lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
(OP)
am I just out of luck?
is there any way to convert it to anything I can use?
UG is my only system so help me out and how can I use, convert, copy, link , extract this into NX7.5????????
is there any way to convert it to anything I can use?
UG is my only system so help me out and how can I use, convert, copy, link , extract this into NX7.5????????
Cj Silver
Senior Tooling Engineer
GKN Aerospace
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RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
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Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
so I guess if there is anyway to convert it even with lose of detail i'd take it
cause now I got nothing
Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
Working to remember all I forgotten
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RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
2 programs that I use are Rhino 5 and Spaceclaim 2014 with varying results. There is another program called Verisurf but I have not used it.
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Do you have a file I can try?
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Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
Working to remember all I forgotten
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Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
Working to remember all I forgotten
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OK and thanks
Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
Working to remember all I forgotten
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I used meshlab to convert the obj file to an stl which NX can import.
RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
need to clean and trim and fix this shape int a usable product instead a pretty 3d picture
Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
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Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
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RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
Go back to your customer and demand better data.
See attached image.
Regards,
Tomas
RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
thanks all guess I am out of luck
its the best scan from customer and they brought it together with maya
Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
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RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
( The export tool in Rhino isn't perfect, it didn't export everything as Iges , so i exported "everything" again to Step, and then it only exported what the Iges missed...
Since the "mesh" consists of "planar" rectangles it becomes converted into Nurbs degree 1x1 faces. ( the rectangles can be twisted.)
If it can be used i don't know, might be better than the facets.
Regards,
Tomas
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thanks everyone
Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
Working to remember all I forgotten
RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
I think it's important to point out that a simple conversion isn't very common with faceted models - maybe if we're working with simple parts which are pretty much large facets, like brackets. Once you start working with toroidal, conical or cylindrical surfaces, then you're pretty much going to have to rebuild the model rather than rely on conversion. About the only thing you're left with is asking for a model with finer (smaller) facets - but then your file size will more than likely jump remarkably higher, probably to the point that your computer will either require to translate all night or simply lock up.
Maya for CAD - really? Shame on your customer. I'd think Maya would have IGES output capability. Something doesn't sound right unless it's the scanning that is giving them a faceted result. They need to look at that or give you some tips on working with that sort of data because faceted models typically (note, not ALWAYS) aren't the best means for CAD, especially if you're needing to create the physical part from the data.
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 8.0.3.4
Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB
RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
Many of these Animation specialist systems will model "meshes" rather than Nurbs beacuse it's "limitless".
And since the output will be images and movies there is no need for better quality.
Regards,
Tomas
RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: lets say customer can only send you a faceted body
I realize all of that, but the OP stated there was a scan created somewhere and more than likely there should be an output option for that scan data (NURBS vs polygon model/facet). While I do understand that it's possible to sometimes use faceted models in place of a real CAD model and even machine with faceted models in certain instances, my feeling was (and is) that if there was even a very small chance that a CAD model was going to come into the picture, the whole process should have been a little more well planned prior to settling on a scan output or software that isn't using at least NURBS from the very start. As the OP stated, right now it's nothing more than a pretty picture in Maya. While I am aware of Maya's typical usage (polygon or mesh modeling), I thought it was capable of some NURB modeling, hence why I suggested an IGES output (not knowing what type of model resides in Maya).
Without complete background from start to finish, we're both only speculating, as I'm sure you know. It just drives me a little batty when I see the wrong tool or approach being used for certain things and a guy like me is pulling his hair out trying to make up some ground.
Tim Flater
NX Designer
NX 8.0.3.4
Win7 Pro x64 SP1
Intel Xeon 2.53 GHz 6GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB