouble is that when I export them into catia as Iges or STEP they are made up of thousands of suraces. I know its not a Catia problem but does anybody know of any mesh converters or wish to explain the difference? Accuracy (within reason) is not important.
Thanks





RE: Mesh surface into Catia surface
Poly mesh is just what it sounds like - a network of polyhedral components. A "Catia" surface is a mathematical surface with UV direction and boundary conditions. (tangency, curvature, etc)
All technical discusstions aside - 3D Studio Max has an IGES export option. I would suggest that you use this. You may only get the polylines, but you can run intersecting points through them, and splines through those, to( somewhat) accurately re-create the surface data.
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RE: Mesh surface into Catia surface
RE: Mesh surface into Catia surface